Conference on Freedom of the Media and Safety of Journalists in the Russian Federation and in the OSCE region: Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age
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The conference "Freedom of the Media and Safety of Journalists in the Russian Federation and in the OSCE region: Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age", will be held on 6 November in Moscow, Russia. It will be the first such conference organized by the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media in Russia with an open discussion between independent media and government representatives at the highest level.
Over 200 participants representing media professionals, political representatives, academics, civil society, renowned international experts and journalists will gather at the conference to address media freedom developments and challenges across the OSCE region.
The conference will be opened by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov.
The conference will consist of four main sessions, and will bring together representatives of diverse russian media, including non state independent media, media experts and representatives of the authorities and institutions of the Russian Federation to discuss openly media freedom and media development issues, safety of journalists, regulations affecting freedom of expression, self-regulation mechanisms and issues related to disinformation and quality of information in the Russia Federation and the wider OSCE region.
The working languages will be English and Russian with simultaneous interpretation.
The event will take place at the Radisson Collection Hotel.
For any questions regarding the conference, including administration and registration, please contact Lusine Apresyan, Lusine.Apresyan@osce.org.