1st Bloggers World MeetingThe event is being promoted by the Instituto Barão de Itacaré and Altercom, and proposes to discuss the issue of “The role of the blogosphere in building democracy”. Well-known names such as Ignácio Ramonet from Diplô, Kristinn Hrafnsson from Wikileaks, Luis Nassif, blogger and journalist, and Pascual Serrano, founder of one of Europe's largest leftist sites, the Rebelion, will be attending
Carta Maior
São Paulo – Between Thursday (27) and Saturday (29), Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) will host the 1st Bloggers World Meeting. It will gather media figures and others interested in alternative media for an extensive agenda of debates with several international guests. The event will discuss the “The role of the blogosphere in building democracy”, from the perspective that the new media have taken the majority of the audience of the traditional media.
New media personalities will be attending, such as Ignácio Ramonet, founder of Le Monde Diplomatique and author of the book “The explosion of journalism”; Kristinn Hrfnsson, spokesman for Wikileaks; Luis Nassif, journalist and blogger; Jesse Chacón, former Venezuelan Minister of Communications; Pascual Serrano, founder of one of Europe's largest leftist sites, the Rebelion, amongst others.
Brazilian journalists and bloggers will act as mediators of the debates, like Maria Inês Nassif, from Carta Maior; Natalia Vianna, from Agência Pública; Renata Mielli, from Instituto Barão de Itacaré; Altino Machado, a blogger from Acre, and Renato Rovai, member of Altercon and editor of Forum magazine, and others.
The event is promoted by the Barão de Itacaré Alternative Media Studies' Institute, and by the Brazilian Communications' Enterprises and Entrepreneurs Association (Altercom). It is being sponsored by Itaipu Binacional and by Sanepar. Enrollment is open and can by done online @ blogueirosdomundo.com.br. The fee costs R$100, and students have 50% discount.
Agenda
October 27, Thursday
19:00 – Official opening at Centro de Recepção de Visitantes of Itaipu (CRV)
- Cocktail and Lighting of Itaipu's Dam
October 28, Friday
09:00 – Debate: “The Role of the new media”
Ignácio Ramonet, founder of Le Monde Diplomatique and author of the book “The explosion of journalism”;
Kristinn Hrafnsson, Wikileaks spokesman;
Dênis de Moraes – author of “Mutations of the visible: from mass communication to network communication”;
Luis Nassif – Journalist and blogger;
Debate mediators: Natalia Vianna (Agência Pública) and Tatiane Pires (blogger)
14:00 – Panel “Experiences in the USA and Europe”
Pascual Serrano – blogger and founder of the Rebelion website (Spain);
Andrés Thomas Conteris – founder of Democracy Now in Spanish (USA);
Henrique Palma – “A perdre La raison” blog creator (France);
Jillian York – blogger, writter for the Huffington Post, Guardian and Al Jazeera Tv (USA);
Panel mediators: Renata Mielli (Barão de Itacaré), and Altino Machado (blogger);
16:00 Panel: “Experiences in Asia and Africa”.
Ahmed Bahgat – blogger and digital activist in the “Arab Spring” (Egypt);
Atanu Dey – blogger and IT specialist (India);
Pepe Escobar – journalist and contributor to the website Asia Times Online (Japan);
Mac-Jordan Degadjor – blogger and Editor of Africa at Future Times (Ghana);
Panel mediators: Renato Rovai (Altercom), and Sérgio Telles (blogger);
October 29, Saturday
09:00 – Panel: “Experiences in Latin America”.
Ironel Sánchez – blogger from La Pupila Insomne and CubaDebate (Cuba);
Osvaldo Leon – editor of Latin America Information Agency (ALAI) (Ecuador);
Martin Becerra – university professor and blogger (Honduras);
Luis Navarro – editor of La Jornada (Mexico);
Martin Granovsky – Special editor of Página 12 (Argentina);
Panel mediators: Sérgio Bertoni (blogger) and Cido Araújo (blogger);
14:00 Panel: “Experiences in Brazil”.
Leandro Fortes – journalist from Carta Capital, blogger and member of the national commission BlogProg;
Esmael Moraes – creator of the blog Esmael;
Conceição Oliveira – creator of the blog Maria Frô and twitterer;
Bob Fernandes – editor of Terra Magazine
Panel mediators: Maria Inês Nassif (Carta Maior), and Daniel Bezerra (blogger);
16:00 Debate: The struggle for freedom of expression and democratization of the media.
Paulo Bernado – Brazilian Minister of Communications;
Jesse Chacón – former Venezuelan Minister of Communications;
Damian Loreti – member of the commission that created the Ley de Medios in Argentina;
Blanca Josales – Peruvian Minister of Communications.
Debate mediators: Julieta Palmeira (New Media association of Bahia), and Tica Moreno (feminist bloggers).
18:00 Closing ceremony
Approval of the Foz do Iguaçu Letter (proposals and organization)