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Tuesday, June 4 • 4:00pm - 4:30pm
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Moderator
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Richard Gizbert

Creator and Host, The Listening Post, Al Jazeera English
Richard Gizbert created The Listening Post for Al Jazeera and has hosted the programme since its debut in 2006. Prior to that he spent 11 years as a London correspondent for ABC News (US), doing extensive war reporting in the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Rwanda and Somalia.Prior to joining ABC News, Gizbert worked in Canada, cov... Read More →

Speakers
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Michael Møller

Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva
Mr. Møller has over 35 years of experience as an international civil servant in the United Nations.He began his career in 1979 with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and worked with UNHCR in different capacities in New York, Iran, Mexico, Haiti and Geneva... Read More →
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Markus Spillmann

Consultant, SPILLMANN Media Strategy Management GmbH
Markus Spillmann was editor-in-chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) and a member of the management board of the NZZ Media Group from 2006-14. His appointment followed over a decade of service with the Swiss daily newspaper. From 1995-2001, he worked for the paper’s foreign news... Read More →
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Noel Curran

Director General, European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Noel took up the role of Director General of the EBU in September 2017.Noel is the former DG, Managing Director of Television and Editor of Current Affairs of RTÉ, Ireland's national television and radio broadcaster. As Director General he successfully led RTÉ during one of of the... Read More →
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Barbara Trionfi

Executive Director, Austria, International Press Institute (IPI)
Barbara is executive director at the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists dedicated to safeguarding and fostering media freedom and promoting quality, independent journalism.Barbara joined IPI in 2000... Read More →
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David Jordan

Director, BBC Editorial Policy & Standards, BBC
David Jordan became the BBC’s Director of Editorial Policy & Standards in October 2007. Prior to that, he had been Controller of Editorial Policy since December 2005 and the BBC’s Chief Adviser, Politics for the two previous years. He began his career in television journalism... Read More →


Tuesday June 4, 2019 4:00pm - 4:30pm CEST
U.N. Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room XVII, Building E, Door E40 Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
  Keynote Speech

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