Program of the 76th General Assembly Online
October 21-23, 2020
The schedule for this program is based on the EST (Eastern United States).
Wednesday 21
10:00 am
• Inauguration of the 76 General Assembly.
• President of the IAPA, Cristopher Barnes, The Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica.
• President of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen.
• Signature of the Declaration of Chapultepec
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
• Discussions of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information.
• Roberto Rock, La Silla Rota, Mexico City, Mexico
• Country-by-country reports
12:30 pm
Presentation of the Chapultepec Grand Prize to Edison Lanza, OAS Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
14:00 - 15:30 pm
Official presentation of the Chapultepec Index
María Elvira Domínguez, El País, Cali, Colombia
Edison Lanza, Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, OEA.
León Hernández, Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB), Venezuela
15:30 - 16:30 pm
Salta Declaration Panel - Intellectual Property
Martin Etchevers, Clarín - ADEPA, Argentina
David Chavern, News Media Alliance, Virginia, USA
Diego Garazzi, La Nación, Argentina
16:30 - 17:30 pm
Lee Hills Panel. Immortal Pencils, new IAPA campaign against Impunity.
Juan Francisco Lanz-Duret, El Universal, CDMX, Mexico
Roberto Rock, La Silla Rota, CDMX, Mexico
Luis Núñez, ZubiAdvertising, Miami, Florida.
Thursday 22
09:30 - 11:00 am
• Board of Directors of the IAPA
• Reports Chairmen of Commissions
11:00 am - 12:00 hrs
Publishers panel: Challenges to the media after the worsening of the pandemic crisis.
Jorge Canahuati, Opsa Group, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Michael Greenspon, The New York Times, New York, New York '
Luis Javier Salido, Debate, Mexico
Ernesto Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina
Moderator: Eduardo Tessler, Midiamundo, Porto Alegre, Brazil
12:00 hrs - 13:00 pm
SIP-Rockstart Challenge Presentation
Jorge Canahuati, Opsa Group, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Felipe Santa María, Rockstart Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Darío Palacio, Sindyk, Medellín, Colombia
13:00 - 14:00 pm
Panel of former Presidents: Deviations from democracy and freedom of expression and information during the pandemic and its perspectives.
Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica
José María Aznar, Spain
Jorge Quiroga, Bolivia
Moderator: Asdrúbal Aguiar, Venezuela
14:00 - 15:00 pm
Panel: Subscriptions and Payment Models
Borja Echevarría, El País, Spain
Pepe Cerezo, Evoca Media, Spain
Gabriela Hadid, Luminate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Moderator: Alejandro Lorenzo, Protecmedia, Madrid, Spain
15:00 - 16:00 pm
Panel: Multi-platform content management.
Guillermo Gammacurta, Ambito, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rodrigo Díaz Tebot, Saeta - Channel 10, Montevideo, Uruguay
Hieronymus Rodríguez Carbone, Grupo RPP, Lima, Peru
Friday 23
09:30 am - 11:00 hrs
• Assembly
• Result of Elections to the Board of Directors
• President of Panama, Luis Abinader Corona
• Signature of the Declaration of Chapultepec
• Approval of Country by Country Reports
• Resolutions and conclusions
12:00 hrs - 13:00 pm
Panel: Artificial intelligence.
Paul Cheung, John S. & James L. Knight Foundation, Miami, USA.
Ashley Alvarado, Southern California Public Radio, USA
Pablo Fernández, Chequeado.com
13:00 - 14:00 pm
Presentation: "Facebook and the News Industry: building together sustainable business opportunities".
Fares Akkard, Director of Media Partnership Facebook and Instagram for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa.
Introduction by Michael Greenspon, The New York Times, New York, USA
14:00 - 15:00 pm
Presentation: Brad Bender, Google VP of Product Management for News,
15: 00– 16:00 pm
CLAEP discussion: Post-pandemic journalism training: challenges and opportunities
Tomás Ciuffardi, Universidad de Los Hemisferios, Ecuador
Sergio Rodríguez Blanco, Universidad Iberomaericana, Mexico
Santiago Humberto Gómez Mejía, UNAB, Colombia
Hernán Cappiello, UCA, Argentina
Moderators: Susana Mitchell and Aurelio Collado
16:00 pm
• Address by President Christopher Barnes
• Speech by the new president of the IAPA
• Closure
IAPA Commission Meetings
Thursday October 15
09: 30-11: 00 am
Meeting of the New Members Commission
11:00 am-12:30pm
Meeting of the Press Institute, Internet Commission and SIP Scholarship Fund
13:30 - 15:30 pm
Meeting of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information
15:30 - 17:00 pm
Nominations Committee Meeting
• Elections of the Board of Directors, SurveyMonkey
Friday October 16
09: 30-10:30 am
Meeting of the Finance and Investment Commission
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Meeting of the Executive Committee of the IAPA
14:00 - 16:00 pm
Continuation of the IAPA Executive Committee Meeting
