Watch the Citizen Media Rendez-Vous 2010

Recorded on Monday, August 23, 2010

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Panel A: Accessing and appropriating citizen media to better inform and mobilize the public

10:30 am - 1:00 pm

Opening words by Alain Ambrosi

"The long battle for the democratization of communication: citizen media at the cutting edge."

Introduction by the moderator, Patricia Bergeron

Presentations by the invited panelists

  * Norman Cohn, co-founder IsumaTV (Montréal - Igloolik)

  * Tim McSorley, editor Media Co-opertive (CAN - Montréal)

  * Georgia Popplewell, Managing Director Global Voices (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

  * Craig Silverman, Managing Editor MediaShift (USA) & Digital Journalism Director OpenFile (Toronto)

  * Jean-Noé Landry, co-founder Montréal Ouvert (Montréal)

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Panel B: Citizen use of new media for the defense of human rights

2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Opening words by Alain Ambrosi

Introduction by the moderator, Frédéric Dubois

Presentations by the invited panelists

  * Jaroslav Valuch, Haiti Project Manager Ushahidi (KENYA - Boston)

  * Priscila Néri, Program Coordinator, Witness (New York)

  * Shubhranshu Choudhary, CGNet Swara (INDIA) *via Skype

  * Martin Lessard, Zéro Seconde (Montréal)

  * Amanda Garces, Project Coordinator Mobile Voices (Los Angeles)

Open discussion, Q&A

Summary of the day's discussions by Alain Ambrosi

Closing remarks by Reisa Levine