PILSEN TALKS

organized by

University of West Bohemia - Faculty of Humanity Studies, Pilsen

in cooperation with the SVU Pilsen Chapter

The Fifth Pilsen Talks Conference which will take place in Pilsen on 3-4 May 2001 under the patronage of the Lord Mayor of Pilsen and the Rector of the University of West Bohemia has as its central theme The Role of the Media in Open Society.

The Pilsen Talks will be opened by the festive session of the Science Council at University of West Bohemia; Mr. John Shattuck, Chief Executive Officer, and Ivan Medek, the official American and Czech Keynote Speakers, will be awarded there. Václav Havel, the president of the Czech Republic, has also been invited.

During the Fifth Pilsen Talks Conference discussions will revolve around The Challenges of the Transformation Process of the Media in Central & Eastern Europe, The Role of the Media in Coping with a Communist Past, and The Interplay of the Media, Democracy, and Education.

The keynote speakers will be Jefim Fištejn, Radio Free Europe; Petr Holub, Chief Editor, Respekt; František Cervenka, Czech Christian Academy; Adam Drda, BBC; Michal Semín, the Civic Institute; Samuel Abrahám, Chief Editor, Critical Thinking; Ondrej Neff, Internet; Ivo Mathé; Alan Levy, Prague Post; and Mrs. Ellen Hume Shattuck, Journalist and Lecturer in Media Studies.

The topic of the Fifth Pilsen Talks Conference which should attract attention of broader society stresses the actual problems of transformation in Central and Eastern Europe.

A TENTATIVE PROGRAM

The Role of the Media in an Open Society

Thursday, May 3, 2001 J.K.Tyl Theatre

9:00-10:00 Science Council Awards University awards Honorary Dr. h. c. degree -- Prof. Sterling (Brunel University, Great Britain)

10:00-12:00 The Role of the Media in an Open Society

Chair: Doc. RNDr. Ivo Budil, Ph.D.

Welcome Addresses: Prof.ing. Zdenek Vostracký, DrSc., Rector of the University of West Bohemia Ing. Jirí Šnebergr, the Lord Mayor of Pilsen

CZ Keynote Speaker: Ivan Medek, former Head, Office of the Czech President US Keynote Speaker: Mr. John Shattuck, Chief Executive Officer, JFK Library & Foundation, Former US Ambassador to the Czech republic

12:00-13:00 Reception at City Theatre

Panel 1 Cas Theatre

14:00-16:00 Challenges of the Transformation Process of the Media in Central & Eastern Europe

Student Chair: Marek Tramba (FPE) František Bureš (FHS)

CZ Keynote Speaker: Petr Holub, Chief Editor, Respekt

CZ Panelists: Pavel Dymeš or Šimon Pánek, Clovek v tísni PhDr. Bohumil Dolezal, Ph.D., IPS FSV UK Prague Jefim Fištejn, Radio Free Europe Mgr. Alena Zemancíková, Literární noviny Ondrej Neff, Neviditelný pes

US Panelists: Alan Levy, Prague Post Mr. Smith, Anglo-American College

Czech Panelists: · Adam Drda, BBC, · Doc. PhDr. Rudolf Kucera, CSc., IPS UK Prague,

Friday May 4, 2001

Panel 2 Cas Theatre

10:00-12:00 The Role of the Media in Coping with a Communist Past

Student Chair: Ondrej Cerný (FHS) Martin Karas (FPR)

CZ Keynote Speaker: PhDr. Ladislav Cabada, Ph.D., Department of Sociology and Political Science FHS UWB

CZ Panelists: Bohumil Pecinka, Reflex František Cervenka, Czech Christian Academy Mgr. Alena Zemancíková, Literární noviny Petruška Šustrová, Lidové noviny

US Panelists: Brent Bozell, Media Research Centre

Friday 04.05.01 Panel 3

13:00-15:00 The Interplay of the Media, Democracy, and Education

Student Chair: Tomáš Behounek (FPR)

CZ Keynote Speaker: Karel Hvízdala, Lidové noviny & Independent US Keynote Speaker: Mrs. Ellen Hume Shattuck, Journalist and Lecturer in Media Studies

CZ Panelists: Michal Semín, Obcanský institut/Civic Institute Samuel Abrahám, Chief Editor, Casopis kritického myslenia/ Critical Thinking Ivo Mathé, Head, Office of the Czech President Mgr. Premysl Rosulek, Dpt. of Sociology and Political Science FHS Mgr. Alena Zemancíková, Literární noviny

US Ppanelists: Mr. Smith, Anglo-American College

Czech Panelists: Hana Hikelová, Radiozurnál Ceský rozhlas, Tomáš Klvana, Mladá Fronta Dnes, · PhDr. Petr Fiala, Ph.D., FSS MU Brno, possible · Petra Procházková, Independent, · Zdenek Šámal, Týden, · Petr Horejší, Lidové noviny,

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