The document provides an agenda and logistical information for the IAPA Midyear Meeting taking place from March 6-9, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Panama City, Panama. It outlines the schedule of seminars, panels, receptions and other events during the meeting, including topics such as paywalls, multimedia workflows, technology developments and restrictions on press freedom. Meeting spaces, times for registration and meals, and transportation details are also included. The document lists committee meetings to be held before, during and after the general sessions.

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MIDYEAR MEETING
HILTON HOTEL
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA
MARCH 6-9, 2015
DRAFT
IAPA registrations: Venetian Room
ExhibitArea: Star Bay Foyer
Secretariat (translations): Bellagio Room
Secretariat (photocopiers): Bellagio Room
Press Room: Mirage Room
Coordination & Staff Room: Twist Room
VIP Room: Vitri Room
Plenary sessions: Star Bay Room 1 & 2
IAPA seminars: Star Bay Room 2
Committees: Revolution, Millenium, Mystic Point Rooms
Breakfasts: Society Café restaurant
Lunches: Star Bay Room 3
- The Press Room is open daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- The Secretariat is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- The ExhibitArea is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
This meeting’s official airline is COPA. To obtain the 20% discountplease call the COPA call center at
1-800-359-2672. The code is D6253. This rebate does notapply to reservations made over the Internet.

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Friday, March 6
8:00 a.m. Registrations
Venetian Room
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast for participants staying at the Hilton Hotel
Society Café Restaurant
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Seminar 1: Paywalls versus Micropayments: The need to obtain
revenue in digital businesses is defined on two fronts – the content
paywalls on the one hand and the programs for micropayments that are
sold for just one article, one photo or one video, etc.
Panelists: Kelly Leach, Piano Media, Vienna, Austria; David Ho, The
Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.
Moderator: Matthew Sanders, Deseret Digital News, Salt Lake City, Utah
Star Bay Room 2
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Program for spouses/companions
City tour of Old Panama Ruins
The city was attacked in 1671 by English pirate Henry Morgan. The ruins
of the old city are still maintained, including its cathedral tower. This
district, the Historic Monuments of Old Panama, is declared by UNESCO
as a World Heritage Site.
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Coffee break. ExhibitArea
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Seminar 2: Work Flows and Times in Multimedia: The integration of
various content platforms carries with it the need for important changes in
managementand administration in a newsroom.
Panelists: Iñaki Palacios, Cases i Associats, Miami, Florida; Jorge Heili,
Everypostand Dos Al Cubo, Buenos Aires,Argentina
Moderator:
Star Bay Room 2
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Lunch free
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Seminar 3: Technology: At the Point Of No Return: It is time to really
revise plans to acquire or renew production equipment. This session will
evaluate the mostrelevant technical developments and their relationship
to traditional print platforms.
Panelists: Mary L. Van Meter and Tara McMeekin, News & Technology
(NewsTech), Denver, Colorado
Moderator:
Star Bay Room 2
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Seminar 4: Two Inescapable Trends: Interactive Video and the
Facebook Newspaper: Facebook in February 2015 launched a

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personalized newspaper contentfrom newspapers. Will newspapers
continue to be friends ofFacebook or will the social media gianttake the
same path as Google?
Panelists: David Segura, Woozie, Madrid, Spain;
Moderator: Isabel Amorín Sicherle, El País, Madrid, Spain
Star Bay Room 2
6:30 p.m. Welcoming Reception
Sponsored by the Panamanian Tourism Institute (IPAT)
National Theater
The theater was designed by Italian architect Genaro Ruggieri in the style
of an Italian operetta theater and was inaugurated on October 1, 1908. Its
neo-classical façade is made up ofsix crowned arches. On each ofthe
two sides ofthe main entrance are sculptures that representthe Muses of
Word and Music.
(Buses departfrom the hotel beginning at6:00 p.m.)
Saturday, March 7
Committee on Freedom ofthe Press and Information. The Committee receives country-by-country reports.
(Sessions open to all participants)
8:00 a.m. Registrations
Venetian Room
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast for participants staying at the Hilton Hotel
Society Café Restaurant
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Opening session
Meeting of the IAPA Committee on Freedom of the Press and
Information. Opening ofsessions by IAPA President Gustavo Mohme,
La República, Lima, Peru
Naming of committees
Presentation of country-by-country reports
Presentation by the chairman of the Committee on Freedom ofthe Press
and Information, Claudio Paolillo, Búsqueda, Montevideo,Uruguay
Press Freedom Panel Discussion:
“Government Control Through the Internet”
The new information technologies have broughtbig advances to humanity
and there has been generated an explosion ofnew revolutions through
more empowered citizens.However, governments are also using the
Internet to control, spy and generate cybernetic attacks.
Panelists: Jane Kirtley, University ofMinnesota professor; Joel Simon,
Executive Director ofthe Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New
York, N.Y
Moderator: Claudio Paolillo, Búsqueda, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Star Bay Room 2

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11:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon Coffee break. ExhibitArea
11:30 a.m. Program for Spouses/Companions
Visitto Biodiversity Museum
The Biodiversity Museum, or BioMuseo, is a natural history museum
designed by Canadian architect Frank Gehry, the first work designed by
him for Latin America and in his design he used the same technology in
the famous Bird’s Nestofthe Peklng 2008 Olympic Games.
12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. Meeting of the IAPA Committee on Freedom of the Press and
Information
Continuation of country-by-country reports
Star Bay Room 2
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Lunch and special presentation
Presentation of Chapultepec Grand Prize to Catalina Botero, former OAS
Special Rapporteur for Freedom ofExpression
Introduction: Gustavo Mohme, La República, Lima, Peru, and José
Roberto Dutriz, La Prensa Gráfica, San Salvador, El Salvador
Star Bay Room 3
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. IAPA Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information
Continuation of country-by-country reports
4:00 p.m. Roundtable: “Legal Restrictions”
Governments ofthe region have resorted to the use oflegal mechanisms
to restrict freedom ofexpression and ofthe press, claiming “the need to
democratize communications.”
Taking part: Regional Vice Chairmen of the Committee on Freedom ofthe
Press and Information for Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua,
Uruguay and Venezuela.
Presenter: Adrián Ventura, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Star Bay Room 2
7:30 – 10:00 p.m. Reception/Dinner
Miraflores Locks
Sponsored by the Panama Canal Authority
Commemoration of the 100 years of the Panama Canal
Presenter: Jorge Quijano, Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority
(Buses departfrom the hotel beginning at6:00 p.m.)
Sunday, March 8
(Sessions open to all participants)
8:00 a.m. Registrations
Venetian Room

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8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast for participants staying at the Hilton Hotel
Society Café Restaurant
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Panel Discussion A: “Homage to Gabriel García Márquez, Journalist
and Entrepreneur: The Dream of Making His Own Newspaper”
A never-before-mentioned conversation aboutGabo, his business, ethical
and innovative vision and a half-truncated dream that led to the creation of
the Ibero-American New Journalism Foundation (FNPI) in 1995.
Conversation presented and hosted by Jaime Abello Banfi, Director
General of the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for the Ibero-American
New Journalism Foundation (FNPI)
Panelists: Enrique Santos, former IAPA President; Darío Arizmendi,
Radio Caracol, Bogotá, Colombia; Roberto Pombo, El Tiempo, Bogotá,
Colombia; Jorge Eduardo Ritter, former Foreign Minister of Panama.
Star Bay Room 1 & 2
11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break. ExhibitArea
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Panel Discussion B: “Institutional Weakness: An Impediment for
Latin America”
The lack of independence from those in power, political turbulence and a
lack of transparency contaminate Latin America democracy and limit
freedom ofexpression and ofthe press
Panelists: Luis Moreno Ocampo, former Justice ofthe International
Criminal Court, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Edison Lanza, OAS Special
Rapporteur for Freedom ofExpression; Frank LaRue, Executive Director
of the RobertF. Kennedy Human Rights Europe office
Moderator:
Star Bay Room 1 & 2
12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Official Opening Ceremony of the IAPA Midyear Meeting
Report by IAPA President Gustavo Mohme, La República, Lima, Peru
Inauguration by: H.E. Juan Carlos Varela, PresidentofPanama
Star Bay Room 1 & 2
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Lunch with the participation of Panamanian President Juan Carlos
Varela
Sponsored by Unión Fenosa Gas Natural
Star Bay Room 2 & 3
Afternoon free
5:00 p.m. Program for Spouses/Companions
Tea with Panama’s First Lady – Presidential Palace
(Buses depart from the hotel beginning at4:30 p.m.)

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6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Reception
Canal Museum
The Canal Museum is dedicated to conserving, investigating and
disseminating the testimonies ofthe history ofthe Panama Canal. It is
housed in a building located in Independence Square in the city’s old
town.
Sponsored by CEMEX
(Buses departfrom the hotel starting at 6:00 p.m.)
Monday, March 9
(Sessions open to all participants)
8:00 a.m. Registrations
Venetian Room
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast for participants staying at the Hilton Hotel
Society Café Restaurant
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Report of the IAPA Committee on Freedom of the Press and
Information
Approval of country-by-country reports, conclusions and resolutions
Debate and discussion
Star Bay Room 1 & 2
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Program for spouses/companions
Shopping visitto Soho Mall and Multiplaza
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Coffee break. ExhibitArea
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Future Sites Report
Star Bay Room 1 & 2
12:30 p.m. Closing lunch
Special presentation by IAPA President Gustavo Mohme, La República,
Lima, Peru
“Our Challenges In Future”
Sponsored by Cable & Wireless
Star Bay Room 3
MEETINGS OF IAPA COMMITTEES
(The Committees’ meetings are reserved for their members)
Friday, March 6
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Meeting of the IAPA Finance, Audit and Fundraising Committee

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Chairman, Hugo Holmann, La Prensa, Managua, Nicaragua
Revolution Room
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Meeting of the Executive Committee and Advisory Council
Chairman, Jorge Canahuati, La Prensa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Revolution Room
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch – Executive Committee and Advisory Council
Portofino Room
2:00 – 4:30 p.m. Continuation of the meeting of the Executive Committee and
Advisory Council
Chairman, Jorge Canahuati, La Prensa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Revolution Room
5:00 p.m. Meeting of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information
and Impunity Committee
Chairman, Claudio Paolillo, Búsqueda, Montevideo, Uruguay
Revolution Room
5:00 p.m. Meeting of the Awards Committee
Chair, Marcela Noble Herrera, La Razón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mystic Point Room
5:00 p.m. Meeting of the Scholarship Fund Board of Governors
Chairman, Gerardo García Gamboa, Novedades de Mérida, Mérida,
Mexico
Millenium Room
7:30 – 10:00 p.m. Dinner given by the Host Committee for the Executive Committee
and Advisory Council
Palacio de las Garzas palace (Panamanian Presidency) (TBC)
(Buses depart from the hotel starting at 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, March 7
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Meeting of the Membership Committee
Chairman, Ed McCullough, Associated Press, Miami, Florida
Revolution Room
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee
Chairman, Gonzalo Zegarra, Semana Económica, Lima, Peru
Millenium Room
5:00 p.m. Meeting of the Fundraising and Resources Committee
Co-chairs, Miguel H. Otero, El Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela, and María
Catalina Saieh, Copesa, Santiago Chile

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Millenium Room
Sunday, March 8
8:00 a.m. Meeting of the Strategic Development and Communications
Committee
Chair, María Elvira Domínguez, El País, Cali, Colombia
Revolution Room
4:00 p.m. Meeting of the Nominations Committee
Chair, Elizabeth Ballantine, The Durango Herald, Durango, Colorado
Revolution Room
Monday, March 9
8:00 a.m. Meeting of the Chapultepec Committee
Chairman, José Roberto Dutriz, La Prensa Gráfica, San Salvador, El
Salvador
Millenium Room
8:00 a.m. Meeting of the Press Institute Board of Governors and Internet
Committee
Chairmen, Matthew Sanders, Deseret News Digital, Salt Lake City, Utah;
Ernesto Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina
Revolution Room