Registration
Opening of Conference
H.E. Ms.Valgerd Svarstad Haugland The Norwegian Minister of Cultural & Church Affairs
Ismail Serageldin , Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Bishop Desmond Tutu , South Africa Nobel Laureate, via video
Aung San Suu Kyi , Burmese Nobel Laureate, via video conference
"Arabic Poetry and Freedom of Expression"
Ahmed Abdel Mooti Hegazy, writer
Gere Andarssen , Deputy Director, Worldview Rights introduces Exhibition "Art for Freedom"
Coffee Break
Press Conference
Conference Moderator: Kay Raseroka, IFLA President-Elect
Session 1:
"Artistic freedom of expression"
Arne Ruth , former editor-in-chief of the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter presently guest professor in residence at the University of Oslo
"Fundamentalism and Art Oppression"
Mostafa El Razzaz , Chairman of the Visual Art Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture and Folklore Art Society
Session 2:
"Censorship of films, broadcasting and Internet"
Andrew Puddephat , Executive Director of Article 19, representative of IFEX - International Freedom of Expression exchange and Board member of the International Steering Committee
Gehad Odah , Vice-Dean, Faculty of Political Science, Helwan University
Break
Session 3
" The end of history: censorship and libraries "
Alex Byrne , IFLA Governing Board Member / Chair of IFLA/FAIFE Committee and member of the International Steering Committee for the Beacon for Freedom of Expression
" Role of public libraries in promoting freedom of expression"
H.E. Ambassador Abdel Raouf Elreedy , Chairman of the Board of Mubarak Public Library, former Ambassador to the USA
Session 4
"Censorship in a local and international perspective"
Eugene Schoulgin , Chair of Writers in Prison Committee, International PEN
Hani Shukrallah, Managing Editor -Al Ahram Weekly
Coffee Break
Session 5
"The importance of dialogue serving intercultural and inter-religious communication on freedom of expression"
Bendik Rugaas , Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, Council of Europe
Egyptian Participant
Session 6 - Round table discussion
"The continued development of Beacon for Freedom of Expression"
Mette Newth , Project Leader and Chair of Beacon for Freedom of Expression international Steering Committee
Frode Bakken , President of the Norwegian Library Association, Chair of the Norwegian Steering Committee and member of the International Steering Committee
Gere Andarssen, " Nobel Peace Lauretates Follow up Fund"
Ismail Serageldin , Director of the BA
Announcement of International Conference in September 2004 (during BA Book Fair)
Tour of Library (Library closes at 7:00 p.m.)
Dinner hosted by the Norwegian Minister of Cultural and Church Affairs
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