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Conference Programme


Further evening events and trips are posted on individual's dates' pages.

1. Training course for children to make sports films on mobiles
2. 'After Copenhagen' Climate Change and the Media Workshop
in partnership with SABA, TVE and Oxfam South Africa
3. One day training course for African Sports Broadcasters
in partnership with Commonwealth Games Canada
4. Regulatory Workshop
in partnership with UNESCO
5. Media and Health Workshop
in partnership with Wellcome Trust and Commonwealth Games Canada
6. The Media and Social Justice – what role for the Commonwealth?
In association with the Commonwealth Foundation
7. Management and Financial Control Workshop
7a. Public Service Broadcasting in South Africa
by invitation
8. AIBD-CBA Meeting
by invitation
9. CBA Committee Meeting
by invitation
10. Evening Welcome Reception
11. SABC film on the Road to the World Cup
12. A brief welcome from the CBA President, Abubakar Jijiwa, DG, VON
13. Broadcasting Keynote
14. New Media technologies: their impact on the industry
15. Discussion on Covering Major Sporting Events
16. The Next Generation
16a. Connecting Classrooms Sub-Saharan Africa
17. Development through Sport
in association with Commonwealth Games Canada
18. Electronic Game Demonstration
20. Kayalami Castle and Gala Dinner
21. Keynote: New Opportunities, New Obligations: Public Broadcasting in the Era of Choice
22. Media Freedom Challenges in the Commonwealth
23. Live Discussion: Media Freedom Challenges in Africa

Focus on Content: The technology has evolved but what about the content? (25-26a)
25. Focus on Content: Keeping PSB fresh, engaging and relevant
26. Presentation and Discussion: The challenges and opportunities of major international co-productions, 'Why Poverty? Why the Gap?'
26a. 'WorldView' – the CBA launch of the next phase of the CBA-DFID Media Scheme
26b. The Institute for Broadcasting Development in Kuala Lumpur
27. Awards Dinner

29-32 are for Group A; 33-35 for Group B

29. Public Service Broadcasting: Role, Relevance and Future
30. CBA AGM and Elections
open only to Heads of Delegation of CBA member organisations
31. CBA Discussion
32. Brief meeting of the new CBA Committee.

33. The future and advantages of DTT transmission networks
33a. Lessons learned - DTTV Pay TV Trial
33b. Evaluating and selecting a Standard for Digital Terrestrial Television
34. The dividends of a successful spectrum plan in migrating from analogue to digital television
35. Migration from analogue to terrestrial television to digital terrestrial television
35a. Discussion

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