MDD 2008 Video

Panel 1: “Big Media Clamp-Down: Taking stock and fighting back

Catherine Murray, Intro



David Skinner - Associate Professor York University, Co-Founder of Campaign For Democratic Media



Geoffrey Glass - Fair Copyright for Canada



Donald Gutstein – Author of "e.con: How the Internet Undermines Democracy"




Brian Campell - Seriously FreeSpeech Committee






Discussion









Panel 2: Journalism in a time of Big Media Domination

Introduction: Charlie Smith - Editor of the Georgia Straight



David Beers – Editor of TheTyee, lecturer at the UBC School of Journalism






Linda Solomon – Writer and editor-in-chief of The Vancouver Observer






Deborah Campbell– Award winning Independent Journalist






Sylvia Richardson - Host of Latin Waves, Airing 8pm Saturdays on CJSF 90.1 FM




Discussion







Panel 3: The Battle for New Media and Open Communication

Introduction: Kate Milberry - Media and Technology Commentator




Mike Tippet – Co-founder of NowPublic




Robert Scales – CEO of Raincity Studios




Leslie Regan Shade – Associate Professor Concordia University, editor of "For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada."




Jeff Davis - Vancouver Open Network Initiative Cooperative (VONIC)




Discussion








Keynote Introduction: Bob Hackett - Professor at the Simon Fraser School of Communication and author of "Remaking Media".




Keynote Address: Rex Weyler
World Renowned Author and Co-founder of Green Peace. Books include: The Jesus Sayings: A Quest for His Authentic Message (2008) and Greenpeace: The Inside Story (2004) His blog can be found at: http://www.rexweyler.com

Title: Memes, Mindbombs, and Media that Matters










Closing Address Introduction: Steve Anderson
- Nation Coordinator and co-founder of Campaign for Democratic Media(http://www.democraticmedia.ca ) and General Coordinator of Media Democracy Day.




Closing Address: Matt Thompson
- Award Winning Online Video Producer, Campaign Strategist for FreePress, Co-founder of http://SaveOurNet.ca

Title: Geeks vs. Gatekeepers: the battle for Canada's open Internet










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