Reporting on the Other: Media and Intercultural Dialogue

The Institute of International Relations along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic is hosting a conference on intercultural dialogue on the 7th of November 2017 with many notable speakers. The conference will address the topic of media in the Post-Truth Era and it will focus on three key questions: Is the media a means of understanding or a means of confrontation? Does the media act as a means of disinformation and radicalisation? What are the best practices in media reporting?

7. 11. 2017 (9:00)

Czernin Palace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

The Institute of International Relations Prague and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic would like to cordially invite you to a conference on the topic "Reporting on the Other: Media and Intercultural Dialogue".

The event will take place on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 from 9:00 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Czernin Palace, Loretánské náměstí 5, 118 00 Praha 1.

The conference will address the topic of media in the Post-Truth Era and it will focus on three key questions: Is the media a means of understanding or a means of confrontation? Does the media act as a means of disinformation and radicalisation? What are the best practices in media reporting?

Chair:

Thibault Chareton - UN Alliance of Civilizations

Panelists:

Gwen Griffith-Dickson – Professor, Lokahi Foundation/Kings College London
Ibrahim Mahmoud Negm – Advisor to the Grand mufti of Egypt
Daniela Pisoiu – Scientific Researcher, Austrian Institute for International Affairs
Konrad Pedziwiatr – Assistant Professor, Krakow University of Economics
Arif Zamhari - Academic Advisor, Directorate of Islamic Higher Education, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of Indonesia

17:40 – 18:00 Concluding Remarks