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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dear fome Community member,</span><br>
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<span lang="EN-US">As fome Symposium 2023 quickly approaches, we are pleased to announce that
<b>ticket sales are now open!</b> You can purchase your ticket via <a href="https://event.gs/s/4WUkZPKU">
fome Symposium 2023 - Signup (eventmanager-online.com)</a>. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">This year’s fome Symposium <b>Rethinking safety: Protecting media freedom in times of crises
</b>is hosted by <b>DW Akademie</b> and <b>Reporters without Borders Germany (RSF)</b>, with support from the
<b>Federal Ministry of Development and Cooperation (BMZ)</b> and the <b>Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS).
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<b>When?</b> October 5-6</p>
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<b>Where?</b> Deutsche Welle, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. <span lang="EN-US">3, 53113 Bonn</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Our guiding questions will be: How to support a safe environment and secure structures, and how to deal with tensions between acute crisis management and sustainable development cooperation? We’ll also examine security in three ways via
panel discussions and interactive workshops: </span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">digital and mental safety while reporting</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">crucial media development policy changes</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">areas of increased attention, such as feminist development policy.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The <b>preliminary program</b> including panelists is available at the
<a href="https://fome.info/">fome website</a>. More Updates will follow.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tickets can be purchased <a href="https://event.gs/s/4WUkZPKU">
here</a> and cost: </span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">regular tickets</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: 80 Euros</span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-top:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm">
<b><span lang="EN-US">student tickets</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: 35 Euros (student ID required)
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Online participation</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is also possible and free of charge. Please register online by
<b>September 28</b>. Please note that only the panel discussions will be streamed and not the workshops.
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<span lang="EN-US">If you have questions, you can contact us at <a href="mailto:dw-akademie.event@dw.com">
dw-akademie.event@dw.com</a></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">We look forward to welcoming you very soon at fome 2023! </span>
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<span lang="EN-US">Best regards on behalf of the organizational team</span></p>
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Simon Didszuweit and Elena Zondler (DW Akademie), Sophie von Waitz and Jana Rapp (RSF)</p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#002060">Simon Didszuweit</span></b><span style=""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advocacy and Partnerships<br>
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DW (Deutsche Welle)<span style="color:#0080FF"> | </span>Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3<span style="color:#0080FF"> |
</span>53113 Bonn<span style="color:#0080FF"> | </span>Germany<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:simon.didszuweit@dw.com"><span style="color:blue">simon.didszuweit@dw.com</span></a></span></p>
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