About The Digital Media Literacy Summit 2007

Programme



12.00 – 12.50 Arrivals, Buffet lunch and networking


13.00 Welcome to the Minister and to the day – Heather Rabbatts, Chair of the Media Literacy Task Force

Session 1. Introduction to the Summit by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the Rt. Hon. James Purnell MP .


13.20 Session 2. My Media Day – Yemisi Blake, student, performance artist and writer,


13.35 Session 3. Keynote address – Jon Gisby, former Managing
Director of Yahoo! UK andIreland, MD and Vice President of Media –
Europe. (Chair, Heather Rabbatts)


14.10 Session 4. Joan Barker, Silver Surfer of the Year 2007: My Media Day


14.20 Session 5. Perspectives and Panel

Ten minute presentations followed by Q&A (Chair: Julia Hobsbawn, Chief Executive of Editorial Intelligence)
  • Ewan McIntosh – Director of Learning Technologies at Learning
  • and Teaching Scotland :
  • Dick Penny, Director of the Watershed
  • Jeremy Olivier, Head of Convergent Media, Ofcom
  • Vicky Read, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Safety,
  • Bebo,
  • Matt Locke – Channel 4 Commissioning Editor:

15.40 Session 6. Third ‘My Media Day’ - Jellie Ellie, teen entrepreneur and author


15.50 Session 7. Over to you – “Open Space” sessions (introduced by Steve Moore)


17.15 Session 8. ‘Open Mic’ Feedback (Chair, Steve Moore)


17.35 Session 9. Next steps / Close – Heather Rabbatts


17.45 – 20.00 drinks reception