The 2010 ONO Conference will be held May 12-15 at Reuters Institute, Oxford University in Oxford, England. The theme is “Expanding ONO’s Influence in a Digital Age.”

The conference will feature a session on how we all cope with maintaining values and ethics in the new media landscape ,which will take place in a modern lecture theatre at St Anne’s College.

Participants will have a chance to engage in the time-honoured pastime of punting on the river before drinks and dinner at an old boathouse, savour a splendid meal in venerable Exeter College (founded 1314), join a walking tour of the ancient university and much more besides.

The High Victorian Randolph Hotel has agreed to cut its price to £160 for a double room for conference attendees, and there are cheaper options available.

Following is a tentative schedule for the conference:

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 – Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Oxford, 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PS, UK.

13h30 Executive Committee Meeting
– Approve conference agenda
– Financial report
– Executive director evaluation
– New business
– Adjourn

18h30 – Cherwell Boat House, Bardwell Road, Oxford

– Welcome reception, punting

19h30 — Dinner

Thursday May 13, 2010, St. Anne’s College Oxford, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HS, UK
Day One: “CHANGING ONO FOR A CHANGING MEDIA?”

08h15 – Breakfast session with coffee and croissants
Welcome: Stephen Pritchard

08h30 – “Mutualized Media”, Alan Rusbridger, Editor, The Guardian

09h45 – Using social media to report on Iran. Blogger “Oxfordgirl”

10h45 – Coffee

11h15 – Dr. David Levy, Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

12h30 – Lunch

14h00 – “Networked Journalism”, Charlie Beckett, Director, POLIS, London School of Economics.

15h00 – Coffee

15.15 – Defining an Ombudsman in a Digital World, (Sally Begbie, SBS, Australia)

16h00 – Shop talk

17h00 – End of day’s session

19h30 – Dinner at Exeter College, Turl Street, Oxford

Friday May 14, 2010, St. Anne’s College
Day Two: “NEW CONNECTIONS FOR AN EVOLVING ONO”

09h30 – Press Councils and Ombudsmen: A New Partnership? John Hamer Washington (State) Press Council, John Horgan (Irish Press Council); William Gore, Press Complaints Commission (UK).

10h45 – Coffee

11h00 –A Proposal: Extending the ONO Brand (and making some money as well). (Ed Wasserman.)

12h30 – Lunch

13h30 – Ombudsmen on the Road: A report from our far-flung emissaries.

(CB Hanif, Sally Begbie, Mike Getler, Jacob Mollerup, Taleh Shasuvarli).

15h00 – Coffee

15h30 – Shop talk.

17h00 – Adjourn

Optional walking tour of Oxford. Learn more about the history of the university city

Evening free to explore Oxford’s restaurants.

Saturday, May 15, 2010, St. Anne’s College
Day Three: Business meeting

10h00 — Business meeting
– President’s report (Stephen Pritchard)
– Financial report (Debbie Kornmiller)
– Executive director’s report (Jeffrey Dvorkin)
– Election of officers 2010-2011 (Yavuz Baydar)
– 2011 conference
– New business

12h00 — Adjourn