Political activism on the net

09:00 - 09:10
Presentation speech
By Oriol Junqueras, Member of the European Parliament for Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya

09:10 - 09:35
‘Blogging as a tool for European debate'
The case of blogging competition Th!nk about it
By Anne Autio and Rina Tsubaki from the European Journalism Centre

09:35 – 10:00
‘Journalism as catalyst of social initiatives'
The case of the on-line newspaper VilaWeb
By Martí Crespo, journalist from VilaWeb

10:00 - 11:00
‘The Pirate Party, the success of politics on the net'
By Christian Engström, Member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party

11:00 - 11:45
Coffee break

11:45 – 12:30
‘The Galician blogosphere, building from the left -the language and the nation'
Introduction by Ana Miranda, spokeswoman for the BNG in Brussels
By several Galician experts on virtual communities

12:30 – 13:00
‘The Scottish blogosphere and the campaign for a .scot domain'
By Davie Hutchison, the .scot campaign promoter, and by blogger Christian Jones

13:00 – 13:30
“Osonosfera, an example of a virtual county community'
By Enric Xicoy, Osonosfera promoter and professor on Communication in the Ramon Llull University (URL)

13:30 – 13:55
‘The Flemish blogosphere'
By blogger Theo Francken

13:55 – 14:20
‘Characteristics of the Swedish blogosphere'
By Swedish blogger Henrik Alexandersson

14:20 – 14:45
‘More democracy: Politika 2.0'
By Paul Rios, leader of Lokarri and member of Politika 2.0

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Seminar contacts:
Oriol Junqueras, MEP
Contact: Jordi Bacardit
jbacarditreguant@europarl.europa.eu