Programme

NB! Please note that the locations have changed. Registration and first sessions are at Porthania, Yliopistonkatu 3.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

16.00-18.30 Excursion to Oy Yleisradio Ab (Finnish Public Service Broadcasting Company), Radiokatu 5, Helsinki.

Please sign up for the excursion by 28 April here

To get there, you can meet us at 15.00 at the main entrance of Porthania (Yliopistonkatu 3) and journey to the destination together. Alternatively you can make your own way to Oy Yleisradio Ab (Radiokatu 5). You can get there for example with bus number 23 or trams 7a and 7b.

Here you can find a map of the area:

http://yle.fi/yleisradio/sites/default/files/attachments/yle-keskus_kartta.pdf

Thursday, May 8, 2014
University of Helsinki, Porthania, Room: PIII, Street address: Yliopistonkatu 3

http://www.helsinki.fi/teknos/opetustilat/keskusta/yl3/piii.htm

8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.10 Päivi Tiilikka & Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Criminal Law Kimmo Nuotio: Welcoming address
9.10-9.40 Keynote, Associate Professor Mark Cole: ‘Freedom of Expression’
9.40-10.10 Keynote, Assistant Professor Jan Oster: ‘Press Freedom’
10.10-10.30 Discussion
Chair: Päivi Tiilikka
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.40 Keynote, Researcher Lara Fielden: ‘Regulating the Press: A Comparative Study of International Press Councils
11.40-11.50 Commentary: Risto Uimonen, Chair of the Finnish Press Council
11.50-12.00 Discussion
Chair: Päivi Tiilikka
12.00-13.00 Lunch Break
13.00-13.30 Reeta Pöyhtäri, researcher: ‘Freedom of Speech and Hate Speech: Effects of Online Hate Speech on Journalists and Public Discussion’
13.30-13.45 Hannele Valkeeniemi, Producer / YLE current affairs:  Journalistic  view
13.45-14.00 Discussion
Chair: Pia Letto-Vanamo, Professor, Director of the Graduate School for Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Helsinki
14.00-14.30 Coffee break
14.30-17.00 Participant’s presentations (following CfP)
Chair: Pia Letto-Vanamo, Professor, Director of the Graduate School for Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Helsinki

 

18.00-20.00 Reception

Päivälehti museo (Päivälehti. Museum), Ludviginkatu 2-4, Helsinki.

http://www.paivalehdenmuseo.fi/welcome/

If you want to walk there together with the organizers of the conference, we’ll leave the Porthania building in Yliopistonkatu 3 at 5.45pm.

The reception is provided by the Helsingin Sanomain Säätiö (Helsingin Sanomat Foundation)

 

Friday, 9 May, 2014
University of Helsinki, Porthania, Room: PII, Street address: Yliopistonkatu 3

http://www.helsinki.fi/teknos/opetustilat/keskusta/yl3/pii.htm

9.00-9.45 Keynote, Professor Dirk Voorhoof: ‘A Critical Analysis of Some Developments and Characteristics in the ECtHR’s case law
9.45-10.30 Keynote, Judge, Päivi Hirvelä LL.D: Recent Trends in the ECtHR in the Field of Freedom of Expression.
10.30-10.40 Discussion
Chair: Tuomas Ojanen, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Helsinki
10.40-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.30 University lecturer Pauli Rautiainen & Professor Jukka Viljanen: ‘The Finnish Way of Legal Reasoning in the Test of European Courts’ Case-law’
11.30-11.45 Associate Professor Bjørnar Borvik: How the ECHR has affected the Norwegian jurisprudence?
11.45-12.00 Discussion
Chair: Tuomas Ojanen, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Helsinki
12.00-13.00 Lunch Break
13.00-16.00 Participant’s presentations following CfP or workshops
16.00-16.30 Discussion
Chair: Olli Mäenpää, Professor of Administrative Law

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