Press Freedom in a Digital World:
The Value of Copyright

Tuesday 29 November 2016
At La Libre Belgique
Rue des Francs 79 – 1040 Bruxelles

18:00 – Welcome by François le Hodey, CEO of IPM/La Libre Belgique, Member of ENPA Executive Committee and ENPA Board

Opening by ENPA President Carlo Perrone, Vice President, Italiana Editrice S.p.A. (ITEDI – La Stampa & Il Secolo XIX)

18:15 – Panel discussion moderated by Natalia Drozdiak, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal with:

• Therese Comodini Cachia, rapporteur in the European Parliament
• Laurent Joffrin, Director of Libération and Editeur-in-Chief of Nouvel Observateur
• Thomas Höppner, professor of civil and intellectual property law, Berlin
• Fabienne Brison, doctor in law (with a PhD on performers’ neighbouring rights) and professor of intellectual property, media law and ICT law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

19:00 – ENPA Vice-President Valdo Lehari Jr, Publisher and Managing Director/CEO Reutlinger General Anzeiger welcoming Commissioner Oettinger

Key-note speech by Commissioner Günther Oettinger, Digital Economy & Society

Conclusion by ENPA President Carlo Perrone.

19:30 – Dinner Reception