DCI 5.0 Programme – 07 July 2010
DCI 5.0 Programme
07 July 2010
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome Address
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- Jane Duncan (South Africa) – DCI Coordinator and Chair of Media and Information Society at Rhodes University
- Elvira van Noort (The Netherlands) – DCI Coordinator and Owner EvN Media Solutions
09:05 – 09:30 Keynote Address
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- Kambale Musavuli (DRC) – Friends of the Congo
09:30 – 10:30 Panel Discussion: Natural Resource Exploitation Exposed
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- Moderator: Ashraf Patel (South Africa) – ICT Program Manager at South Africa- Finland ICT Program (SAFIPA)
- Anya Schiffrin (USA) – acting director of the International Media and Communications (IMC) program and an adjunct professor in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
- Eric Mokuoa (South Africa) – Spokesperson at Benchmarks Foundation
- Chisomo Phiri (Zambia) – Zambia Extractive Industries Project Officer at IANRA – Catholic Diocese Of Ndola
10:30 – 11:00 Tea Break
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Screening of DVD 10 Tactics to Turn Information into Activism – Bobby Soriano (Philippines) – Tactical Technology Collective
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Exhibition Citizen Journalists in Action – Kwanele Butana (South Africa) – Citizen Journalism Editor at Grocott’s Mail, Elvira van Noort (The Netherlands) – DCI Coordinator and Owner EvN Media Solutions and Grocott’s Mail Citizen Journalists – A Project Funded by the Knight Foundation
11:00 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Mega Events – Whose Voices are Heard?
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- Moderator: Nathalie Hyde-Clark (South Africa) – Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Johannesburg
- Niren Tolsi (South Africa) – World Cup reporter at the Mail & Guardian
- Eduardo Ávila (Bolivia) – Regional Editor for Latin America at Global Voices Online, Acting Director of the Rising Voices outreach division and coordinator Global Voices’ coverage of the 2010 World Cup
- Kwanele Butana (South Africa) – Citizen Journalism Editor at Grocott’s Mail
12:00 – 13:00 Panel Discussion: Citizen Media on Disasters & Climate Change
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- Moderator: Bobby Soriano (Philippines) – Tactical Technology Collective
- Carel Pedre (Haiti) – Award winning radio DJ
- Laura Walker Hudson (UK) – Product Manager FrontlineSMS
- Rory Williams (South Africa) – Civil Engineer and Blogger at Carbonsmart.com
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
Nelson Mandela Dining Hall
- Kindly sponsored by HIVOS and ICANN -
13:30 -14:00 Planting of DCI 5.0 Anniversary Tree at the African Media Matrix
14:15 – 15:45 DCI WORKSHOPS
Registration open for all WJEC, Highway Africa and DCI delegates. Register at the Workshop Registration Desk in Eden Grove. You will receive all necessary details during registration.
Twitter as a Resource During Disasters
Peter Verweij (The Netherlands) – School of Journalism
Carel Pedre (Haiti) – Radio DJ
Cell Phone Video Reporting: the Ins and Outs
Alette Schoon (South Africa) – Lecturer TV Journalism at Rhodes University
Blogging Mega Events
Eduardo Ávila (Bolivia) – Regional Editor for Latin America at Global Voices Online, Acting Director of the Rising Voices outreach division and coordinator Global Voices’ coverage of the 2010 World Cup
Tactical Tactics’ Online Security
Bobby Soriano – (Philippines) – Tactical Technology Collective
Citizen Journalism in Action
Kwanele Butana (South Africa) – Citizen Journalism Editor at Grocott’s Mail
Andile Nayika (South Africa) – Grocott’s Mail Staff Reporter
Use Your Cell Phone During Disasters
Brenda Burrell (Zimbabwe) – The Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe and Freedom Fone
Laura Walker Hudson (UK) – Product Manager FrontlineSMS
16.00-18.00 WJEC and Highway Africa and DCI Joint Closing Plenary
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18.30-20.30 Feel South Africa experience - SA Tourism Dinner & Market
Kaif Lawns, Bantu Steve Biko Student Union
20.30-22.30 MTN 2010 Football Viewing
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