IJ-6 @ STANFORD
18-20 May 2009

TASK: JOURNALISM SUCCEEDING WITH INNOVATION

Program: Mon 18, Tue 19 & Wed 20 May



THE FUTURE ECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY OF JOURNALISM
  • VINT CERF - Chief Internet Evangelist of Google, "Father of the Internet"
  • Q&A with the Conference Participants + Special appearance and celebration of DOUG ENGELBART, Human-Computer Interaction Pioneer, "Father of the Computer Mouse"
Video of Vint Cerf's Keynote Session(recorded by Robert Emery Smith)


JOURNALISM: FOR INNOVATION OR AGAINST?
WHERE IS THE MONEY?
  • JASON PONTIN, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Technology Review
  • THOMAS FROSTBERG, Senior Business Columnist, Sydsvenska Dagbladet
  • AMIR JAHANGIR, CEO, SAMAA TV
Keynote Moderator: DAVID NORDFORS, IJ-6 Chair, Stanford

A SAMPLE OF SPEAKERS:
  • Fatiman Akhtar, Manager Interactive Solutions SAMAA TV
  • Jim Bettinger, Director, Knight Fellowships, Stanford
  • Meher Bokhari, Senior Producer, Anchor, SAMAA TV
  • Bob Buderi, Founder, CEO and Ed-in-Chief, Xconomy
  • Violeta Bulc, President, Vibacom, Slovenia
  • Bill Densmore, Director, Media Giraffe
  • Anders Flodström, Member of Governing Board, EIT European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Chancellor of the Swedish University System.
  • Corey Ford, Lecturer Design Thinking, D.School, Stanford University
  • Herman Gyr & Lisa Friedman, Co-Founders, Enterprise Development Group
  • Phyza Jameel, CNBC Bureau Chief Lahore
  • Noam Lemelshtrich Latar, Dean, School of Communication, IDC Israel
  • Eszter Magyar, Attila Rafai, Bettina Lunk - Executive Team Opinion TV, Hungary
  • Shahray Zariff, Executive Produceer, SAMAA TV Pakistan
STANFORD INJO PICKS 09:
INJO WRITER AND STORY OF THE YEAR
WORKSHOPS WITH NOMINEES
(click the link to look at the nominated story):

WORKSHOPS & DELIVERABLES:
  • a) BEST PRACTICE WORKSHOPS MON MAY 18: Discuss how journalism may succeed with innovation: A) in doing it and B) in covering it. Deliver recommendations.
  • b) INJO PICKS 09 WORKSHOPS TUE MAY 19: Meet journalists who have excelled in covering innovation. Discuss their stories. Vote for a Winner.
Workshop delivarables will be presented in the plenary sessions at the end of the days

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

PROGRAM 18 MAY: KEYNOTES + WORKSHOPS: INJO BEST PRACTICES
Keynotes on the crisis and the opportunities for journalism; Workshops on Innovation Journalism best practices, headed by Injo Fellows 09. The sessions will range from the business models of innovation journalism to how to cover innovation - a 'horizontal' topic, crossing the normal production lines in the news room.

PROGRAM 19 MAY: KEYNOTES + INJO PICKS 09
Keynotes. INJO PICKS 09 - the best innovation journalism stories & journalists - a winner will be selected! Each Injo Fellow is nominating a story+journalist. Meet the nominees in workshops and discuss how they did their stories. Vote for a Winner.

PROGRAM 20 MAY: INJO ACADEMY. OPEN SESSIONS. WORKSHOPS. PICNIC.

Academic track on the Innovation Ecosystem and the News (see description of academic track here). Pre-announced and spontaneous sessions. Presentations, workshops & mingling. Indoors and outdoors.


ACADEMIC TRACK: THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS AND THE NEWS
VISIT THE IJ-6 ACADEMIC TRACK WEBSITE FOR INFO



REGISTRATION

The registration site is here
  • 18 & 19 May - Max 180 Participants
  • 20 May - No max number
The conference is free of charge, but you need a credit card to register. Here is why:

A deposit will be charged to your credit card when your registration is confirmed, The deposit will be refunded when you sign in at the conference, or if your cancel your registration before May 8. Please allow 3 weeks after the event for us to process the refund. No-shows and too late cancellation = lost deposit. In other words, the conference is free for those who take part in it, but will cost money for those who register but don't show up.


Oak Lounge (2nd Floor),
Tresidder Memorial Union Building,
Stanford University
459 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305


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