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Colleagues may be interested in this forthcoming conference on 'The Challenge of Convergence' plus a session on the Miners Strike. Booking at: Book online at: <http://www.cpbf.org.uk/index_conf.html> or email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> phone 0208 521 5932. Tom O'Malley CPBF CONFERENCE - Media for all? The Challenge of Convergence Friday evening 30 October and Saturday 31 October 2009 School of Pharmacy, 29 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX Friday 30 October 7.00 – 10.45 pm The Miners’ Strike & Politics Today and Reception and Banner Theatre’s The Spin Machine FRIDAY NIGHT FILM, SPEAKERS & RECEPTION Which side are you on? Ken Loach’s anthology of striking miners’ poems and songs Introduced by Tony Benn, with John Nichols, Marc Vallee & Paul Lewis Chair: Frances O’Grady, Deputy GS TUC Saturday 31 October 10 am – 5 pm CONFERENCE Registration and networking 9 am Opening Plenary 10 – 11 am Media Ownership and Democracy in the Age of Convergence Chair: Granville Williams, CPBF National Committee John Nichols, Correspondent, The Nation Professor Alexander Stille Journalism School, Colombia University Dr Katharine Sarikakis, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds 11.10 - 12.30 Breakout Sessions Decline of Public Service Broadcasting Chair: Janice Turner, Editor of BECTU’s Stage Screen and Radio Ray Fitzwalter Author - The Dream that Died - the rise and fall of ITV Tom O’Malley Professor of Media Studies Aberystwyth University Keith Stokes Chair BECTU’s Independent Broadcasting Division Gaps in reporting and News Impartiality Chair: Des Freedman Snr Lecturer in Communications & Cultural Studies Goldsmiths, University of London Dr Gholam Khiabany, Associate professor at London Metropolitan University Arun Kundnani Editor Race & Class, Institute of Race Relations Julian Petley, Brunel University Professor of Film & TV and Chair of CPBF Politics and the Media Online Chair: Natalie Fenton, Reader & Co-Director of Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre Nick Jones, CPBF National Committee John Nichols, Correspondent, The Nation PR and Lobbying Chair: Sian Jones, NUJ Press & PR Branch Tamasin Cave, Lobbying Campaigner 12.30 – 1.30 LUNCH in the Refectory with Banner Theatre’s The Spin Machine Plenary Two 1.30 – 2.30 The media as a public service? Chair: Julian Petley, Chair of CPBF and Brunel University Professor of Film & TV Carole Tongue, Chair UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity Steve Barnett Professor of Communications University of Westminster Graham Murdock Author Media in the Age of Marketization 2.40 – 3.40 Breakout Sessions Digital Futures: UK Government policies Chair: Pat Holland, CPBF National Committee Tony Lennon, President of BECTU Sylvia Harvey Professor of Broadcasting Policy and Chair of the Citizens' Coalition for Public Service Broadcasting Threats to local and regional media Chair: Joy Johnson, CPBF National Committee, former BBC journalist and Director of Media for Mayor of London Ken Livingstone Tim Gopsill, Editor The Journalist, NUJ Bob Franklin, Professor of Journalism Studies Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies European Media Rules Chair: Jonathan Hardy, Senior Lecturer in Media, University of East London and Secretary, CPBF Alison Harcourt, Snr Lecturer University of Exeter and Jean Monnet Chair of the Information Society Aidan White GS International Federation of Journalists Alternative Media Chair: Sean Tunney, CPBF National Committee Journalism and News Media Programme Convener, Roehampton University Jaqui Devereux, Director Community Media Association Dr Bart Cammaerts, Lecturer LSE Dept of Media & Communications, Chair Communications & Democracy Section ECRA Angie Sammons, Editor Liverpool Confidential Closing Plenary 4pm Protecting and campaigning for a high quality and diverse media Chair: Christine Payne, General Secretary of Equity Jeremy Dear, GS National Union Journalists Natalie Fenton, Reader & Co-Director of Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre Granville Williams, CPBF National Committee Conference closes 5pm The National Union of Journalists 2009 "Photography Matters" Exhibition will be on view throughout the events.