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Thursday 8^th April

                             Arrival of Participants - Accreditation at the Pullman Bercy Hotel (1 Rue de Libourne, Paris 12)
15.30                   Meeting of COPEAM Steering Committee
                              ( Ina, 83 - 85 Centre Pierre Sabbagh, rue de Patay, Paris)
19.30                   Welcome Cocktail

Friday 9^th April

09.30-17.00        Meeting of the Study Commissions and Working Groups
                              (Pullman Bercy Hotel, 1 Rue de Libourne, Paris 12)

18.00                    Dinner

Saturday 10^th April

09.00 - 18.00       Plenary Sessions
                               (Grand Auditorium, Bibliothéque Nationale de France, 11 Quay François Mauriac, Paris 13)
                                Opening Ceremony
                               With the participation of:

• Mr. Frédéric MITTERRAND, Minister of Culture and Communication (France)
  
• Mrs. Androulla VASSILIOU, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth
• Mr. André AZOULAY, President of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation (Morocco)
• Mr. Emmanuel HOOG, President of COPEAM
• Mrs. Alessandra PARADISI, Secretary General of COPEAM

10:30 am               Introduction by Mr. Edgar MORIN, Sociologist and Philosopher (France)
The 2010 edition of the annual Conference of COPEAM will be an occasion to assess the Strategic Action Plan adopted by the General Assembly in Cairo, in 2009, and to understand the entity of the investments that are necessary to build a Mediterranean audiovisual scenario.

11:15 am              Session I – 10 projects aiming at structuring, developing and promoting the Mediterranean audiovisual sector. Assessment of the 10 projects borne by COPEAM a year after their adoption at the Cairo Conference.
Moderator: M. T. MJAIED, France 24

• Mr. Patrick de CAROLIS, President-Director General of France Télévisions (France)
• Mr. Ibrahim SAHIN, Director General of Turkish Radio-Television Corporation (Turkey)
• Mrs. Maria TOGHINA, President-Director General of Société de Radiodiffusion Roumaine (Romania)

12:30 am              Lunch offered by Arte France
                               Belvédère - BNF, Quai François Mauriac, Paris 13

2:30 pm                Resumption of the Plenary Session
                               Session II – The need for a reinforced cooperation : the example of sports’ rights
On the eve of the Football World Cup, the access of public to big sports’ events is a real challenge for the region.
Moderator: Mr. Jean REVEILLON, France Télévisions (France)

• Mr. Slaheddine MAAOUI, Director General of the Arab States Broadcasting Union
• Mr. Niclas ERICSON, Director of TV Division of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA)
• Mr. Jean-Paul PHILIPPOT, President of the European Broadcasting Union

4:00 am                Session III – An emblematic project for the Mediterranean audiovisual : the Mediterranean channel. Analysis of the conditions to be met in order to develop a multilingual and multicultural channel of the Mediterranean
Moderator : Mr. Riad MUASSES, Euronews (Syria)

• Mr. Michel BOYON, President of the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (France)
• Mr. Jérôme CLEMENT, President of ARTE France and Vice-President of ARTE GEIE (France)
• Mr. Tarak BEN AMMAR, President-Director General of Quinta Communications (Tunisia)
• Mr. Paolo GARIMBERTI, President of RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana (Italy)

5:30 pm                 Conclusions

6:00 pm                 Awarding of COPEAM Prize in the framework of UNAOC PLURAL+ Festival

7:00 pm                 Reception offered by H.E. Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication
Ministry of Culture and Communication, 3 rue de Valois, Paris 1

20.30                     Dinner

Sunday 11^th April

09.30                      ELECTIVE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (members only)
                                (Pullman Bercy Hotel, 1 Rue de Libourne, Paris 12)

12.30                      Closing Ceremony (all participants)

13.00                       Lunch

Monday 12^th April

Departures

Synthesis of Plenary Session

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