Reporting on the Other: Media and Intercultural Dialogue

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

• Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Muaammar - Secretary General of KAICIID
• Pavel Klucký – Director of Middle East and North Africa Department
• Jan Daniel – Senior Researcher, Institute of International Relations Prague