[ecrea] FoME Symposium, 29.10-31.10 Berlin, " From Online Activism to Offline Action"

INVITATION

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

and the “Forum Medien und Entwicklung” (FoME)[i]
sincerely invite you to the 7th FoME-symposium

29th – 31st October, 2012

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin, Germany

All over the world Internet-based media have been redefining the public 
sphere. Political activists are using Social Media to transfer their 
protests and campaigns on to digital platforms, conquering new 
territories of democratic space.

However, in many countries those in power are trying to reclaim the 
newly created venues and avenues with acts of online-censorship and 
state regulation of the Internet; often assisted by western companies. 
>From Asia to the Arab World, from Latin America to Africa: old 
struggles are fought on new terrain.

Simultaneously, the structure of the internet itself is under threat 
from authoritarian states and dominant internet companies. What 
regulations, if any, are needed to retain the Internet as a public 
sphere accessible for everyone?

After the initial euphoria about the positive role of Social Media in 
political transformations, we have come down to earth from cyberspace. 
Yet, the questions remain: How can we translate online activism into 
sustainable political action? How to design the internet as a democratic 
public square?

The program will include international speakers and social media 
activists from all over the world. John Kampfner (UK), broadcaster, 
commentator and advisor to the Global Network Initiative (GNI) and 
Google will be giving the keynote address. Focal topics of the symposium 
will be:

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The framework of internet governance
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The role of digital media in enlarging democratic space
*
The new media’s dependence on traditional political struggle

If you are interested in attending please register before September 30th 
on our homepage: http://forum-medien-entwicklung.de. Here you can also 
find the most recent program.

If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact us under: 
(nina.otte-witte /at/ fes.de)

We look forward to welcoming you in Berlin!


[i] The FoME is an association of media development activists, 
researchers and organizations, such as: are: Catholic Media Council 
(CAMECO), Deutsche Welle Akademie, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), 
International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) of German Technical 
Cooperation (GIZ), Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Media in Cooperation 
and Transition (MICT), newthinking communications, n-ost Network for 
Reporting on Eastern Europe, Reporters Without Borders Germany. Zurich 
University of Applied Sciences Winterthur (ZHAW)

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