FRIDAY 6th of MAY
Public Policy Building, PLENARY ROOM 2343
noon – 1:30pm REGISTRATION and Informal Introductions in Room 2343
2 – 2:30pm OPENING PLENARY – Call to Order, Opening Benedictions,
Formal Greetings from UCLA Associate Dean, Marc Mayerson
Historic perspective, Introduction of Theme and Issues
Overview of Goals and Tasks for Overall Brain Trust/Friday
Irene Fredericks and Wilda Spalding
2:30 – 4pm Guest Speaker, Brij Lal, leading to
MINORITIES MEDIA PANEL (5min each) – Chair Wilda Spalding
Behzad Tabatabai – Magazine, Press (On-line Communities)
Brij Lal – Radio, TV (Indian/Asian Sub-Continent)
Gustavo Martinelli– Press (Spanish-speaking, Argentinian-)
Henry Slucki – Radio, (Persons with Disabilities)
Irene Fredericks – Radio, Film (Native American)
Joe Gatlin – Radio Network (African American)
Menaka Fernando – Press (South Asian/University Press)
Nelly Farnoody-Zahiri – Cable TV (Persian TV/Iranian Network)
Ruth Broyde-Sharone – Press, TV, Film, Documentaries (Jewish)
Sohrab Akhavan – Radio, TV, Audio-Visual (Persian/Iranian)
Wilda Spalding – Radio, TV, Publishing (International Media)
Discussion with Q & A
4 – 4:20pm Afternoon Tea in Plenary Room 2343
4:25 – 5:55pm FOCUS GROUPS
Brief ABCDE Method Review, Prep for Focus Groups
Facilitators for Focus Groups Tasks:
(1) Ruth Broyde-Sharone in Room 6362
(2) Irene Fredericks & Summer Bernardo in Room 3343 C
(3) Nelly Farnoody-Zahiri in Room 2343
(4) Jeff Toolan in Room 2343
6 – 7pm REPORT BACK SESSION in Plenary Room 2343
Prep for Saturday
7pm Wine and Cheese Reception next door to Plenary Room
offered by UCLA Dean Scott Waugh
Evening Free  

SATURDAY 7th of MAY
Public Policy Building, PLENARY ROOM 2355
8:30 – 9:15am Sign-ins and Networking Morning Coffee/Tea
9:15 – 9:30 PLENARY – Call to Order
Welcome and review of goals for WSIS and WGIP input
Overview of Goals and Tasks for Overall Brain Trust/Saturday
Irene Fredericks and Wilda Spalding
9:30 –10:40am EXPERT SPEAKERS (8 min each) – Chair Irene Fredericks
Indigenous Peoples and the International and Domestic Protection of Traditional Knowledge
Wilton Littlechild, IC, (Erminskin Cree) UN Permanent Forum
Antony Taubman, WIPO (Geneva, Switzerland)
Irene Fredericks, (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara) WSIS Phase I

Protecting the Lives and Responsible Freedoms of Members of the Media and Educators; Ethics and the Internet
Rev. Don Colhour
Brij Lal
Rebecca Tobias
10:40 – 11:20am QUESTIONS & ANSWERS DISCUSSION
11:20 – 11:25am Review of Focus Groups Achievables – Wilda Spalding
11:30 – 1pm FOCUS GROUPS
A) Indigenous Peoples and the International and Domestic Protection of Traditional Knowledge
Facilitators: Irene Fredericks & Hector Vivero in Room 6362

B) National/International Mechanisms to Protect Lives and Responsible Freedoms of Journalists/Media/Educators and Use of Internet as a Tool for Democracy or Despotism
Facilitators: Joe Gatlin in Room 3343 C
Deanna Armbruster & Rebecca Tobias in Room 2355
1 – 2:30pm BOX LUNCH and cultural artistic performance gift
2:30 – 4pm FOCUS GROUPS Continue
Formulate local, WGIP, and WSIS recommendations/strategies
4 – 4:20pm Afternoon Tea in Plenary Room 2355
4:20 – 6pm REPORT BACK SESSION (15 min per Focus Group)
Co-Chairs Irene Fredericks and Wilda Spalding
Begin drafting group recommendations/strategies for WGIP/WSIS
Evening Free  

SUNDAY 8th of MAY
Public Policy Building, PLENARY ROOM 2343
10am – noon DRAFTING GROUPS PREPARE FINAL DRAFT in Room 6223
Co-chairs Irene Fredericks and Wilda Spalding
noon – 1:30pm LUNCH
1:30 – 2pm Informal Discussions in Plenary Room 2343
2 – 2:30pm PLENARY in Room 2343
Call to Order and Welcome
Overview of Goals and Tasks for Overall Brain Trust/Sunday
Amendments and Final Draft Vote in Plenary Room 2343
Chair Wilda Spalding
2:45 – 4pm “The Morphing Information Age: for Better or Worse?”
Co-chairs Irene Fredericks and Wilda Spalding
Open discussion from Brain Trust members
4 – 4:20pm Afternoon Tea in Plenary Room 2343
4:20 – 5pm Continuing discussion in Plenary Room 2343
5 – 5:30pm 2006 Procedures and Closing Remarks and Appreciations