Media Summit “The Role of Media in Addressing the Climate Emergency”

In the framework of the „Reinforcing the role of media in addressing the climate emergency“ project our regional cooperating partner Novi Sad School of Journalism organize Media Summit “The Role of Media in Addressing the Climate Emergency”, which takes place in Novi Sad on April 15-16.

Five panel discussions will be held during this two-day event where environmental issues, scientific insights, and media communication are in one place.

Detailed event agenda is available below:

Monday, April 15, 2024

10.00 – 10.30    Welcome speech

• Nela Jović, Senior Program Advisor, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade
• Dajana Cvjetković, SMART Balkans Project Manager
• Radmila Šević, President of Assembly of NSSJ

10.30 – 12.00    Panel – Understanding climate science and data

Moderator: Petar Klaić

• Vladimir Đurđević, associate professor, Faculty of Physics, Belgrade
• Blaze Josifovski, eco-activist, president of “Go green”
• Nedim Sladić, Master of Science in Applied Meteorology and Climate
• Luka Mitrović, senior advisor Institute of hydrometeorology and seismology

12.00 – 12.15    Pause

12.15 – 13.45    Panel II – State of COP – Regional Response

Moderator: Milovan Nikolić

• Dragana Radulović, UNFCCC National Focal Point and Head of Climate Change Department in the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia
• Milena Kapa, Secretary of the Committee on Tourism, Agriculture, Ecology and Spatial Planning, Parliament of Montenegro
• TBD, Representatives of the Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction and Ecology, Government of the Republic of Srpska
• Ani Bajrami, professor at Faculty of National Sciences Albany

13.45 – 15.15    Lunch break

15.15 – 16.00    Short Presentations:

1. Fact-checking and the big data – Stefan Janjić, Editor-in-chief at FakeNews Tragač and Assistant Professor at Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad
2. How to Communicate Science – Tijana Prodanović, Astrophysicist, science communicator, (TBD),
3. How to be approachable on social media – Nikola Ristić, activist, entrepreneur

16.00 – 16.15    Pause

16.15 – 17.45    Panel III – Climate disinformation strategies and narratives

Moderator: Tijana Bumbić

• Ivan Subotić, Deputy Editor of FakeNews Tragač
• Ivana Vojinović, Centre for Climate Change, Natural Resources and Energy at UDG

18.00 – 20.00    Dinner – Restaurant “Kej 7”, Kej žrtava racije 4

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

10.00 – 10.15    Wrap-up of Day 1

• Marina Grnja Klaić, Novi Sad School of Journalism

10.15 – 11.15    Panel IV – Regional, national, and local perspective of Climate Change

Moderator: Stefan Janjić

• Milena Kapa, Secretary of the Committee on Tourism, Agriculture, Ecology and Spatial Planning, Parliament of Montenegro
• Nataša Markovska, Senior Researcher, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• TBD, Representatives of the Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction and Ecology, Government of the Republic of Srpska

11.15 – 11.45    Pause

11.45 – 13.15    Panel V – How to report on climate change in a more engaging manner?

Moderator: Ivan Subotić

• Petar Klaić, Journalist, PBS Radio-television of Vojvodina
• Jelena Kalinić, Biologist, science/health/climate journalist
• Snežana Radusinović, Journalist, PBS Radio and Television Montenegro
• Aleksandar Manasiev, media consultant and freelance journalist

13.15 – 13.30    Closing remarks

• Marina Grnja Klaić, Novi Sad School of Journalism

13.30    Lunch