Media Democracy Day Vancouver - October 25, 2008
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Media Democracy Day 2008 festivities will take place at the Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street(map), on Saturday October 25th 2008 from 12 noon to 6 pm. Admission is free and open to everyone. MDD will include a series of exciting panels, workshops and speakers.
Our media democracy fair provides a chance for you to meet local media makers, technology innovators and civil society workers, including representatives from: Adbusters
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See the full programme!
Confirmed Speakers include:
*Rex Weyler - Co-founder of Green Peace
*Deborah Campbell - Award Winning Independent Journalist
*David Beers - Founding Editor of The Tyee
*Charlie Smith - Editor of the Georgia Straight
*Gurpreet Singh - Broadcaster on Radio India, freelance columnist for Surrey Now, freelance reporter for South Asian Post
*Michael Tippett - Co-founder of Nowpublic.com
*Robert Hackett - professor at SFU and author of “Remaking Media”
*Andrea Hayley - president of the Epoch Times Vancouver
*Robert Scales – CEO of Raincity Studios
*Matt Thompson - Campaign Strategist for FreePress, Co-Founder of SaveOurNet.ca
*Kate Milberry - Media and Technology Commentator (See her blog)
Antigone Magazine
Beyond Robson
CCPA
Co-Op Radio
CiTR
CJSF 90.1fm
Community Media Education Society (CMES)
ICTV
Council of Canadians
Campaign for Democratic Media
Epoch Times
Fair Copyright for Canada
Fearless Media/W2
Free Geek
Megaphone Magazine
Mozilla Foundation
No One is Illegal
NowPublic
People's Voice Newspaper
Rag Tag Productions
Seriously Free Speech Committee
SFU CMNSU (Communication Student Union)
Spartacus Books
TheTyee
Vancouver Observer
VIVO Media Arts Centre Want to help publicize MDD? Check our press page to find information and tools that you can use to spread the word: http://mediademocracyday.org/press08
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