• New methods of communication (SMS, Twitter, Skype)
• Censorship of TV, Radio and Internet (Websites, Facebook)
• Surveillance of telephone and e-mails
• Variations in media use as to age, geography and social background

Panellists:

• Delbar Tavakoli Blogger
• Farnaz Seifi Blogger
• Fred Petrossians , Online Editor in Chief of Radio Farda ,Czech Republic
• Ben Roome Nokia Siemens Networks, Great Britain
• Omid Memarian Journalist and Researcher, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, USA
• Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi Satirist, Writer, Diarist, and Researcher, Iran

• Technological developments in preparation
• Freedom of the net versus state control
• Reactions internally and from the outside

Panellists:

• Aliakbar Mousavi Khoeini Internet specialist, USA
• Mehdi Yahyanejad Founder and director of the popular website Balatarin,USA
• Reza Valizadeh Journalist and blogger
• Christian Engström MEP Pirate Party, Sweden
• Sebastian Müller European Policy Manager, Google, Belgium
• Erich Möchel Investigative journalist, Austria

• How to preserve the freedom of the internet while preventing its abuse
• How the modern information society influences methods to act against undemocratic governments
• Are sanctions and isolation still useful tools in the age of cyberspace?
• EU legislation and democratisation: part of the problems or the solutions?

Panellists:

• Rouzbeh Parsi Research Fellow, EU Institute for Security Studies Paris
• Lucie Morillon Reporters without borders, Head of the New Media Desk ,USA
• Pooneh Ghoddoosi BBC Persia, Presenter of Nowbat-e Shoma ,GB
• Giuseppe Busini DG RELEX, Iran Desk, European Commission

Conclusions: Barbara Lochbihler