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<strong>IPI</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />

Vienna – Bratislava | 11 – 14 September<br />

Thinking the Unthinkable:<br />

Are We Losing the News?<br />

> Media Freedom in the New Media Landscape <<br />

> www.ipiworldcongress.com


What can our<br />

<strong>Congress</strong> offer you?<br />

We’re ready for you!<br />

Ask yourself ...<br />

Had enough of crisis talk?<br />

Seeking solutions and best practices?<br />

And we’ll answer...<br />

Come to Session I “Lost News? Is the Media Still<br />

Providing the Public with the Information it Needs?”<br />

and Session III “What’s Working Where? And Why?”<br />

Want to know how social media and new platforms<br />

are driving changes in the news industry?<br />

Wonder what the future holds for journalism?<br />

Join in Session II “Found News? The New Platforms<br />

for Delivering Information”<br />

Pick up a copy of “<strong>IPI</strong> Report on a News Future<br />

and the Future of the Journalism Profession”<br />

Dear Friends,<br />

We are pleased to say that the response to our invitation to join <strong>IPI</strong> for its 60th anniversary <strong>Congress</strong> in Vienna<br />

and Bratislava has been fantastic. Already, at this early date, an unprecedented number of participants from<br />

some 33 countries have registered for this special event.<br />

As you have probably already learned from our press releases, newsletters and other material, the panels<br />

for this year’s <strong>IPI</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong>, featuring timely and relevant topics, are now complete and boast a line-up<br />

of world-renowned figures from the international media community who are eager to interact with you.<br />

All other preparations for the <strong>Congress</strong> are also in place, including our first New Media & High Tech<br />

Innovations Exhibition, showcasing the latest media technologies and the best of online journalism,<br />

and a special Gala Dinner & Award Ceremony at Vienna’s historic City Hall, where <strong>IPI</strong> will honour<br />

60 <strong>World</strong> Press Freedom Heroes to commemorate 60 years of defending press freedom.<br />

In addition to these highlights, we have a range of attractive social functions lined up for you, providing<br />

further opportunity for informal networking.<br />

If you haven’t already registered, we urge you to take advantage of our newest anniversary offer of 680 EUR<br />

(valid until 10 June). Moreover, although we have blocked rooms at the official <strong>Congress</strong> hotel, the Hotel<br />

Savoyen Vienna, the deadline for hotel registration is 1 July, and our allotment of rooms is quickly filling up.<br />

So sign up now, if you haven’t done so already, and join us this September for what promises to be<br />

a memorable event. We look forward to welcoming you to Vienna and Bratislava!<br />

Your <strong>IPI</strong> Team<br />

Want to harness the latest technological<br />

advances?<br />

Concerned about press freedom<br />

in the changing media landscape?<br />

Want to be inspired by those who have fought<br />

to uphold press freedom?<br />

Tired of watching PowerPoint presentations?<br />

Want to network with other editors, media<br />

executives and leading journalists?<br />

Want to share all your findings<br />

with your colleagues back home?<br />

Check out our “New Media & High-Tech Innovations”<br />

Exhibition and collect your copy of the “<strong>IPI</strong> New Media<br />

Technology Journal”<br />

Participate in the town hall-style debate<br />

“Media Freedom in a Time of Change”<br />

Special 60th Anniversary Offer!<br />

Register before 10 June for only 680 €<br />

Meet our <strong>World</strong> Press Freedom Heroes at the<br />

Gala Dinner to honour <strong>IPI</strong>’s 60 Heroes and buy our<br />

<strong>World</strong> Press Freedom Heroes commemorative book<br />

Engage and interact with the speakers and other<br />

participants in our open floor discussions at our Sessions<br />

Gain contacts with all the other delegates and speakers at<br />

scheduled, structured Network Meetings, facilitated by <strong>IPI</strong><br />

Collect your <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> Multimedia Pack with all<br />

the discussions, presentations and literature included<br />

www.ipiworldcongress.com<br />

www.ipiworldcongress.com


What they’re saying<br />

Programme<br />

‘<br />

Journalism is under pressure, not only from tighter<br />

finances but also from the impact of the Internet,<br />

the need for ratings and the fear of libel. I’m looking<br />

forward to hearing what our panellists have to<br />

say about how we protect what we do and how<br />

we ensure the public gets the information it wants<br />

and needs. Sarah Montague (Session I)<br />

www.ipiworldcongress.com<br />

‘<br />

At a time of massive change in the media, we need to work harder<br />

than ever to protect freedom of expression and freedom of the<br />

press from burdensome regulation. Key to this will be our ability<br />

to show that the media remains committed to a strong ethical<br />

code… It is crucial that influential bodies like the <strong>IPI</strong> address this,<br />

which is why I am looking forward to this important conference.<br />

Guy Black (Session V)<br />

Journalists will probably never come to a consensus<br />

on how to report on extremists... A positive thing is<br />

that we will get together in September and look for ‘answers. Sergej Danilov (Session VI)<br />

‘<br />

Right now there’s a fundamental shift, an evolution<br />

taking place throughout the media landscape.<br />

Social media and mobile technology have proven<br />

their worth – this panel will demonstrate how and<br />

forecast where it goes from here.<br />

Errol Barnett (Session II)<br />

‘<br />

I believe that the ethics of<br />

journalism should not be<br />

compromised due to techno<br />

logical changes or the<br />

emergence of social media.<br />

… It is perfect timing to have<br />

a thoughtful discussion about<br />

ethics and journalism.<br />

Ghada Oueiss (Session V)<br />

What I like about the <strong>Congress</strong>, is it’s a gathering of journalists and others who recognize the problem, define<br />

the problems and clearly state what the problem is, and then explore some possible solutions. … Honest,<br />

decent-intending people getting together at a session such as the <strong>Congress</strong> to discuss these matters, I think is<br />

not only to be applauded, it is a necessity, which is one reason why I have agreed to fly halfway around the world<br />

‘to do whatever I can… to contribute to it. Dan Rather (Session VII)<br />

In an increasingly fragmented world, it is essential<br />

for media to bring together the whole picture.<br />

If we fail to do so, we fail our audiences. Therefore, ‘we must join forces! Elmar Thevessen (Session I)<br />

The traditional approaches to issues of media ethics, standards and accountability have been called<br />

dramatically into question by the emergence of the Internet as a potent social and informational<br />

medium. This is why the <strong>Congress</strong>’s focus on new media – and its panel on media ethics in particular –<br />

‘has identified some of the key issues facing media today. John Horgan (Session V)<br />

Saturday, 11 September <strong>2010</strong><br />

19:30 Welcome Reception<br />

Hotel Savoyen Vienna<br />

Sunday, 12 September <strong>2010</strong><br />

10:30 Opening Ceremony &<br />

New Media Exhibition Opening<br />

Hotel Savoyen Vienna<br />

Speakers<br />

Janne Virkkunen<br />

Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki,<br />

Finland; Chairman of <strong>IPI</strong><br />

David Dadge Director of <strong>IPI</strong><br />

Director’s Report:<br />

“The State of Press Freedom <strong>World</strong>wide”<br />

Keynote Speaker<br />

Michael Spindelegger<br />

Austrian Federal Minister<br />

for European and International Affairs<br />

Presentation of the<br />

“<strong>IPI</strong> Free Media Pioneer <strong>2010</strong>”<br />

12:00 Lunch<br />

13:00 Session I<br />

“Lost News? Is the Media Still Providing<br />

the Public with the Information It Needs?”<br />

As print and broadcast organisations cut costs<br />

and try to adapt to a changing media landscape –<br />

often reducing newsroom staff and closing<br />

foreign bureaus in the process – will they still<br />

be able to cover the news in depth? Will they<br />

be able to provide the public with the information<br />

it needs to understand complex issues and make<br />

informed decisions? What are the implications<br />

for press freedom?<br />

Moderator<br />

Sarah Montague<br />

Presenter, BBC, London, UK<br />

2009 <strong>IPI</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong><br />

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Programme<br />

Panellists<br />

Ferial Haffajee<br />

Editor, City Press, Johannesburg, South Africa<br />

Alex Jones<br />

Director, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press,<br />

Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy<br />

School of Government, Harvard University,<br />

Cambridge, USA<br />

Charles M. Sennott<br />

Executive Editor & Vice President,<br />

GlobalPost, Boston, USA<br />

Elmar Thevessen<br />

Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Head of News,<br />

ZDF – German Television, Mainz, Germany<br />

14:15 Coffee Break<br />

14:45 Session II<br />

“Found News? The New Platforms<br />

for Delivering Information”<br />

In this session, panellists will look at the explosion<br />

of information platforms and devices – the world<br />

of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, the Kindle, and the<br />

iPad – and discuss their impact on the news industry,<br />

as well as on freedom of the press.<br />

Moderator<br />

Errol Barnett Anchor, CNN, Atlanta, USA<br />

Panellists<br />

Hannes Ametsreiter<br />

Chairman of the Management Board,<br />

Telekom Austria Group, Vienna, Austria<br />

2008 <strong>IPI</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong><br />

Josh Cohen<br />

Senior Business Product Manager,<br />

Google News, New York, USA<br />

Jeff Howe<br />

Contributing Editor, Wired Magazine,<br />

San Francisco, USA<br />

Rajesh Kalra<br />

Chief Editor, Times Internet Ltd, New Delhi, India<br />

16:00 Coffee Break<br />

16:30 - 18:00<br />

Session III<br />

“What’s Working Where? And Why?”<br />

This session will provide examples of how<br />

both new and traditional media outlets are using<br />

creativity and innovation to succeed and prosper<br />

in the current difficult media climate.<br />

Moderator<br />

Barkha Dutt<br />

Group Editor, English News,<br />

NDTV, New Delhi, India<br />

Panellists<br />

Tina Brown<br />

Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief,<br />

The Daily Beast, New York, USA<br />

Phil Fearnley<br />

General Manager, News<br />

and Knowledge, Future Media<br />

& Technology, BBC, London, UK<br />

Martim Figueiredo<br />

Publisher & Editor-in-Chief,<br />

i Daily, Lisbon, Portugal<br />

Bill Nichols<br />

Managing Editor, Politico,<br />

Arlington, USA<br />

19:30 Opening Dinner<br />

Speaker<br />

Heinz Fischer<br />

Federal President<br />

of the Republic of Austria<br />

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Programme<br />

Monday, 13 September <strong>2010</strong><br />

13:00 Session V<br />

09:00 Regional Network Meetings<br />

10:00 Breaking News<br />

This half hour is reserved for a special surprise<br />

discussion about a significant developing story.<br />

Moderator<br />

Michael Fleischhacker<br />

Editor-in-Chief, Die Presse, Vienna, Austria<br />

10:30 Coffee Break<br />

11:00 Session IV<br />

Special Presentation:<br />

“<strong>IPI</strong> Report on a News Future and the<br />

Future of the Journalism Profession”<br />

12:00 Lunch<br />

Presentation of a special report on the future<br />

of the news industry and the impact of emerging<br />

new media and technologies on the journalism<br />

profession itself.<br />

“Media Ethics in the New Media Landscape”<br />

How is the rise of new media and online journalism<br />

affecting the traditional journalistic standards of<br />

objectivity, accuracy, and verification? How can the<br />

media show that it remains committed to a strong<br />

ethical code and to effective self regulation in a rapidly<br />

changing media environment?<br />

Moderator<br />

Markus Spillmann<br />

Editor-in-Chief, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, Switzerland<br />

Keynote Speaker<br />

Damian Tambini<br />

Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications,<br />

London School of Economics (LSE), London, UK<br />

Panellists<br />

Guy Black<br />

Executive Director, Telegraph Media Group; former<br />

Director, Press Complaints Commission, London, UK<br />

John Horgan Press Ombudsman, Dublin, Ireland<br />

Ghada Oueiss News Presenter, Al Jazeera, Doha, Qatar<br />

Bettina Roither Editor-in-Chief, ORF-Radio,<br />

Vienna, Austria<br />

14:30 Coffee Break<br />

15:00 - 17:00<br />

<strong>IPI</strong> General Assembly for <strong>IPI</strong> Members only<br />

19:30 Gala Dinner & Award Ceremony<br />

at Vienna City Hall<br />

Presentation of<br />

“60 <strong>World</strong> Press Freedom Heroes”<br />

At this special event, <strong>IPI</strong> will honour 60 <strong>World</strong> Press<br />

Freedom Heroes – brave men and women who have<br />

made a significant contribution to the defence and<br />

promotion of press freedom – to mark its 60 years<br />

of defending press freedom.<br />

Speaker<br />

Harold Evans<br />

Editor-at-Large, The Week Magazine (UK);<br />

former Editor, The Sunday Times; Author, New York, USA<br />

Tuesday, 14 September <strong>2010</strong><br />

08:30 Departure for Cerveny<br />

Kamen Castle, via Bratislava<br />

Travel by catamaran and bus.<br />

Due to limited seating capacity, reservations for<br />

the Twin City Liner boats are necessary and seats<br />

will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />

Register now to secure your seat and enjoy the ride<br />

on the Danube.<br />

10:30 Arrival at Cerveny Kamen Castle<br />

11:00 Session VI<br />

“Reporting on Extremist Politicians –<br />

How New and Traditional Media<br />

Cover the Politics of the Extreme”<br />

Cerveny Kamen Castle<br />

How does the coverage of extremist politicians<br />

by new and traditional media differ? Are practitioners<br />

of the new media better suited to break a story<br />

about extremist political parties, or is there truth<br />

to the idea that the information they publish is less<br />

accurate, or unverified? Do both new and traditional<br />

journalists risk becoming pawns in the public relations<br />

campaigns of extremist politicians?<br />

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Programme<br />

Moderator<br />

Jim Clancy Anchor, CNN International,<br />

Atlanta, USA<br />

Keynote Speaker<br />

Miroslav Lajčák<br />

Minister of Foreign Affairs<br />

of the Slovak Republic<br />

Panellists<br />

Sergej Danilov<br />

Investigative Reporter, Rádio Expres;<br />

Blogger, SME.sk, Bratislava, Slovak Republic<br />

Alexandra Föderl-Schmid<br />

Editor-in-Chief, Der Standard, Vienna, Austria<br />

Gábor Miklósi<br />

Investigative Reporter, Index.hu,<br />

Budapest, Hungary<br />

12:30 Lunch<br />

13:30 Session VII<br />

“Media Freedom in a Time of Change”<br />

In this town hall-style discussion, participants will<br />

have the opportunity to reflect on the issues raised<br />

over the past three days and discuss future steps.<br />

Moderator<br />

Dan Rather<br />

Anchor and Managing Editor,<br />

“Dan Rather Reports,” HDNet, New York, USA<br />

15:00 Coffee Break<br />

15:30 Closing Ceremony<br />

Farewell Dinner at Cerveny Kamen Castle<br />

Departure for Vienna by bus<br />

Wednesday, 15 September &<br />

Thursday, 16 September <strong>2010</strong><br />

SEEMO Regional Meeting<br />

“Dialogue SEE – Media in<br />

South East Europe and the EU”<br />

Airo Tower Hotel, Vienna<br />

Organized by the South East Europe<br />

Media Organisation (SEEMO) – an affiliate<br />

of the International Press Institute (<strong>IPI</strong>).<br />

Get Hands-on<br />

with the Latest Technology<br />

Exhibition Highlights<br />

With a media industry that is in transition, the <strong>IPI</strong> <strong>World</strong><br />

<strong>Congress</strong> will focus on solutions that aim to help ease editors,<br />

journalists, and other media stake holders into the ever-changing<br />

media landscape.<br />

<strong>IPI</strong> will present its participants with the opportunity to get<br />

hands-on with the latest technologies at the New Media &<br />

High-Tech Innovations Exhibition.<br />

Here you will be given the opportunity to receive answers<br />

to your technological questions straight from the source –<br />

those companies responsible for creating cutting edge<br />

technology.<br />

Exhibitors will be present at all our panel sessions, giving<br />

topic-related demonstrations and posing questions to our<br />

speakers, so you can see and hear first-hand how these innovators<br />

and your peers engage.<br />

During the breaks between sessions you can speak directly<br />

to the companies bringing you new online platforms, social<br />

media, mobile communications, digital marketing/communications,<br />

e-readers, and many more.<br />

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60 Years of<br />

Defending Press Freedom<br />

Symbols of courage in journalism<br />

60 Years of<br />

Supporting Media Innovation<br />

Covering the ever-changing media landscape<br />

At a special Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony, which will be held on Monday, 13 September,<br />

at Vienna’s historic City Hall, or Rathaus, <strong>IPI</strong> will honour 60 <strong>World</strong> Press Freedom Heroes to mark<br />

60 years of defending press freedom.<br />

‘<br />

<strong>IPI</strong>’s <strong>World</strong> Press Freedom Heroes are courageous men and women who have made a<br />

significant contribution to the defence and promotion of press freedom in their region or<br />

country. Many of them paid the ultimate price, murdered for what they wrote or said.<br />

David Dadge, <strong>IPI</strong> Director<br />

1950s<br />

1960s<br />

The first 50 Press Freedom Heroes were selected in 2000 on the occasion of <strong>IPI</strong>’s 50th anniversary.<br />

Two additional Heroes – Hrant Dink of Turkey and Anna Politkovskaya of Russia – were named<br />

posthumously in 2006 and 2007, respectively.<br />

In the run-up to the <strong>IPI</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> in September, <strong>IPI</strong> will unveil one new Hero every month<br />

to make up the full 60. All living Heroes will be invited to the award ceremony in Vienna.<br />

1970s<br />

The first of the new Heroes to be announced by <strong>IPI</strong><br />

was Lasantha Wickrematunge, the brave editor<br />

of the Sri Lankan daily newspaper, The Sunday Leader,<br />

who was murdered in 2009.<br />

In March, Lebanese journalist and television<br />

anchor May Chidiac was named<br />

the 54th <strong>IPI</strong> <strong>World</strong> Press Freedom Hero.<br />

Lydia Cacho, a Mexican investigative journalist<br />

and human rights activist, was announced as the<br />

55th Hero in April.<br />

To read their biographies, and those of the other<br />

Heroes, visit the <strong>IPI</strong> website: www.freemedia.at<br />

An attractive, full colour commemorative book,<br />

featuring the stories of all 60 Heroes, testimonials<br />

and anecdotes from colleagues and relatives,<br />

photographs, previously unpublished material,<br />

and much more, will be presented at the<br />

<strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong>.<br />

You can also learn more about <strong>IPI</strong>’s many press<br />

freedom activities around the globe, and what we<br />

are doing to further and safeguard press freedom<br />

and freedom of expression, on the same website.<br />

1980s<br />

1990s<br />

2000s<br />

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Illustrations: <strong>IPI</strong> Report, <strong>IPI</strong> Global Journalist, <strong>IPI</strong> archive.<br />

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Willkommen in Wien!<br />

Vitajte v Bratislave!<br />

Must dos in Vienna:<br />

• Walk through the Spiegelsaal, or Mirror Room,<br />

at Schönbrunn Palace, where Mozart performed<br />

as a six-year-old child prodigy<br />

• See the eros, pain and passion in Egon Schiele’s drawings<br />

exhibited at the Albertina Museum<br />

• Taste traditional Viennese apple strudel –<br />

the oldest recipe dates back to 1696<br />

• Try this year’s wine at one of Vienna’s many Heurigen,<br />

or wine taverns<br />

• Take a catamaran ride down the Danube and enjoy<br />

our co-host twin city, Bratislava!<br />

All of these activities are part of the sightseeing and<br />

accompanying persons’ tours organised especially for<br />

<strong>Congress</strong> participants.<br />

Please visit www.worldcongress.com and register now!<br />

Must dos in Bratislava:<br />

• See the “UFO” Tower (the flying saucer-shaped observation<br />

deck and restaurant on top of Bratislava’s New Bridge)<br />

• Take a photo with Čumil The Peeper, the humorous bronze<br />

figure in the Main Square, who peeks out of a manhole,<br />

smiling at passers-by<br />

• Walk through the “Gate of Freedom,” the monument that<br />

commemorates those who died trying to cross the “Iron<br />

Curtain” by swimming across the Danube or Morava rivers<br />

• Try to fit in the narrowest house in Bratislava (130 cm wide),<br />

originally a passageway for sentries<br />

• Or don’t do anything – just walk around and enjoy the<br />

openness of the Slovak capital known as “Little Big City”!<br />

We have already included these attractions in the Bratislava<br />

City Tour, so please visit www.worldcongress.com<br />

and join us in exploring Bratislava.<br />

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Easy to reach, easy to stay…<br />

Photo: Wien-Tourismus/Claudio Alessandri<br />

Vienna: Harmony<br />

of Old and New<br />

Travel<br />

Vienna is located in the very heart of Europe and therefore easily reachable<br />

either by plane (via Vienna or Bratislava airports), train, bus or car.<br />

<strong>IPI</strong> recommends flying Austrian Airlines and saving 15%.<br />

Book your flights online at www.austrian.com and get a special discount<br />

on Austrian Airlines flights.<br />

Accommodation<br />

<strong>IPI</strong> has negotiated the best rates for congress participants at the<br />

Austria Trend Hotel Savoyen Vienna – EUR 165 per night for single<br />

or double use.<br />

The Hotel Savoyen is also the congress venue, an added convenience<br />

for delegates.<br />

About the Hotel<br />

An impressive blend of tradition and modernity is reflected in the design of the<br />

Hotel Savoyen. Housed in the former building of the Austrian State Printing<br />

Company, where the world’s oldest newspaper still in print, the Wiener Zeitung,<br />

was produced, the hotel represents an architectural bridge between the past<br />

and future. Located in the heart of the city’s diplomatic quarter, the Hotel Savoyen<br />

is the ideal base from which to explore historic downtown Vienna.<br />

Book your room now!<br />

To book your room, please visit www.ipiworldcongress.com or fill in the<br />

enclosed hotel booking form.<br />

Save 15% on your flight<br />

with your congress code!<br />

One in two companies choosing a business location in Austria opts for<br />

Vienna. No wonder: international surveys confirm our city’s outstanding<br />

quality of life. The Austrian capital offers high technology and high culture,<br />

ample green space as well as safety and security in daily life. Combining<br />

this with the flair of a former imperial city, Vienna is a unique place to live<br />

and work — both comfortable and cosmopolitan. For more information,<br />

go to www.wien.at<br />

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essential source of information and also provides information solutions<br />

for the business community. It produces an online news<br />

service, dozens of sector overviews, media monitoring, analyses<br />

and other information products in Slovak, English and German.<br />

Slovak Tourist Board (SACR) is a state contributory<br />

organisation specialising in marketing and the promotion<br />

of tourism activities in Slovakia. It provides<br />

information on tourism in Slovakia, presents Slovakia<br />

as a tourist destination, contributes to the positive image<br />

of Slovakia abroad, and supports the sale of the country’s<br />

tourism products.<br />

Slovak Electricity Transmission System, Plc.<br />

(SEPS) acts as the transmission system operator<br />

in Slovakia. Its mission is to operate the<br />

transmission system reliably, ensuring its dispatching control,<br />

maintenance and development to guarantee a reliable and<br />

quality electricity supply.<br />

Slovak Telekom is a multimedia operator<br />

with many years’ experience. It operates<br />

fixed and mobile telecommunications networks,<br />

providing voice and data services under the T-Com and<br />

T-Mobile brands. It is also the largest provider of broadband internet<br />

in Slovakia and offers interactive digital TV.<br />

Bratislava Culture and Information<br />

Centre (BKIS) is the main tourist information<br />

operator in Bratislava. It organises events and provides<br />

services in the areas of culture, tourism and sport, offering sightseeing<br />

tours, educative events, and eco-tourism.<br />

Kooperativa was established in 1990<br />

as the first private universal insurer in<br />

Slovakia. A proof of the successful performance<br />

of Kooperativa is the number of awards it has received<br />

in diverse areas, e.g. the prestigious “Insurer of the Year” award.<br />

Spa Piestany is one of the most famous<br />

spas in central Europe, known for the unique<br />

healing power of its thermal mineral water and sulphurous<br />

mud. Here you find many two-to-five-star spa hotels with medical<br />

offices, diagnostic workplaces and swimming pools.<br />

Mitická mineral water - for over 200 years<br />

it has harmonized the human body through<br />

its delicate balance of natural minerals, found to be effective in<br />

osteoporosis prevention, digestion improvement, relief of inflammations,<br />

and allergic reactions. It is produced by Trenčianske<br />

minerálne vody, a.s., a part of the Slovintegra Group.<br />

Austrian Airlines (member of Star<br />

Alliance) has received numerous<br />

awards for its exceptional service and quality during the last<br />

years. The current network comprises 120 destinations worldwide,<br />

both short-haul destinations and long-haul connections,<br />

from business destinations to leisure spots.<br />

Twin City Liner (TCL) - luxurious high-speed<br />

catamarans, specially designed for the shallow<br />

waters of the Danube Canal, will take you from<br />

Vienna to Bratislava in only 75 minutes. TCL<br />

is one of the projects of Central Danube Region Marketing<br />

& Development GmbH.<br />

Media Partners<br />

The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation<br />

(ORF) is Austria’s public-service broadcaster<br />

providing a wide range of tri-media program -<br />

me offers in radio, television and on the Internet. With its nine<br />

regional studios it is the most important Austrian medium in the<br />

large German-language media market.<br />

DER STANDARD is the leading quality newspaper<br />

in Austria with 5.6% national range.<br />

Its readers have a high level of quality awareness<br />

and a great interest in international<br />

events. DER STANDARD fulfils their demand for information and<br />

the most respected editorial articles.<br />

APA – Austria Press Agency is the<br />

country’s national news agency and<br />

the leading information service provider<br />

for Austria. Austrian newspapers<br />

and the ORF TV and Radio network own the agency. The APA<br />

editorial departments supply real-time news service in word,<br />

image, graphics, audio and video.<br />

Webnoviny.sk is a specialized news portal<br />

of SITA Slovak News Agency intended<br />

for general internet users. It distributes<br />

the SITA news services, press releases, and advertisements to<br />

dozens of other Slovak internet portals.<br />

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© Photos courtesy of Wien Tourismus; City of Vienna; City of Bratislava; Reuters; AP; EPA; Hotel Savoyen. Other contributors: John Filo and Murat German.<br />

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