First Day: Saturday December 6, 2003

Plenary Session: 16:00- 18:00

Arabic Satellite emergence and impact on the Arab world –personal experiences

Chair: HE : Taher Masri
Gisele Khoury- Al Arabiyyah
Randa Habib- AFP
Ahmad Mansour- Al-Jazeera
Rami Khoury – Daily Star

Coffee break (18:00-18:20)

Media Ownership : 18:20-20:00

Chair: Rana Sabbagh Gharghour- expert
Nart Bouran- Abu Dhabi
Yahia Shuqeir- Expert- Al Arab Al Yawm
Dr. Walid Hadithi- Fr. Iraqi satellite station
Nasser Omar: TV producer

Special Jordanian night

Second Day: Sunday December 7, 2003

First Session: 10:00-11:45

Human Rights and Satellite Channels

Chair: Fathi Barqawi- Palestine TV
Oroub Soboh- ART
Suzanne Afaneh- Expert
Ahmad Mansour- Al Jazeera

Coffee Break :11:45-12:00

Iraq: 12:00-14:00

Chair: Ayman Safadi- chief editor of Al Ghad
Fuad Hussein – Al Manar TV
Shaker Hamed- Abu Dhabi
Shameem Rassam- Director- Iraqi TV and Radio
Dr. Mudhafar al Adhami- Iraq

Lunch 14:00-15:30

Media Governing Organs/15:30-17:30

Chair: Dr. Zeid Hamzeh
Arafat Hijazi- Expert
Rana Sabbagh Gharghour- Arij
Lamis Andoni- Expert
Fares Braizat- Center for Strategic Studies

Coffee Break

Means of Protecting Journalists: 18:00-20:00

Special Condolences for Journalists killed during the war

Chair: Dr. Nabil Sharif- Minister of Information
Joel Campagna- CPJ
Yasser Abu Hilaleh- Al Jazeera

Third Day: Monday, December8, 2003