Programme

Thursday, September 21st

9:00 h. Accreditation of participants

9:30 h. Opening ceremony

  • Empar Marco, director general of the Valencian Media Communications Corporation
  • Javier Marzal, spokesman of the Inter-University Commission for a Valencian Public Televisions and Radio
  • Günther Dauwen, Secretary general of the Center Maurits Coppieters
  • Susanna Pardines, coordinator of the Identity and Culture Lab of the Nexe Foundation

10:00 h. Inaugural session: ‘Constructing collective identity through the audio-visual media’ by Ruth McElroy, Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Research Unit, University of South Wales. Presenter: Enric Castelló (URV)

11:30 h. Coffee break

12:00 h. Debate: ‘Public service broadcasting as a tool for language planning’. Presenter: Miquel Nicolàs (UV)

  • Omrop Fryslân ( Friesland)  with Lieuwe Jan Hettema
  • BBC Alba (Wales) with Lindsay Dombrowski
  • Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (Catalonia) with Vicent Sanchis

14:00 h. Lunch time

16:00 h. Paper session. Moderator: Susanna Pardines (Fundació Nexe)

18:00 h. Second session: ‘Producing quality programmes and selecting content for a public broadcaster’ by Francesc Escribano, Director of ‘Minoria Absoluta’ and Coordinator of INPUT Conference. Presenter: Àlvar Peris (UV)

Friday, September 22nd

9:00 h. Paper session

11:00 h. Coffee break

11:30 h. Micro-tracks: ‘The selection of contents in the Valencian public broadcaster: proposals for the future’. Presenters: Francesc Martínez (UV) i Vicenta Tasa (UV)

The role of culture in radio and television spaces:

  • Josep Vicent Frechina (musical and literary critic)
  • Amàlia Garrigós (journalist)
  • Xavier Aliaga (journalist and writer)

Territory, history and traditions:

  • Josepa Cucó (Professor in social anthropology)
  • Vicent Baydal (historian)
  • Paco Tortosa (Doctor in geography)

Fiction production:

  • Pau Martínez (director of cinema)
  • Pilar Almería (actress)
  • Ada Hernández (scriptwriter)

Qualified news:

  • Salvador Almenar (journalist)
  • Violet Tena (journalist)
  • Laura Ballester (journalist)

Sport and leisure:

  • Cayetano Ros (journalist)
  • Alfred Hernando ‘Fredi’ (former “pilotari” and businessman)
  • Francesc Colomer (Autonomous Secretary of the Valencian Tourism Agency)

14:00 h. Closing ceremony

  • Esteban Morcillo, Rector of the University of Valencia
  • Gonçal Grau, President of the Nexe Foundation