International Institute of Communications
in association with
ictQATAR

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS LITERACY

Doha, Qatar

9th February 2010

at the Sharq Village & Spa (Al-Dasha Hall), Ras Abboud Street, Al-Khulaifait, Doha

Chair –Andrea Millwood Hargrave (International Institute of Communications)

9.00 a.m.   Registration

9.30 a.m.    Welcome: Dr Hessa Al-Jaber

9.45 a.m.   Key facts about the growth of digital media
                    Jeff Cole (Director, World Internet Project)

10.00 a.m. What is Digital Communications Literacy and why is it important?
                    Lesley Osborne (Manager, Digital Society Policy and Research, Australian                     Communications and Media Authority)
                    An introduction to the definition of digital communications literacy and its                     importance across a number of social, cultural and economic objectives.

10.30 a.m.  Break

11.15 a.m.  Communications and the benefits of digital media literacy
The business proposition in driving media literate digital consumers

• Karim Sabbagh (Partner and Vice President & Global Practice Leader, Communications, Media and Technology Practice at Booz & Company)
• Adrian Mills (Head of Business and Planning, BBC Children's)
• Annie Mullins OBE (Global Head of Content Standards, Vodafone)
• Kareem Arafat (Founder and CEO, Watwet, Jordan)

12.15 p.m. Lunch

1.30 p.m.    Creativity, culture and development

• Dr David Reeves (Managing Director of Independent Consultancy;former President and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment)
• Mohammed Yahia (Editor, Nature Middle East)
• Tony Burman (Managing Director, Al Jazeera (English))
• Eric Tan (Deputy Director, Community and Market Development, (Development Policy Division), Media Development Authority, Singapore)

2.30 p.m.    The ‘Educator’s’ Role
The way in which communications literacy can be addressed both formally and informally

• Lisa Leidig (Policy Manager, Policy and Planning Department, ictQATAR)
• Tessa Jolls (President and CEO of the Center for Media Literacy, USA)
• Paolo Celot (EAVI, European Association for Viewers’ Interests, Belgium)

3.45 p.m.    The future challenges for digital communications literacy

• Abdulaziz Almahmoud (Journalist, Qatar)
• Jeff Cole (Director, World Internet Project)

4.15 p.m. Roundtable panel discussion including reflections from the day from Northwestern University students

5.15 p.m. Closing Remarks: The Chair reflects on the presentations and comments on the future direction for the promotion of digital communications literacy