Date: Saturday 16 May 2009
Venue: Lake View Club, Subang Jaya
Theme: 4th and 5th Estates — on Collision Course?
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1. Morning Session from 10.30AM – 12.30PM
Topic: The Media – Civil Society’s Perspectives
SPEAKERS:
(a) Welcome address by Dr Lim Teck Ghee, Director, CPI
(b) Sdr Din Merican, Programme Director to PKR chief
(c) Dr KJ John, Civil Society activist
(d) Sdr Philip Koh, Lawyer
(e) Sdr Art Harun, Lawyer-Blogger
Q and A Session (30minutes)
***************************** Buffet Lunch ***************************
2. Afternoon Session from 2.30PM – 4.30PM
Topic: Bagaimanakah Media Baru boleh menggalakkan pemikiran kritis masyarakat?
SPEAKERS:
(a) Sdr Faisal Mustaffa, Special aide to a DAP MP
(b) Sdr Fathi Aris Omar, Online Editor
(c) Sdr Fahri Azzat, Lawyer (updated 29/4)
(d) Datuk Kadir Jasin, Editor
Q and A Session (30minutes)
******************************* Hi-Tea *****************************
3. Evening Session from 6.00PM – 8.15PM
Topic: Has The Old Media Failed Civil Society?
SPEAKERS:
(a) Jeff Ooi, DAP MP for Jelutong, Pulau Pinang
(b) Sdr Ahirudin Attan aka Rockybru, All-Blogs Interim President
(c) YB Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, SA of Seri Setia, Selangor
(d) Sdr Steven Gan, Editor-in-chief, Malaysiakini.com
(e) Sdr R Nadeswaran, Editor (Special reports and investigations), The Sun
(f) SURPRISE BLOGGER-SPEAKER to helicopter in?
(b) Sdr Ahirudin Attan aka Rockybru, All-Blogs Interim President
(c) YB Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, SA of Seri Setia, Selangor
(d) Sdr Steven Gan, Editor-in-chief, Malaysiakini.com
(e) Sdr R Nadeswaran, Editor (Special reports and investigations), The Sun
(f) SURPRISE BLOGGER-SPEAKER to helicopter in?
BUM 2009 
Originally I intended to come, but now am not doing so out of protest to the sell-out who’s just become CEO of a certain newspaper and is going to be a “Headline” speaker in this event.
He knows who he is.
matkilat: Don’t be so judmental, and BUMmers cometh from a wide spectrum of opinion-makers, dreamers and doers. So what’s one man’s barrier when the occasion is spearheaded by a whole team, and the speakers range from politicians and civil society activists to professionals like lawyers and MSM and new media practitioners.
Well, it’s a free world, your choice, but I thought after two previous BUM outings, Bloggers and Bloggers2B should be more open-minded — come for the clash of ideas, and there’s both feasting of the mind and body. Let’s leave the soul out for another forum…? ~~ YL, Desi