Film 1 (.wmv, 300kbps, 206 MB)

09.00 – 09.15 Welcome  (Film 1, 0:00:00)
Bente Erichsen, director of the Nobel Peace Center             
Ingvild Myhre, chair of the Norwegian Board of Technology (Teknologirådet).

09.15 – 11.00 How free is the Internet today? Are we moving in the wrong direction?   
The internet used to be “another place” – a place above national boundaries and laws. Over the last few years we have seen a change in this, as more and more governments seek to restrict access to internet content for various reasons. What is the current status? And in what ways can the internet continue to promote freedom of expression in the future?  

Access denied: The practice and policy of global internet filtering    (Film 1, 0:08:59)         
Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Oxford University  

Can Wikipedia promote freedom of expression?    (Film 1, 0:44:20)
Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia  

Discussion and questions  (Film 1, 1:16:03)

11.00-11.30    Break  

11.30   13.00   Testimonies: The realities of Internet censorship    
Some countries actively use internet filtering and/or surveillance in order to restrict access to information that goes against official policy. In other cases it is not the regime, but the situation – such as a war or a siege – that makes it difficult to get a nuanced message out. In addtition to the testimonies, professor Jonathan Zittrain will comment on the situation in Iran and China.

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Tape 2 (.wmv, 300kbps, 309 MB)

(Film 2, 0:00:00) Parvin Ardalan is the editor of an on-line magazine for women’s rights. She was awarded the Olof Palme Prize 2007 for her fight for equal rights for men and women in Iran.  

(Film 2, 0:41:17) Øystein Alme is the director of the radio station “Voice of Tibet”. He has written a book on censoring practices in China – “Silenced – China’s great wall of Censorship”  

(Film 2, 1:09:21) Zena el Khalil is an artist currently based in Beirut. Her blog from Beirut during the siege of Lebanon in 2006 was followed by a number of people who found it a valuable addition to official sources.  

13.00 Lunch  

13.45 – 15.30 Freedom of expression on the internet: Where should we draw the line? And whose responsibility is it?   
More and more businesses – both Norwegian and international – operate in countries where internet censorship is practiced. Can companies from democratic societies have an influence in the markets where they operate? What values are they promoting and what responsibilities should they take? Or is it just a question of local law?  

Tape 3 (.wmv, 300kbps, 340 MB)

(Film 3, 0:00:00) The opportunities and challenges of corporate responsibility

(Film 3, 0:15:32) Microsoft’s policy for protecting access on a filtered Internet             
Knut Morten Aasrud, CEO, Microsoft Norway  

(Film 3, 0:38:17) Where should we draw the line? 
Professor Jon Bing, University of Oslo, member of ICANN and the Norwegian Board of Technology  

Plenary discussion and concluding remarks (Film 3, 1:01:43)
Jimmy Wales, Parvin Ardalan, Øystein Alme, Zena el Khalil, Hilde M. Tonne, Knut Morten Aasrud, Jon Bing