2010 Conference Sessions

Day One - Session One

Day 1 (Monday August 9):

Chris Warren (MEAA) (welcome)

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Day Two - Session One

Day 2 Session 1 (Tuesday August 10):

Innovation and the News Industry.

Alan Noble (engineering director for Google Australia and NZ)

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Day Two - Session Two

Day 2 Session 2: Chris Warren (welcome)

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Day Two - Session Three

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).

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Day Two - Session Four

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).

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Day Two - Session Five

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).

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Day Three - Session One

Day 3 Session 1 (Wednesday August 11):  

Peter Ryan (intro). 

Chris Bath (chair).

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

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Day Three - Session Two

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

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Day Three - Session Three

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).

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Day Three - Session Four

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)

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