Day 1 (Mon 17/10/16)

09:30 – 10:00 Registration

11/F corridor

10:00 – 11:15 Introduction
[Doreen Weisenhaus, Simon Young]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break

11/F corridor

11:30 – 13:00 Legal Framework and International Law Protecting Freedom of Expression
[Nani Jansen Reventlow]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch – Speech by the Hon. Mr. Justice Hartmann

Rm 9.01

14:30 – 15:30 Legal Framework and International Law Protecting Freedom of Expression cont’d
[Nani Jansen Reventlow]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break

11/F corridor

15:45 – 16:30 Key Milestones, Challenges and Developments for Press Freedom in Asia
[HR Dipendra, Gayathry Venkiteswaran]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

 19:00 (Welcome Dinner at Hotel Jen, Café Malacca

– Speech by Gillian Phillips)

 

Day 2 (Tue 18/10/16)

09:30 – 11:00 Defamation
[Nani Jansen Reventlow]

Rm 7.23

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

Rm 9.01

11:15 – 13:00 Defamation cont’d
[Nani Jansen Reventlow]

Rm 7.23

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

Rm 9.01

14:30 – 15:30 Contempt of Court and Court Reporting
[Danny Gittings, Cliff Buddle]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break

11/F corridor

15:45 – 16:30 Contempt of Court and Court Reporting cont’d
[Gayathry Venkiteswaran]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

 

 

 

 

 

Day 3 (Wed 19/10/16)

09:30 – 11:00 Privacy and Data Protection
[Mark Parsons, Louise Crawford]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

11/F corridor

11:15 – 13:00 Privacy and Data Protection cont’d
[Mark Parsons, Louise Crawford]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

Rm 9.01

14:30 – 15:30 Access to Information – Freedom of information legislation, Confidential Information and Protection of Media Sources
[Doreen Weisenhaus, Peter Noorlander]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

15:30 – 15:45  Coffee break

11/F corridor

15:45 – 16:30 Access to Information – Freedom of information legislation, Confidential Information and Protection of Media Sources cont’d
[Doreen Weisenhaus, Peter Noorlander]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

 

 

 

Day 4 (Thu 20/10/16)

9:30 – 10:30 Online Speech/Digital Crimes: Special Issues
[HR Dipendra]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

10:30 – 11:15 National Security and Sedition
[Peter Noorlander]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break

11/F corridor

11:30 – 13:00 Strategic Litigation
[Nani Jansen Reventlow]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

Rm 9.01

14:30 – 15:30 Reform Initiatives in Media Law
[Peter Noorlander]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

15:30 –15:45 Coffee break

11/F corridor

15:45 –16:30 Debriefing and Q&A
[Peter Noorlander, Nani Jansen Reventlow, HR Dipendra, Gayathry Venkiteswaran]

11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

  • All sessions will take place in the “Academic Conference Room”, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, save and except for the “Defamation” session on Day 2 (09:30 to 13:00) which will take place in the “Small Moot Court”, Room 7.23, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower.
  • Lunch will be served in the “Alumni and Reading Room”, Room 9.01, 9/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower.
  • Coffee breaks will take place on 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, save and except for the mid-morning coffee break on Day 2 which will be held in Room 9.01, 9/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower.