The Center for the Study of International Communications invites you to participate in an

International Media Seminar in Paris

March 2 - March 9, 2013 at The American University of Paris (AUP) 31 avenue Bosquet, in the Grand Salon
Hotel Malar 29 rue Malar, 75007 Paris. Tel : 01 4551 3846

Tentative Schedule
All programs will be held at The American University of Paris (AUP), except where marked by *. Note: photo identification may be required at some venues.
Saturday, March 2 *Afternoon - Boat Cruise on the Seine, an ideal introduction to Paris. Sunday, March 3 *Morning and afternoon - Visit to Versailles *Evening - Opening workshop and introduction Monday, March 4 AUP, 31 avenue Bosquet 75007 Paris Grand Salon 2nd floor

10:15 am - 11:15 am - Food as a Metaphor for French Culture. Harriet Welty Rochefort, Journalist and author of French Toast, French Fried, and Joie de Vivre, popular books about cultural differences and similarities. Free time for Lunch at AUP 11:45 am Leave for Liberation *12:45 pm - 1:45 pm - Visit to Libration. Franois Sergent, Senior Editor. A Leading French Daily. Up Close. Address: 11, rue Branger 75003 Paris Mtro Rpublique

*1:45 pm - Meet to travel to Accenture France 1

*2:30 pm 4:30 pm - Visit to Accenture France - 118 Avenue de France, Paris 75013 Late afternoon: Free Time

Tuesday, March 5 Morning programs at the home of Lee and Berna Huebner. Mtro Lignes 1 or 2. *09:30 am 10:30 am - A Career in Media Management. Kay Rolland, formerly in management posts with The Wall Street Journal Europe and the International Herald Tribune. Also former Publisher of Where-MagazineParis, who has now started her own company as an independent advertising representative. *10:30 am- 11:45 am - Business Leadership and the Media, Adrian Dearnell. Founder and CEO of Eurobusiness Media. Formerly of Bloomberg News. 11:45 am 2:30 pm - Free time for Lunch and time to get to UNESCO *3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Visit to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) at US Ambassadors Residence. Meeting with Ambassador David Killion. Late Afternoon - Free Evening: *7:00 pm - Reception in a unique Parisian setting, the home of Nancy and Richard Asthalter, one of Pariss pace-setting couples. Richard headed the law offices of Sullivan and Cromwell in Paris for many years and served as President of the American Chamber of Commerce in France. Nancy has worked with University of Paris and was Academic Director in the field of international student exchange. Discussion of "Developing World Media Perspectives." With AUP international media students who will talk about their countries, cultures and career plans in the media field. Speakers will include human rights activist Maha Assabalani a Yemeni citizen of Iranian origin who fled Syria last year after the organization she worked for was raided by the Syrian security police officers (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/world/europe/22iht-letter22.html?emc=eta1&_r=0) as well as Tendayi Chirawu from Zimbabwe who will discuss the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe (http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/feb/27/zimbabwe-police-ban-radioselections?CMP=twt_gu)

Wednesday, March 6 09:00 am - Leave for Disney visit *All day - Visit to Disneyland Paris

Thursday, March 7 AUP, 31 avenue Bosquet 75007 Paris Grand Salon 2nd floor 2

9:00 am - 10:30 am - "The Media Culture in France." Waddick Doyle, Director, Division of Global Communications and Film, AUP. 10:30 am 11:30 - First, Foremost and Unrivaled Celebrity Journalism in an International Setting. Cathy Nolan, former Paris Bureau chief of People Magazine. 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Free Time for Lunch *2:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Visit to Pietri Publicis Consultants, 67 Avenue Raymond Poincar 75116 Paris, France *6:00pm - Buffet dinner at the home of Lee and Berna Huebner. Mtro Lignes 1 or 2. Guest speaker: Walter Wells, former Executive Editor, International Herald Tribune. Friday, March 8 AUP, 31 avenue Bosquet 75007 Paris Grand Salon 2nd floor 9:00 am - 10:00 am - Television News and the European Scene. Jim Bittermann -- senior on-air correspondent for Europe for CNN International; formerly Paris Bureau Chief for ABC and NBC News. 10:00 am - 11:00 am - Daniel Dozier, founder of Cinq&Co. - a DC and Paris-based Public Relations firm that advises French creative brands on international communications strategies primarily using social media. Previously Chief of Staff at the US Ambassador's Residence in Paris. 11:00 am - 12:00 noon - The Media of Art and Culture with Heidi Ellison, Editor of Paris Update and writer for a variety of magazines and newspapers. 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm - Lee Huebner, Professor of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University, formerly Publisher and CEO of the International Herald Tribune. Late Afternoon Free Time *Evening - Montmartre Cabaret dinner; meet at Hotel Malar at 7:00 pm to travel together to dinner.

Saturday, March 9 - Free Day