KFAST INTERNATIONAL INTERCULTURAL SYMPOSIUM XIth AUSACE CONFERENCE Tangier (Morocco), Nov. 17 – 21, 2006 MEDIA AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY PROGRAM
Day One: November 17^th, 2006 Friday
15:00 – 17:30	Registration Registration fees : 100 $
18:00 – 20:00	Opening Ceremony Welcoming Remarks
20:30 -22:30	Opening Dinner Sponsored by the King Fahd Advanced School of Translation

Day Two: November 18, 2004 Saturday
7:00 – 7:50	AUSACE Board Meeting
7:50 – 8:00	Opening Day Two
8:00 - 9:00 Panel #1	Al Jazeera And The Truth Moderator: Carolyn Codamo, Georgia State University Panelists: Douglas Boyd, University of Kentucky Mohammed El Nawawy, Queens University Ali Al-Hail, Qatar Safran Al-Magati, Um Qura University Naila Hamdy, American University In Cairo
Concurrent Session 9:00 – 10:45 9:00 -9:15 9:15 – 9:30 9:30 – 9:45 9:45 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:15 10:15 -10:45 10:45 -11:15	Session I a: The Knowledge Society Moderator: Judy Van Slyke Turk, Virginia Commonwealth University Tayeb Boutbouqalt, King Fahd School of Translation, Tangier tayebboutbouqalt@yahoo.fr Knowledge Foundations and Agenda-setting theory of the Media David Burns, Zayed University,UAE davidburns20@yahoo.com The Knowledge Society: Societal Panacea or Political Ploy? Ahmed El Aked, Media Consultant, Rabat a_aked@hotmail.com CognitiveTransformations & Communication System : From Information Flow to Interactive Knowledge Philip Seib, Marquette University pseib@earthlink.net The Knowledge Society and Public Diplomacy: Challenges in the Arab World Badran Badran, Zayed University, UAE badran_badran@zu.ac.ae The Knowledge Society and the Media: A Current Annotated Bibliography DISCUSSION Coffee Break
Concurrent Session 9:00 – 10:45 9:00 – 9:15 90:15 -9:30 9:30 – 9:45 9:45 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:15 10:15 -10:45	Session I b: Media Culture Moderator: Abdessalam El Mouji, KFAST, Tangier David Appelfield, AglophoneMedia,Paris (in French) david@paris-anglo.com Independence and the Media Ahmed Hidass, ISIC, Rabat ahidass@yahoo.com Moroccan Audiovisual Sector: The End of State Monopoly and New Perspectives Ameera Almathkouri, Rihab Aldulaimi and Lubna Marafie, Kuwait University Ameera_Almathkouri@hotmail.com Rihab_aldulaimi@yahoo.com Lubna_Marafie@hotmail.com E – Learning in the Gulf States: A comparative Study Mohammed El-Nawawy, Queens University Arab Media And Terrorism: Is Objective Journalism Possible? The Case Of Al-Jazeera M.P.Williams, King Fahd School of Translation, Tangier Technology & Theology DISCUSSION
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
Concurrent Session 11:15 – 13:00 11:15 – 11:30 11:30 – 11:45 11:45 – 12:00 12:00 – 12:15 12:15 – 12:30 12:30 -13:00	Session II a: New Media & New Technology Moderator : Mohamed Benhaddou, KFAST, Tangier Nahed Tantawy, Georgia State University n_tantawi@yahoo.com Defying Tradition: Egypt’s Dream TV Discusses Taboos Jamal Zran, Manuba University, Tunisia zranjamal@yhoo.fr Blogs : An Introduction to the Anthropology of Digital Society Saddek Rabah, University of UAE saddekr@hotmail.com The Blogoshere : Emergence of a New Medium or New Collective Illusions Ali Al-Hail, Consultant to Qatar TV & Radio State of Qatar, Doha aldr90@hotmail.com Technology and Change: The Internet and Culture in the New Age of Information with special Reference to the State Adel Jendli, Zayed University, UAE Adel Jendli@zu.ac.ae Communication apprehension in the age of new communications technologies DISCUSSION
Concurrent Session 11:15– 13:00 11:15 – 11:30 11:30 – 11:45 11:45 -12:00 12:00 -12 -15 12:15 -12:30 12:30 -13:00	Session II b: Journalism and Media Ethics Moderator: Mourad Zerrouk, KFAST, Tangier Kenneth Starck, Zayed University, UAE Kenneth.Starck@zu.ac.ae Reflections on the Viability of the News Ombudsman in Middle East Media. Ibrahim Saleh, American University, Cairo librasma@gmail.com The Urgent Need to Develop a New Social Contract Naila Hamdy, The American University in Cairo nailah@aucegypt.edu Enhancing the Capacities of Egyptian Media Professionals Ramez Maaluf, Lebanese American University rzmaluf@lau.edu.lb Religion, Ethics and Media in the Arab World. A Review of Current Literature Achergui, Faculty Of Law, Tangier Moroccan Media And Cultural Rights DISCUSSION
13:00– 15:00	Lunch
Concurrent Session 15:30 – 17:30 15:30 -15:45 15:45 – 16:00 16:00 – 16:15 16:15 – 16:30 16:30 -16:45 16:45 -17:00 17:00 -17:30 17:30 – 18:00	Session III a: Foreign Policy & Government Issues Moderator : Douglas Boyd, University of Kentucky Yahya El Yahyaoui, Professor & Media Consultant, Rabat elyahyaoui@elyahyaoui.org Towards Democratization of Knowledge in the Third World Youssef Al Failakawi, Kuwait University yafailakawi@yahoo.com Portraits of some Candidates to Kuwaiti House of Representatives Samar Shunnar, An Najah Palestinian University samershunnar@yahoo.com Palestinian Media Message under the Hamas Government Wayne A. Hunt, Mount Allison University, Canada whunt@mta.ca The Geo-strategic Implication of the Cartoon Controversy Azza Abdelazim Mohamed, UAE University azza_hend@homail.com News Sources Credibility among Emirates : A comparison Study between Traditional and New Mass media Leonard Ray Teel, Georgia State University, Atlanta lteel@gsu.edu The Public Press and ‘The Treason of the Senate' DISCUSSION Coffee Break
Concurrent Session 15:30 – 17:30 15:30 -15:45 15:45 – 16:00 16:00 – 16:15 16:15 – 16:30 16:30 -16:45 16:45 – 17:00 17:00 – 17:30	Session III b: Technology & Journalism /Media Education Moderator: Rachid Barhoune, KFAST,Tangier May Kamel Abdullah, Beirut University mayabdallah@hotmail.com Journalism Education in Lebanon: Needs and Challenges ( In French) Hicham Alaoui, National Documentation Center, Rabat alahicham@yahoo.fr Access to Information: Initiatives and Challenges Abdelali Bentahila, King Fahd School of Translation, Tangier bentahilaali@menara.ma Fountain of Knowledge or Web of Deceit ? The Internet for Moroccan Users Safran S. Almkaty, Um al-Qura University, Makka safran@uqu.edu.sa The future of Journalism Education: A perspective Analysis Ali Al-Hail, Consultant to Qatar Radio & TV aldr90@hotmail.com Education and Media Facing Globalization Challenges Mahmoud Tarabay, American University, Beirut tarabym@hotmail.com Media and Culture : the World and Us DISCUSSION
17:30– 18:00	Coffee Break
18:00 – 19:00 Panel #2	Journalism Education: Morocco & The U.S. Moderator: Leonard Ray Teel, Georgia State University Panelists: AUSACE Journalism Interns, ISIC: Fatima Moudden Karima Hajji Fadwa Benhakka Bouchra Azour Ahmed Hidass, ISIC John Schneller, University of Missouri-Columbia
20:00 – 22:30	Dinner

Day Three: November 19, 2006 Sunday
7:20 – 8:20	AUSACE Board Meeting
	Opening Day Three
8:30 – 9:45 WORKSHOP #1	Model For Journalism Education: Part One: Educators’ View Moderator: Mohammed El-Nawawy, Queens University Badran Badran, United Arab Emirates Mahmoud Tarabay, Lebanon Naila Hamdy, Egypt Samar Shunnar, Palestinian Authority Ahmed Hidass, Morocco Judy Vanslyke Turk, USA Loren Ghiglione, USA
9:45 – 10:15	Coffee Break
10:15 – 11: 30 WORKSHOP #2	Model For Journalism Education: Part Two: Journalists’ View Moderator: David Coulson, USA Imad Hmoud, Jordan Mohammed Daraghmeh, Al Ayyam, Ramallah and Nablus Abdelkader Haimer, Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki Ron Taylor, Atlanta Constitution David Applefield, Anglophone Media, Paris Khaled Mechbal, Achchamal, Tangier

11:30 – 12:30	Model For Journalism Education: Part Three: Discussion and Synthesis For Proposal to WJEC, Singapore
12:30 – 13:30	AUSACE Business Meeting
13:30 – 15:30	Lunch
16:00 – 19:00	Tangier Sight-Seeing (Sponsored By the King Fahd Advanced School Of Translation)
20:00 – 22:30	Dinner

Day Four: November 20, 2006 Monday
8:00 – 8:50	AUSACE Board Meeting
	Opening Day Four
9:00 – 10:30 9:00 – 9:15 9:15 – 9:30 9:30 – 9:45 9:45 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:15 10:15 – 10:30	Session IV: Intercultural/ Cross Cultural Communication Moderator: Nahed Tantawy, Georgia State University Samar Al-Roomi, Kuwait University samar_alroomi@yahoo.com Kuwaiti Women Using Telecommunications to Increase Their Individuality and Collaboration As a Group Mahmoud Tarabay, American University, Beirut tarabym@hotmail.com Media and Culture : the World and Us Timothy N. Walters, Zayed University, and Lynne M. Walters, Texas A&M University walters@neo.tamu.edu, lynne-walters@tamu.edu Ready, Willing and Able? A Case Study of Arabic/Islamic Women and the Media Workplace Mohamed Allali, ISIC, Rabat allmed20@yahoo.com Maghreb Societies and Knowledge Society Challenges Eirlys E. Davies, King Fahd School of Translation, Tangier eirlysdavies@menara.ma Insights or stereotypes? The Contribution of Translation to Cross-cultural Understanding DISCUSSION
10:30 -11:45	Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:30 10:45 – 11:00 11:00 – 11:15 11:15 – 11:30 11:30 – 11:45 11:45 -12:00 12:00 – 12:15 12:15 – 12:30	Session V: Communication and the Media Moderator: Hussein Amin, American University in Cairo Mohamed Kirat, University of Sharjah, UAE mokirat@sharjah.ac.ae United Arab Emirates Public Relations Practitionners : Demographic Characteristics, Professional Orientations and Ethical Values Nashat Al-Aqtash,Birzeit University, Palestine naqtash@birzeit.edu The role of the Palestinian Media in creating Awareness during PNA Election Hilali Mimoune, IITT, Tangier hilalimimoune@yahoo.com Communication Dimension in Tourism Education (in French) Ibrahim Saleh, The American University in Cairo librasma@gmail.com & librasma@aucegypt.edu Corporate Social Responsibility in Egypt in a Global Context Hussain Al-Ibrahim, Ministry of Communication, Syria hussain@net.sy Cognitive Communication: From Structuralism to Interactivity Huda Al Mutwah, University fof Bahrain Muruwa as an Arab Islamic Communication Approach for Creating Possibilities and New Understanding of Gender Relations DISCUSSION
12:30 -13:30 Panel #3	Press-Government Relations Moderator: Ramez Maluf, Lebanese American University Panelists: Jyotika Ramaprasad, Moderator Mohammed Daraghmeh, Al Ayyam Ron Taylor, Atlanta Constitution Tayeb Boutbouqalt, the King Fahd School Of Translation David Applefield, Anglophone Media, Paris
13:30 – 15:00	Lunch
15:30 – 19:30	Excursion To Asilah (Sponsored By the King Fahd Advanced School Of Translation)
20:00 – 22:30	GALA DINNER Sponsored by The King Fahd Advanced School Of Translation Certificate And Award Ceremony Moderator: Badran Badran, Zayed University § Journalist Of The Year § Educator Of The Year § Top Papers o Faculty § Arabic § English o Student § Arabic § English

Day Five: November 21, 2006 Tuesday
8:30 – 9:30	AUSACE Board Meeting
	FREE DAY

List of Participants

Abdelali Bentahila, MOROCCO

Abdelkader Haimer, MOROCCO

Achargui Afkir abdellah, MOROCCO

Adel Jendli, UAE

Abdessalam El Mouji, MOROCCO

Ahmed El Aked, MOROCCO

Ahmed Hidass, MOROCCO

Ali Al-Hail, QATAR

Ameera Almathkouri, KUWAIT

Azza Abdelazim Mohamed, UAE

Badran Badran, UAE

Bouchra Azour, MOROCCO

Carolyn Codamo, USA

David Appelfield, FRANCE

David Burns, UAE

Douglas Boyd, USA

Eirlys E. Davies, ENGLAND

Fadwa Benhakka, MOROCCO

Fatima Zohra Moudden, MOROCCO

Hicham Alaoui, MOROCCO

Huda Al Mutawah, BAHRAIN

Hilali Mimoune, MOROCCO

Hussain Al-Ibrahim, SYRIA

Hussein Amin, EGYPT

Ibrahim Saleh, EGYPT

Imad Hmoud, JORDAN

Issam Mousa,JORDAN

Jamal Zran, TUNISIA

John Schneller, USA

Judy Van Slyke Turk, USA

Jyotika Ramaprasad,USA

Karima Hajji, MOROCCO

Kenneth Starck, UAE

Khaled Mechbal, MOROCCO

Leonard Ray Teel, USA

Loren Giglione, USA

Lubna Marafie, KWAIT

Lynne M. Walters, USA

M.P.Williams, ENGLAND

Maher Khalifa, UAE

Mahmoud Tarabay, LEBANON

May Kamel Abdullah, LEBANON

Mohamed Allali, MOROCCO

Mohamed Benhaddou, MOROCCO

Mohamed Kirat, ALGERIA

Mohammed Daraghmeh, PALESTINE

Mohammed el Nawawy, EGYPT/USA

Mourad Zerrouk, MOROCCO

Nahed Tantawy, EGYPT/USA

Naila Hamdi, EGYPT

Nashat Al-Aqtash, PALESTINE

Nidal Barakat, SYRIA

Philip Seib, USA

Rachid Barhoune, MOROCCO

Ramez Maaluf, LEBANON

Rihab Aldulaimi, KUWAIT

Ron Taylor, USA

Saddek Rabah, UAE

Safran al-Magati, SAUDI

Safran S. Almkaty, SAUDI ARABIA

Samar Al-Roomi, KWAIT

Samar Shunnar, PALESTINE

Tayeb Boutbouqalt, MOROCCO

Timothy N. Walters, USA

Wayne A. Hunt, CANADA

Yahya El Yahyaoui, MOROCCO

Youssef Al Failakawi, KUWAIT

AUSACE BOARD MEMBERS

1 – Al-Failakawi, Yousef (KUWAIT)

2 – Al-Hail, Ali (QATAR)

3 – Al-Maghatti,Safran (SAUDI ARABIA)

4 – Amin, Hussein (EGYPT)

5 – Aqtash, Nashat (PALESTINE)

6 – Badran Badran (UAE)

7 – Boutbouqalt, Tayeb (MOROCCO)

8 – Boyd, Doug (USA)

9 – Codamo, Carolyn (USA)

10 - Coulson, David (USA)

11 – Halawani, Maggie (EGYPT)

12 – Hamdi, Naila (EGYPT)

13 – Hidass, Ahmed (M0ROCCO)

14 – Khaddour, Adib (SYRIA)

15 – Maluf Ramez (LEBANON)

16 – Mousa, Issam (JORDAN)

17 – Ramaprasad, Joytika (USA)

18 – Shunnar, Samar (PALESTINE)

19 – Tarabay, Mahmoud (LEBANON)

20 – Teel, Leonard (USA

21 – Turk, Judy VanSlyke (USA)

22 – Welch, Richard (USA)