Panel A – „A Say in Technical Advances“ - 12:30 - 14:30

Panel A will host a discussion of the relation between democracy and the process of setting technological standards. While Information Society focuses primarily on citizens’ and consumers’ access to information, this forum of free media is spotlighting new possibilities of nurturing diversity on the media landscape, as well as the measures necessary to protect what has been achieved to date.

Franco Berardi (IT) – pioneer of free radio in Italy / Telestreet
Emily Druiff (UK) – node London
Golo Föllmer (DE) - University of Halle, Researcher and Organizer of Experiments in Audio/Radio Art
Reni Hofmüller (AT) – media artist and co-organizer of ETC – Eclectic TechCarnival / Founding member of Radio Helsinki
Hans Kleinsteuber (DE) – expert in the field of broadcast digitization
Gabriele Kotsis (AT) - 2003–2007 Head of the Austrian Computer Society and from fall 2007 vice-rector of reserch at the Johannes Kepler University, Linz.
Sebastian Loudon (AT) - Press Officer of Austria’s Broadcast andTelecommunications Regulatory Corporation (RTR)

Moderation: Michael Schweiger (AT)

Panel B – Approaches to Digital Community Media of the Future 15:30 - 17:30

What has been the experience thus far with broadcast digitization in Europe? Technological standards as well as the policies being pursued by individual countries will come under scrutiny here. Panelists will compare the measures enacted in various countries to ensure free media access for community media, and also elaborate on possible general/public funding and subsidy systems for free broadcasting and free media.


Christian Jungwirth OKTO (AT) – non-commercial free TV in Vienna / VFRÖ
Pieter de Wit (NL) – OLON / DRM (Digital Radio Mondial) / CMFE
Mojca Plansak (SI) – independent researcher / CMFE
Sebastian Loudon (AT) – Press Officer of Austria’s Broadcast and Telecommunications Regulatory Corporation (RTR)
Otto Tremetzberger (AT) - matrix e.V (experimental, non-commercial TV in Linz) / Freies Radio Freistadt / VFRÖ / CMFE
Jürgen Wutzlhofer (AT) – Vienna city councilman
Christoph Lindenmaier (CH) – radio & media expert whose involvementwith Free Radio goes back to its very inception

Moderation: Gabriele Kepplinger (AT)

Both Panels Marienstraße 8, Lecture Space Horn.