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Video Recordings of the Forum 2000 Conference, “Media and Democracy“

Václav Havel’s Legacy

• Opening Ceremony
• Conference Opening and Václav Havel: The Powerful Powerless
• Václav Havel as a Media Practitioner
• Václav Havel’s Civil Society

The Changing Role of the Media

• Changing Role of the Media
• The Future of the Media in Asia
• Media Choice, Polarization and Democracy
• Media as a Religion
• Media (R)evolution: Media Changes in Central Europe
• Balkans: The Changing Role of the Media

Media and Freedom

• Media and Freedom
• The Persistent Influence of State-Dominated Media and the Challenge to Democracy
• Cuba: Public Space in a Closed Society 
• Accessing Free Information in China: Challenges and Perspectives
• Democracy and Media in Russia and Closing of the Conference
• The Role of Media in Burma on the Path to Democracy

Media and Responsibility

• Human Rights and the Media
• Do We (Still) Trust Media?
• Media, Responsibility and Ethics
• Media, Culture and Civil Society Development 

Special Focus

• Issues and Solutions for the Bottom Billion
• Hungary: Still a Democracy?
• Women Leaders Panel
• Venezuela After the Presidential Election
• The Changing Role of Intellectuals in Today’s World

Other Events

• Breakfast with Vesna Pusić
• Breakfast with Dr. SU Chi
• Gala Dinner with Paul Wilson

Video Messages

• Video Message by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Video Message by Yoani Sánchez
• Video Message by Aung San Suu Kyi

Video Recordings of Past Events

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