Day 1 (Monday August 9):

Chris Warren (MEAA) (welcome)

Day 2 Session 1 (Tuesday August 10):

Innovation and the News Industry.

Alan Noble (engineering director for Google Australia and NZ)

Day 2 Session 2: Chris Warren (welcome)

Day 2 Session 3:

Social Media: Finding Friends and Followers. Lawrie Zion (chair).

Speakers: Julie Posetti (University  of Canberra), Claire Wardle (digital media consultant), John Bergin (digital channel manager at Sky News).

Day 2 Session 4: Quentin Dempster (intro).

Next Top Model. Chris Warren (chair), James Tuckerman (Australian Anthill), Margaret Simons (freelance journalist and author), James Kirby (Eureka Report), Tim Burrowes (Mumbrella).

Day 2 Session 5: Spin and Savagery: The Narratives of Politics.

Quentin Dempster (chair), Annabel Crabb (ABC or The Sydney Morning Herald?), Laurie Oakes (Nine), John Nichols (Washington correspondent, The Nation (US), Malcolm Turnbull (member for Wentworth).

Day 3 Session 1 (Wednesday August 11):  

Peter Ryan (intro). 

Chris Bath (chair).

Bob Dotson (news correspondent, NBC (US)).

Day 3 Session 2: Bob Dotson (news correspondent, NBC (US)).

Day 3 Session 3: Stranger Than Fiction.

Paul Barry (chair). Anna Broinowski (filmmaker), David Marr (Sydney Morning Herald journalist and author), David Leser (journalist and author), Sam Strong (Griffin Theatre).

Day 3 Session 4:

Jonathan Este (intro). New Media New Ethics.  Liz Jackson (chair). Lawrie Zion (La Trobe University/upstart), David Higgins (NEWS.com.au), Chris Warren (MEAA)