On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:12 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear all,

as the second day of our conference in Dublin is getting started, here is just a brief update on day 1. It was a successful day, according to all the participants that I talked with. There were consistently around 60 participants throughout the day, with up to 100 at peak times. Participants included local Irish media activists but also many international guests who are here for the IAMCR conference. We've had several OURMedia 'veterans' like John Downing, Amparo Cadavid, Stefania Milan, Bob Hackett, and others, but also many new faces and many older and younger scholars for whom this has been the first OURMedia experience.

Sessions ranged from discussions on the media situation in Ireland to interactive Skype debates on community media in Cyprus and in the Middle East, and addressed community radio as well as new social media. Our friends from Dublin Community Television did a tremendous job in organising the logistics and some parts of the programme, and the Irish community media network CRAOL generously supported the event.

Day 1 took place at a nice venue in central Dublin. Day 2 is starting now at Dublin City University.

Best,
Arne