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Argyro Karanasiou (http://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/akaranasiou), a member of CIPPM (http://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/cippm/focus-areas/digital-rights/) and Lecturer in Law at BU has been invited by the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Representative on Freedom of the Media to join the expert meeting on open journalism. The high level meeting will focus on the human rights and legal implications of Open Journalism. Presentations and discussions will focus on new ways to protect media plurality and the rights of non-traditional voices online.

Argyro, who was awarded a PbD (Privacy by Design) Ambassadorship by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada this July, shall be discussing the concept of online free speech and open journalism by design.

The event will take place in Vienna, Austria on Sept 19th and will be will be webcast live on www.osce.org.The meeting  and all information related to the event, including documents and information about the speakers is available at www.osce.org/event/open-journalism.