Winning press freedom conference


Conference Proceedings and Speeches

April 18-19, 2008
  • Dr. Merle Goldman (Keynote Speech) -- Professor Emerita of History, Boston University/Research Associate, John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University
  • Paul Steiger -- on behalf of the Committee to Protect Journalists
  • Per Toien -- Norwegian Olympic Committee
  • Steve Wilson -- Associated Press
  • Henrikas Yushkiavitshus -- former UNESCO Assistant Director General for Communication; Press arrangements head, Moscow Olympics, 1980
  • Bob Dietz -- CPJ's Asia Program Coordinator
  • Gao Yu -- Freelance Journalist; Golden Pen of Freedom, 1995; First laureate, 1997, of UNESCO's annual World Press Freedom Prize
  • Agnes Gaudu -- China Editor, Courier International Magazine
  • Guo Guoting -- a defense lawyer in China for 21 years, handling 1000 cases so far.
  • Kathryn Dovey -- Programme Manager, Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights; programme director, Entreprises por les droits de l’homme
  • Bob Boorstin -- Google Director, Corporate and Policy Communications
  • Peter Scheer -- Head of California First Amendment Coalition
  • Richard N. Winfield -- Chairman, World Press Freedom Committee
  • Gregory Walton -- Security Analyst, Openflows
  • Prof. Ronald J. Deibert -- Director, The Citizen Lab, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto; Co-founder of the OpenNet Initiative
  • Watson Meng -- Founding Editor, Boxun News Website
  • Julien Pain -- Director, France 24 TV's web site, "Observers"
  • Oystein Alme -- Director, Voice of Tibet
  • Fan Ho Tsai -- Chairperson, Hong Kong Journalists Association
  • Libby Liu -- President, Radio Free Asia
  • Yuwen Wu -- News and Current Affairs Editor, BBC Chinese Service
  • Jean-Philippe Beja (Concluding Speech) -- Senior Fellow of the International Relations Studies Center (CERI)