Day 1, Nov 21, Monday

OPENING CEREMONY 

08:30 – 09:00     Arrival of Participants/Registration

09:00 – 09:30    Arrival of VIPs/Guests

09:30 -  09:40    Arrival of the Honourable Minister of Information, Communication and Culture

                          National Anthem

                          Recital

09:40 – 10:00    Welcome Remarks

·       Dato Adilah Shek Omar, Director of IPPTAR

·       Ms. Olya Booyar, President of IAWRT

10:00 – 10:15      Opening Address by the Honourable Minister of Information, Communication 

and Culture-Malaysia, Dato’ Dr. RaisYatim

10:15                    Ceremony toMark the Official Opening  - IPPTAR 

Press  Conference  C/O ABU/IPPTAR

                           Morning Tea               

10:45                           Intro to Keynote – (Ms. Olya Booyar)

10:48                           Keynote Address – Dato’ Norhyati Ismail

                                   Director General Department of Broadcasting, RTM Malaysia

11:00 – 13:00              Session 1 –Women in the Line of Fire: Reporting From Conflict/War

·       Tunisia – KHEDIJA LEMKECHER

·       Pakistan- TASNEEM AHMAR

·       Iraq – AWAZ SALIM

13:00 – 14:00              Lunch

14:00 – 15:30              Session 2 – Social Media – Women Reclaiming the Space

·       Malaysia–MARINA MAHATHIR

·       USA – VIOLET GONDA

·       Kenya  - GRACE GITHAIGA

15.30 – 16:00              Afternoon Tea

16:00 – 17:00              Session 3 –Using Media to Engage Women in Governance

·       Tanzania – ROSE HAJI MWALIMU

·       Cambodia – KIM SOKUNTHEARY

17:00                           Close

Set Up & Preparations for the Great Debate

19:00 – 21:00              The Great Debate – Feminism is Finished Business.  Move On?

                                    Rebung Restaurant, Bangsar (Buses leave IPPTAR & Cititel 6.30pm)