In Cooperation with the Asia News Network (ANN) the Mediaprogram Asia of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung arranged the 10th Asian-European Editor's Forum. This years conference took place in Seoul, Korea during the 6 and 7th of October and was supported by the local newspaper “The Korea Herald".

A picture gallery of the Asian-European Editor’s Forum can be found here.

Furthermore, you can find two articles covering the Asian-European Editor's Forum. These articles were published by The Korea Herald respectively the Indonesian Antara News.

Conference Programme

Theme: Way out of the Crisis

Venue: Millennium Seoul Hilton Hotel

Monday, October 5

19:30
Welcome Dinner
Venue: Cilantro, Millennium Seoul Hilton Hotel (dress code: smart casual)

Tuesday, October 6

Conference venue: Kukhwa Room

11:00
Registration & Morning Coffee

11:30
Opening & Welcome Address:
Paul Linnarz, Director, Media Programme Asia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore
Choi Nam-hyun, Editor-in-Chief, The Korea Herald, South Korea

Inaugural Remarks: H.E. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Seidt, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to Republic of Korea

13:00
Lunch
Venue: Jade room at Orangerie Restaurant, 3rd floor

14:30
Session 1: "Adapting to the changing media landscape - news agencies & the media crisis"

Introductory Keynote:
Dr. Heinz-Rudolph Othmerding, Editorial Management Member, Director International News, dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH, Germany
Panellists:
Hugo Restall, Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review & Member of the Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong
Mary Dejevsky, Chief Editorial Writer, The Independent, United Kingdom
Karen Yap, Freelance Journalist, Malaysia
Moderation:
Paul Linnarz, Director, Media Programme Asia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore

16:00
Coffee Break

16:15
Session 2: "Impact of the global media crisis on the media: reaction or action?"

Introductory Keynote:
Felix Soh, Digital Media Editor, English and Malay Newspapers Division Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore
Panellists:
Peter Stefan Herbst, Editor-in-Chief of Saarbruecker Zeitung & Managing Director of Berliner Medien Service GmbH, Germany
Gao Anming, Editorial Board Member, China Daily, China
Moderation:
Alastair Carthew, AC Public Relations Counsel, Thailand

17:45
Closing of 1st day

19:00
Dinner
Venue: Ji Hwa Ja (Meeting point: Hotel Lobby at 18:30 for bus transfer)

Wednesday, October 7

Conference venue: Kukhwa Room

09:00
Registration (for newly arrived guests only)

09:30
Session 3: "Brand name: Credibility 2.0 - future markets and future audiences for quality journalism" - What do journalists have to learn from bloggers and citizen reporters?"

Introductory Keynote:
Paul-Josef Raue, Editor-in-Chief of Braunschweiger Zeitung, Laureate of the "Deutscher Lokaljournalistenpreis 2009", Germany
Panellists:
Ravindra Kumar, Editor and Managing Director, The Statesman, India
PJ Anders Linder, Political Editor, Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden
Moderation:
Paul Linnarz, Director, Media Programme Asia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore

11:00
Coffee Break

11:30
Session 4: "How journalists can use social media (often known as Web 2.0) to improve newsgathering"

Introductory Presentation:
Dr. Stephen Quinn, Associate Professor of Journalism, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University, Australia
Panellists:
Karsten Thielker, Photographer, Pulitzer Prize winner, Germany
Joseph Joh, Managing Editor, The Seoul Times, Korea
Moderation:
Douglas Wong, Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong

13:00
Lunch
Venue: Jade room at Orangerie Restaurant, 3rd floor

14:30
Session 5:

Oh Yun-je, Vice-President DMC, Samsung, South Korea
Pana Janviroj, President, The Nation, Thailand, "Latest cooperation programme among members of Asia News Network (ANN)"
Paul Linnarz, Director, Media Programme Asia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore, "Outlook on KAS' 2010 initiatives"
Moderation:
Alastair Carthew, AC Public Relations Counsel, Thailand

16:00
Closing of 2nd day

19:20
Dinner
Venue: Korea House (Meeting point: Hotel Lobby at 6:45 pm for bus transfer)

Thursday, October 8

08:00 - 14:30
All-day bus tour to Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) at the border between South and North Korea
Registration required (for details: Britt.Gehder@kas.de)

Evening at own disposal

Friday, October 9

Individual departure