I attended one final panel before I hopped on Via Rail (WITHOUT WIFI – GRRRR) and came back to Ottawa. Congress 2010 was a strange experience for me as I have worked six of them running the media and communications for Fedcan but have never actually attended much of anything. The stress level is much less painful as an attendee for sure!

I stole this straight from the Congress program:

The Futures of News and Journalism in the Internet and Mobile Age
Michel Venne, Concordia University.

On the occasion of Montreal Le Devoir’s 100th anniversary in 2010, four distinguished international panelists working within various news entities such as print media, web-based broadcasting, and participatory internet news forums, join Le Devoir Director, Bernard Descôteaux to reflect on the future of media in the internet and mobile age, and the current state of news reporting and journalism. This distinguished panel will also include Reisa Levine (the Producer of CitizenShift), Amy Mitchell (the Deputy Director of the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism), Pascal Riché (Editor of Rue89), and Geraldine Cahill (a Toronto-based journalist previously with The Real News Network).

This animated event on the future of media in light of massive technological changes. will be moderated by Michel Venne, former deputy editor at Le Devoir and founder and Executive Director of the Institut du Nouveau Monde, a Montreal-based non-partisan organisation aimed at civic participation and renewal of ideas in Québec.

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And in case you want to see the video too … I will post a link to the video when I find it – Fedcan/Concordia Ustreamed it so it must be floating around on the interrwebz somewhere!