Midyear Meeting
Fortaleza, Brazil
Caesar Park Fortaleza
March 17-20, 2001

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Friday, March 16

Arrival at the Pinto Martins International Airport in Fortaleza. Convention staff will be available to direct you to ground transportation . The Host Committee will be offering complimentary transfers to the Caesar Park or Meliá Confort hotels. They would greatly appreciate it if you could e-mail your time of arrival to dontour@fortalnet.com.br to prepare your transfer.

Registration Magna Room (Opens Friday, March 16, at 2:00 p.m.)
Exhibits Convention Center Foyer (Begins Saturday, March 17)
Secretariat: Senatus Room (Opens Friday, March 16, at 12 noon)
Press Room: 5th Floor (Opens Friday, March 16, at 12:00 noon)
VIP Room: Aurea Room

Saturday, March 17

8:00 a.m. Registration. Magna Room.

8 - 10 a.m. Meeting of the Inter-American Committee. Chairman Jayme Sirotsky, RBS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Aventino Room.

8 - 10 a.m. Meeting of the Finance Committee. Chairman Jaime Mantilla, Diario Hoy, Quito, Ecuador. Argentea Room.

9 - 11 a.m. Seminar: "Restructuring the Newsroom." Blue Night Room.

10 - 12 p.m. Meeting of the Executive Committee and Advisory Council. Chairman Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C. Caelius Room.

10:00 a.m. Spouses Program. Visit to Beach Park.

11- 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break. Blue Night Foyer. Courtesy of PR Newswire.

11:30-1:00 Seminar: "Reinventing Image to Compete and Gain Readers." Blue Night Room.

12:30 p.m. Luncheon of the Executive Committee and Advisory Council. Le Caesar Restaurant.

2 - 3:30 p.m. Seminar "Sports as a Means to Gain Readers." Blue Night Room.

2 - 3:30 p.m. Meeting of the Awards Committee. Chairman Saturnino Herrero Mitjans, Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Aurea Room.

2 - 3:30 p.m. Meeting of the Chapultepec Committee. Chairman Alejo Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru. Caelius Room.

4 - 5:30 p.m. Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. Chairman Rafael Molina, Ahora, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Resolutions Committee. Caelius Room.

8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception. Blue Night Room. Sponsored by Screaming Media

Sunday, March 18

8:00 a.m. Registration. Magna Room.

8 - 9:00 a.m. Meeting of the Impunity Committee. Chairman Alberto Ibargüen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida. Argentea Room.

8 - 9:00 a.m. Meeting of the Newspapers-in-Education Committee. Chairman Scott Schurz, Herald-Times, Bloomington, Indiana. (5th Floor)

8 - 9:00 a.m. Meeting of the Scholarship Fund. Chairman Alejandro Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida. (5th Floor)

9:00 a.m. Spouses Program. City Tour and Cumbuco Beach.

9:00 a.m. Continuous Session of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information.
Caelius/Aventino Rooms
- Opening of sessions by President Danilo Arbilla
- Welcoming remarks by Chairman of the Host Committee, Demócrito Rocha Dummar, O Povo, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Naming of sub-committees
- Overview by Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, Chairman Rafael Molina, Ahora, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Special report by Committee Coordinator Ricardo Trotti
- Country-by-country reports

10:30 a.m. Coffee Break. Convention Center Foyer. Courtesy of PR Newswire.

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon of the Nominations Committee. Chairman Tony Pederson, Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas. Le Caesar Restaurant.

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon of the Journalists-at-Risk Committee. Chairman Enrique Santos Calderón, El Tiempo, Bogota, Colombia. Argentea Room

2:00 - 5:00 Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information Caelius/Aventino Rooms.

7:30 p.m. Dinner at Pirata Restaurant/Bar.
(Buses will begin to depart at 7:00 p.m.)

Monday, March 19

8-9 a.m. Welcome Breakfast/Orientation for new members and first-time participants.
Blue Night Room. Courtesy of PR Newswire.

9:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony of the Inter American Press Association Midyear Meeting. Caelius/Aventino Rooms.

Report of the Impunity Committee. Report of the Journalists-at-Risk Committee. Report of the Inter-American Committee.

Panel: Inter-American Declaration on Freedom of Expression. Participation of representatives of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Claudio Grossman, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, Santiago Canton and IAPA representatives.

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break. Convention Center Foyer. Courtesy of PR Newswire.

11:00- 12:00 Report of the IAPA President, Danilo Arbilla, Búsqueda, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Introduction of the President of the Republic by Demócrito Rocha Dummar, O Povo, Fortaleza, Brazil

Speech by the President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

12:30-2:30 p.m. Lunch. Invitation of Mr. Paulo Cabral, Correio Braziliense, Brasília, Brazil. Almare Restaurant.

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Panel: "The Amazon: An Amazonian Vision." Panelists: Leonardo Boff, Professor Emeritus at the State University of Rio de Janeiro; Miguel Milano, Boticário Foundation; and Cacique Pequena, indigenous activist. Caelius Room.

3:00 p.m. Spouses Program. Tour of Handicrafts Market.

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Board of Directors. Caelius Room.

4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Coffee Break. Convention Center Foyer. Courtesy of PR Newswire.

5:00 - 6:30 Seminar: "The Transition of On-line Print Journalism." Blue Night Room.

7:30 p.m. Dinner at Mucuripe Tourist Center. (Departure from hotel lobby)

Tuesday, March 20

8:30 - 9:30 Report of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. Debate and discussion. Caelius Room.

9:30 a.m. Spouses Program: Shopping Tour

9:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break. Convention Center Foyer. Courtesy of PR Newswire.

10:00 - 12:00 Conclusions and Resolutions. Caelius Room.

12:00 - 1:00 Board of Directors. Caelius Room.
Report of the Future Sites Committee, Chairman Robert J. Caldwell, The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego, California

1:30 p.m. Closing Luncheon. Keynote Speaker: Domenico De Masi, sociology professor at the University of Sapienza in Rome. La Maison Dunas Restaurant.

4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Excursion: Dragão do Mar Cultural Center

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