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# Agenda
**Date**: 09 September, 2022
**Time**: 11:30 - 15:00 ET / 16:30 - 20:00 BST / 17:30 - 21:00 CET
**Format**: Hybrid meeting
### **Welcome remarks** (11:30 - 11:35)
**Timothy Large**, Director of Independent Media Programmes,[ International Press Institute](https://ipi.media)\
**Vincent Stehle**, Executive Director, [Media Impact Funders](https://mediaimpactfunders.org)\
**Mira Milosevic**, Executive Director, [Global Forum for Media Development](https://gfmd.info)
### **Introduction and overview** (11:35 - 11:45)
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**Anya Schiffrin**, Director, Technology, Media, and Communications at [Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs](https://www.sipa.columbia.edu)
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### **Fishbowl discussion** (11:45 - 13:00)
**Moderator**: Anya Schiffrin
* **Part 1** (11:45 - 12:10): Why invest in independent media? How can traditional business models be applied and adapted to the media environment? How do we define success?
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**Duc Luu**, Director of Sustainability Initiatives/Journalism, [Knight Foundation](https://knightfoundation.org)\
**Tracie Powell**, Founder,[ The Pivot Fund](https://thepivotfund.org)\
**Gerald Pambo-Awich**, Investment Officer, Mission Investments, [Ford Foundation](https://www.fordfoundation.org)
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* **Part 2** (12:10 - 12:35): How do we ensure that innovative investment and funding solutions are compatible with editorial independence and media freedom?
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**Harlan Mandel**, CEO, [Media Development Investment Fund](https://www.mdif.org)\
**Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro**, CEO, [National Trust for Local News](https://www.nationaltrustforlocalnews.org)\
**Saša Vučinić**, Co-founder, [North Base Media](https://www.northbasemedia.com) VC\
**Sharon Moshavi**, President, [International Center for Journalists](https://www.icfj.org)
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* **Part 3** (12:35 - 13:00): How can independent media gain the confidence of investors and secure capital?
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**Zoe Titus**, Director, [Namibia Media Trust](https://www.nmt.africa)\
**Joanna Krawczyk**, President, [Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation](https://www.fundacjagazetywyborczej.pl/en/)\
**Carlos Barrionuevo**, Director, [Public Media Company](https://www.publicmedia.co)\
**Jim Friedlich**, Executive Director and CEO, [Lenfest Institute for Journalism](https://www.lenfestinstitute.org)\
**Branko Brkic**, Editor-in-Chief, [Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za)
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***The rest of the roundtable will not be available online!***
**Networking lunch** (13:00 - 14:00)\
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**Breakout groups** (14:00 - 14:45)\
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**Conclusions** (14:45-15:00)
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