Forum documents

The first World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF) - organized within the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) as a gathering for high-level media and broadcast professionals - was held on December 9-12, 2003 in Geneva.

All WEMF events

WEMF Interactive sessions

Tuesday 9 December

Opening Session
Keynote address by Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations and Pascal Couchepin, president of the Swiss Confederation and president of the first phase of the WSIS.

World violence, Media violence
Do the media cause, mirror or contribute to resolving human conflicts? Often criticized for their triviality and violence, electronic media can also play a major part in education and social cohesion.

Wednesday 10 December

Media Freedom and the Information Society
Fundamental freedoms are needed in both traditional and new media. New technologies open new opportunities for media from both North and South.

Setting the World Agenda
Are media developments helping new actors to participate in setting the world agenda? Will the media promote a greater diversity of views?

View from the bridge
Conclusions from the first four sessions and a look toward the future with renowned world personalities.

WEMF workshops

Tuesday 11 and Friday 12 December

1. Gender and Media
2. New Media: Time Machine for the 21st Century
3. Global Media, Non-Violent Power and Democratic Change
4. Quality Certification in Broadcasting and Internet
5. Private Radio and Television
6. Public Service Broadcasting
7. E-learning for Journalists
8. Cultural Diversity
9. Radio - the New Challenges
10. Comparing News Coverage of the Iraq War
11. Peace Journalism
12. Broadcasting and Health

Webcasts

Webcast archive

The Way Forward

Notes for a Broadcasters' Action Plan
by Guillaume Chenevière
Executive Director of the WEMF

A questionnaire to WEMF participants

Speakers

Biographies

Participants

List of participants

List of organisations

UN press coverage

Annan calls on broadcasters to help create 'open, inclusive' information society

World Broadcasters present Annan with declaration pledging spread of information

WEMF: New technologies in hands of actors in information age have replaced traditional media

At World Electronic Media Forum, panel debates potential opportunites, dangers of information technologies