Forum 2000

I am so excited!! Every year, Prague hosts "Forum 2000" which is a number of conferences initiating a global conversation about how to move forward together. From the website:::

Mission
The Forum 2000 Foundation aims to identify the key issues facing civilization and to explore ways in which to prevent escalation of conflicts that have religion, culture or ethnicity as their primary components. We aim to provide a platform to discuss these important topics openly and to enhance global dialogue. Through our activities, we also intend to promote democracy in non-democratic countries and to support the civil society, respect for human rights and religious, cultural and ethnic tolerance in young democracies.



This year the focus is on freedom and responsibility and it is happening from October 7-9.... and I'm going!! I just registered for the conference about Freedom and Responsiblity in Media.... right up my alley. This is going to be SO NEAT!!

Here is the info about the conference::

Freedom and Responsibility in Media
This conference panel will address issues surrounding the media. What do we mean when we say that the media must be free, pluralistic and independent, and at the same time socially responsible? We know that free and independent media cannot thrive in undemocratic countries, but do not attempts to control and interfere with the media occur in democracies as well? Are not, in reality, even public service broadcastings frequently subject to political and economic pressures and to influences ensuing from increasing competition with commercial broadcasting? Are self-regulatory mechanisms in the media allowed for and encouraged, and if so, how in practice are they carried out and guaranteed? What, indeed, is the state of the press and the media in the world today? Is it true that they do not enjoy the same trust as they did in the past? If so, then why? And what could be done to improve the general situation, and by whom and how should such reform, if needed, be performed?



I'm sure I'll post much more on this subject!