Welcome Address:

• CPU AUSTRALIAN CHAIRMAN WELCOMES GUESTS
  Mr Warren Beeby, News Limited

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

• TERRORISTS HOLD THE MEDIA HOSTAGE
  The Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Australia and Oliver Clarke, OJ, CPU President
  

• PACIFIC PRESS FREEDOM FACES VARIED THREATS
  Australasia and the Pacific - Issues and Concerns
  Alan Armsden, CEO, PANPA, Australia
  Gavin Ellis, retiring chairman of CPU New Zealand, and former editor of the New Zealand Herald
  Lance Polu, CEO, Pacific Islands News Agency (PINA)
  

• A NATION BUILDER, NOT A RELIC OF EMPIRE
  Matthew Neuhaus, director of political affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat
  

• TSUNAMI: THE ROLE OF THE PRESS AND THE COMMONWEALTH
  The Tsunami - a classic case of getting it right?
  Mr Les Hinton, executive chairman of News International and chair of CPU Council
  Planning for the future - the Commonwealth Secretariat
  Joel Kobazo, director of information, Commonwealth Secretariat
  

• MORE THAN JUST A GOOD READ
  Frank Kelett, Executive Director, Publishers National Environment Bureau, Australia
  

• THE TRIALS OF STARTING A NEW TITLE
  New Newspapers in Established Markets
  Sidharth Bhatia, Directeur de la Publicaiton, Le Matinal, Mauritius
  

Thursday, February 24, 2005

• TIMES TABLOID TRIUMPH
  George Brock, Saturday Editor, The Times, UK

• CALL FOR NEWS AGENCY ALLIANCE
  Tony Gillies, Editor-in-Chief, Australian Associated Press
  George Penintaex, Chief Editor, Cyprus News Agency, Cyprus

• SETTING THE AGENDA FOR INDIGENOUS MEDIA
  Solua Middleton, Journalist, Koori Mail, Australia
  Gary Wilson, Co-Founder, Mana Maori Media, New Zealand

• BRANDING YOUR AUDIENCE
  Ted Glynn, Group Marketing Director, Northcliffe Newspapers, UK

• INTRODUCING A NEW MAG: CPU-Q
  Ian Beales, incoming editor of CPU News and Executive Committee Member

• NEWSPAPER COMPANY NOW DELIVERS FRUIT AND VEG
  Connecting the community
  Julian Smith, CEO, Allied Press, New Zealand

• COMMONWEALTH HAS MINOR RELEVANCE, SAYS ACADEMIC
  The 21st Century Commonwealth
  Dr Stephen Chan, Professor of International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Friday, February 25, 2005

• TIME TO PLAN NOW FOR A FREE ZIMBABWE
  Reconstruction and Rehabilitation: the role of the media
  Mr Geoff Hill, Zimbabwean journalist based in South Africa

• APN CHIEF SAYS TO LOOK TO THE TOTAL PACKAGE
  Investing now for the future
  Brendan Hopkins, CEO, APN News and Media, Australia

• JUSTICE WITHOUT THE PRICE TAG
  CPU legal support programme - two years since the launch
  Mary Russell, Group Legal Advisor, Associated Newspapers, UK

• MEDIA LAW AFTER 9/11
  Ursula Cheer, Senior Lecturer and Proctor, School of Law, Canterbury University, New Zealand

• PRIVACY VERSES THE PRESS
  Professor Ken McKinnon, Chairman, Australian Press Council
  Sir John Jeffries, Chairman, New Zealand Press Council

• POLITICIAN ATTACKS NEW ZEALAND MEDIA
  The Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader, New Zealand First Party

• DEAD JOURNALISTS CAN'T REPORT
  Michael Lawrence, Managing Editor for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Reuters

• GAVIN ELLIS WINS ASTOR AWARD
  Farewell dinner, Sydney Opera House