Saturday 13 September 2008

And finally - we are at the end!

New Venue - The Open Channel Berlin

During the afternoon all participants were engaged in different workshop such as ...
Radio production,
Video production,
TV Studio production
Second Life workshop.

Lunchtime

It's lunchtime.




For all of you who like to unravel a mystery as a dessert:




Who am I?


How time flies

After the discussion about media literacy and intercultural dialogue this morning and the spectacular live streaming to Japan, the presentation of different countries and media channels (internet, radio etc.) went on.




For example “Second Life” as a tool for intercultural dialogue.

Hello Europe! Hello Japan!

The idea of Community Media don’t stop @ national borders. Far from it. It’s a partnership around the world.





Another highli
ght of this conference is a Live-Internet-Connection
to the Kyoto
Media Festival.



2nd Day - The early bird catches the worm.

Again, it’s 9 am in the morning and the second day has already started. The main topic this morning will be the discourse about Media Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue.




Ph.D. Jan
e Banks, Ph.D. Jonathan David Tankel, Erick Möllberg and Armin Hottmann discussing this issue.



Friday 12 September 2008

The first day draws to a close.
















So it's time to remember all the good moments and interesting conversations.

Hello Europe!

How does the Open Channels work in Europe?





Mr. Pérez Ramos (Spain) and Mr. Andreassen (Norway) told us about the situation in their countries.





Countries such as The Netherlands, Slowakia or Serbia followed.

Civil Society and Intercultural Dialogue

Thomas Krüger, president of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.


He gave an overview about the cultural diversity of the German society & Europe and highlighted the chances of the civil society as a mainspring for an intercultural Europe.




The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue

One of todays speakers was Ms. Karin Resetarits, Member of the European Parliament.




She spoke about the idea of the European Year, the future role of community media and claims its collaboration beyond the national borders.



3,2,1 … The 15th Annual Convention of Open Channels has started!

After a warm welcome by our host Mr. Linke, the European Commissionar Ján Figel´ has opened the conference with a video message.

Good Morning Berlin!

It's 9 am and we have a sunny day in Berlin.


This is to welcome you to our conference blog

"Open Channels and Intercultural dialogue." .