Panel Discussion: Media Freedom in the Internet Age

Date: September 2, 2014 
Time: 10:30-11:30
Place: santralistanbul Campus

Participants: 
Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the European Commission)
Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz (İstanbul Bilgi University) 
Melih Kırlıdoğ (Alternative Informatics Association)
Dr. Agnes Callamard (Director, Global Freedom of Expression&Information / Special Adviser to the President, Colombia University, Special Adviser to the President)

Topics of discussion will be the press and media freedom, importance of open access to internet and social media, importance for democracy, human rights and development - including references to experience in Turkey and importance of media freedom in accession countries.