Opening Ceremony and Golden Pen of Freedom
The Opening Ceremony of the 68th World News Media Congress will include the Welcome Speeches from WAN-IFRA, local authorities and partners, a tribute to Mr. Guillermo Cano, the Golden Pen of Freedom Award Ceremony and a vital discussion on the challenges of being a LATAM media executive today.
The Ceremony will include a unique show from the internationally recognised ballet company "Colegio del Cuerpo" of Cartagena de Indias.
Welcome Speeches
The President of WAN-IFRA, the President of the Colombian Newspaper and News Publishers Association - ANDIARIOS, and the President of World Editors Forum, will welcome the events participants and open the 68th edition of WAN-IFRA's World News Media Congress.
Speakers
President, WAN-IFRA, Sweden
Journalist, commentator, consultant
Tribute to Guillermo Cano
The Golden Pen of Freedom
Awarded since 1961, the Golden Pen of Freedom is given in recognition of outstanding action, in writing or deed, to an individual, a group or an institution in the cause of press freedom. The award is traditionally given during the opening ceremony; an occasion to focus the world's media attention on the fundamental issue of press freedom.
Speakers
- Journalist, commentator, consultant
Colegio del Cuerpo Ballet Company: ¡NEGRA! ANGER!
The Colegio del Cuerpo (ECDC) was founded in 1997 in Cartagena de Indias by Masters Alvaro Restrepo (Colombia) and Marie France Delieuvin (France), and has become one of the pioneering proposals in arts education in Colombia and worldwide. Through its training activities, research and creation initiatives and awareness campaigns, the ECDC has contributed to the artistic, professional and human development of 8,300 children and youth from vulnerable populations in the city, who have integrated its ranks and programmes.
The piece ¡NEGRA! ANGER! stems from a show El Colegio del Cuerpo performed at an event of for a Local Anti-Racism Observatory (ODAR). The music for this show is from the great singer, pianist and African-American rights defender, Nina Simone. Her extraordinary and tragic life, the intensity of her commitment, pain and suffering that fueled her existence, are present in her voice and piano.
How to lead a LATAM media company today: challenges and opportunities
Speakers
Publisher, Vanguardia, Mexico
Publisher & CEO, El Nacional, Venezuela
Director, El Universo, Ecuador
Managing Director, El Tiempo, Colombia