<div dir="ltr"><header style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dear all,</header><header style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">apologies for cross-posting. </header><header style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">This is a last reminder to register for the FoME Symposium on Media Freedom and its intersection with Internet Governance. Many familiar names from almost all continents will be speaking on key topics and we look forward to see many of you in Berlin!</header><header style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Regards,</header><header style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Lorena<br><h1 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Attention,sans-serif;font-size:2.9em;background:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0.3em 0px 0.7em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.125em">Power Shifts. Media Freedom and the Internet</h1></header><div class="gmail-storycontent" style="font-family:Attention,sans-serif;font-size:10px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:rgb(253,249,237);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><h2 style="font-size:2em;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">November 16-17, 2017<br>Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Tiergartenstr. 35, Berlin</h2><h2 style="font-size:2em;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">organised by <a href="http://irights.international/" style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(230,185,25);text-decoration-line:none">iRights.international</a>, hosted by <a href="http://www.kas.de/wf/en/" style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(230,185,25);text-decoration-line:none">Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung</a></h2><p style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a title="Registration" href="http://fome.info/events/symposium-2017/registration" style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(230,185,25)">Registration</a> | <a href="http://fome.info/events/symposium-2017/programme" style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(230,185,25)">Programme</a> | <a title="Speakers" href="http://fome.info/events/symposium-2017/speakers" style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(230,185,25)">Speakers</a></p><p style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">In many countries, not only in the developing world, governments are pushing for more control over the Internet. Censoring content is a growth industry, and Internet and social network shutdowns in response to civil protest and unrest are on the rise. Online surveillance is exploding and people are being increasingly intimidated or detained because of their online activities.</p><p style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Therefore it is vital for civil society and the media to work together in order to shape the Internet of the future and ensure it remains in the service of democracy. And the role of international media assistance needs to be reconsidered in this context.</p><p style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">At the 2017 Symposium of the Forum Media and Development (FoME) in Berlin (Nov. 16th & 17th), we will discuss recent developments, strategies and next steps with a range of international experts in the fields of media development and Internet governance:</p><ul style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;list-style:none"><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Chinmayi Arun, Centre for Communication Governance, Delhi</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Lynn St. Amour, Chair of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the Internet Governance Forum</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Guy Berger, Director of Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">William Bird, Media Monitoring Africa, Johannesburg</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Miriam Estrin, Google</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Helani Galpaya, LIRNEasia, Colombo, Sri Lanka</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science Center</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Joseph Nasongo, Commissioner, National Cohesion and Integration Commission, Kenya</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Mark Nelson, Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), Washington, DC</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Nanjira Sambuli, World Wide Web Foundation, Nairobi</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel</li><li style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">and many more.</li></ul><p style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The FoME symposium will bring together journalists, media managers, media development specialists, activists, academics and representatives from government and private companies from around the world to exchange views and foster ideas to keep the Internet free and open – for media and citizens around the globe.</p><p style="font-size:1.8em;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;background:transparent;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.375em;color:rgb(34,34,34)">At the core of the symposium will be the following questions:</p><ul style="f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