Programme: The Global Energy Transition: Is Journalism Ready?
Friday, 10 November 2017
| 09.00 | Conference registration desks open |
| Location: H+ Hotel Köln Brühl, Römerstraße 1, 50321 Brühl (approx. 45 mins from Bonn central station and approx. 30 mins from Cologne central station) | |
| 09.40 | Welcome to the 2017 Clean Energy Wire CLEW Network Conference |
| Sven Egenter, Executive Director and Chief Editor of the Clean Energy Wire | |
| 10.00 | Impulses: Expectations towards future climate and energy transition journalism from stakeholders and the policy field. |
| Speakers: | |
| Jochen Flasbarth (@JochenFlasbarth), State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (via video address) Dr Tania Rödiger-Vorwerk (@BMZ_Bund), Deputy Director of Division for Environment and Infrastructure, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Christoph Bals (@christophbals), Policy Director, Germanwatch Claude Turmes, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Felix Dembski, (@sonnenCommunity), Vice President Strategy, sonnen GmbH Leo Hickman, (panel chair) Director and Editor, CarbonBrief |
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| 11.30 | Networking Welcome |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.30 |
Workshops |
| Participants are invited to attend one of the three following sessions, which will run in parallel: | |
| Session 1: What is the recipe for a successful international journalism network for a cause? | |
| Speakers: | |
| James Fahn (@JamesFahn), Global Director of Internews’ Environmental Programs and the Executive Director of Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) | |
| Meaghan Parker (@meagham), Board member of Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) | |
| David González (@dgonzalezt), Editor at Connectas | |
| Tim Nuthall (chair, @Tim_Nuthall), International Communications Director at the European Climate Foundation | |
| Session 2: From bubble to mainstream: Making the energy transition relevant across news desks | |
| Speakers: | |
| Dagmar Dehmer (@dpomondi), Senior environmental journalist and communication expert on the energy transition and climate topics | |
| Mark Rice-Oxley (@markriceoxley69), Head of special projects at The Guardian | |
| Benjamin Schulz (@TheBeamMagazine), Managing Partner at GridHub GmbH, The Beam | |
| Christoph Podewils (chair, @Chr_Podewils), Director of Communication at Agora Energiewende | |
| Session 3: Building capacities for global energy transition reporting | |
| Speakers: | |
| Laurie Goering (@lauriegoering), Climate Editor at the Thomson Reuters Foundation | |
| Andreas Sieber (@SieberAndreas), Program Manager at ClimateTracker | |
| Dr James Painter, (chair) Director of Journalism Programme at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University | |
| 15.00 | Coffee Break |
| 15.30 | Keynote: Alan Rusbridger (@arusbridger), former Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian |
| ‘The state of international energy transition journalism and the road ahead’ | |
| 16.30 | The global survey: Learning from the interplay between journalism and the energy transition in different national contexts |
| Discussion panel between journalists and journalism association representatives from different geographic regions. | |
| Speakers: | |
| Angelina Davydova (@angelinadavydov), environment and climate journalist, board member of n-ost e.V., journalism network on Eastern Europe. | |
| Dr Sam Geall (@samgeall), Executive Editor at China Dialogue | |
| Joydeep Gupta (@joydeepgupta), South Asia Director at news website and journalism network The Third Pole | |
| Prof. Holger Wormer (@mediendoktor), Institute for Journalism at the Technical University of Dortmund | |
| Carel C. Mohn (chair, @CarelMohn25), Director Media Programmes at Clean Energy Wire | |
| 18.30 |
Transfer to dinner venue (shuttle service available; alternatively, it is possible to walk) |
| 19.00 | Dinner and award show, hosted by Stiftung Mercator Foundation |
| Welcoming address by Philipp Offergeld (@MercatorDE), Program Manager at Centre for Climate Change, Stiftung Mercator Foundation. |
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| Announcement of Clean Energy Wire cross-border grant recipients by jury member Hanne May (@may_power_day), Head of Energy Consulting at Edelman.ergo. | |
| Presentation of story pitches by the shortlisted journalist teams. | |
| Location: Restaurant Wasserturm Brühl (old water tower), Liblarer str. 181, 50321 Brühl (located within a short walk/drive away from the conference venue) | |
| 21.00 | Reception and networking |
Saturday, 11 November 2017
| 09.15 | Conference registration desks open |
| Location: H+ Hotel Köln Brühl, Römerstraße 1, 50321 Brühl (40 mins from Bonn central station and 30 mins from Cologne central station) | |
| 10.00 | Keynote: Brigitte Alfter (@Hackette7), Managing Editor of Journalismfund and accomplished investigative journalist ‘Cross-border journalism and getting to the bottom of global drama – what energy transition journalism can learn from it’ |
| 10.45 | Workshops |
| Participants are invited to attend one of the three following sessions, which will run in parallel: | |
| Session 1: Facts and context across borders – How can journalists get global stories right? | |
| Speaker: | |
| Craig Morris (@PPchef), Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, co-author of the book ‘Energy Democracy - Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables’ | |
| Sonya Angelica Diehn (@SonyaDiehn), Environment Team Leader at Deutsche Welle (DW) | |
| Sven Egenter (chair, @segenter), Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Clean Energy Wire | |
| Session 2: Has the lone wolf joined the pack for good? Journalism collaboration on climate, the energy transition, and beyond | |
| Speaker: | |
| Michael Stang (@herrstang), science journalist and ambassador for international journalism network hostwriter | |
| Julie Søgaard (@JulieSogaard), Chair of the The Danish Association of Energy and Environmental Journalists (FEM) | |
| Imelda Abano (@iabano), President of Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists | |
| Christoph Podewils (chair, @Chr_Podewils), Director of Communication at Agora Energiewende | |
| Session 3: How do you establish trust in cross-border journalism? | |
| Speaker: | |
| Kieran Cooke, Senior foreign and economic correspondent (BBC, Financial Times), representing Climate News Network | |
| Kata Karath (@KataKarath), freelance science journalist (Quartz, New Scientist) | |
| Raul Cazan (chair, @raulia), Editor-in-Chief at 2Celsius Network | |
| 12.30 | Closing round: What we have learned about the future of Global Energy Transition Journalism |
| 13.00 | Farewell lunch |