The OURMedia 06 International Conference, Sustainable Futures: Roles and Challenges for Community, Alternative and Citizens' Media in the 21st Century will be held in Sydney April 9-13th 2007. The full program and schedule are now online: http://www.ourmedia07.net/ The conference includes 130 presentations and workshops that will be delivered by international and national experts, researchers, funding bodies, policy makers, activists and local community development practitioners from 40 different countries. OURMedia aims to build strategies and collaborations amongst action researchers, engaged academics, community practitioners, artists and advocates for the promotion of communication rights, effective access to ICT, community and citizen participation in the media and community engagements that foster social change, women's participation in the sector and cultural development and revitalisation. The OM6 conference will explore the significance of independent community and alternative media and the major challenges in the decades lying ahead. Keynote panelists & invited speakers . John D.H. Downing (Professor of International Communication; Founding Director, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University, USA) . Sharon Bhagwan Rolls (Founding Director, femLINKPACIFIC: Media Initiatives for Women, Fiji. AMARC Asia-Pacific) . Luis Evaristo dos Santos Soares (Coordinator, Community Radio Center, Timor Leste) . Suman Basnet (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters [AMARC AP]- Regional Coordinator for Asia and Pacific regions, Nepal) . Stuart Allan (Professor of Cultural Studies, University of the West of England, UK) . Faye Ginsburg (Professor of Anthropology; Director, Centre for Media, Culture & History, New York University, USA) . Helen Molnar (Executive Director, MC Media & Associates) . Clemencia Rodriguez (Oklahoma University; Our Media Network) . Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron (Communication for Social Change Consortium; Our Media Network) . Robert A. Hackett (Simon Fraser University; NewsWatch Canada) . Dorothy Kidd (University of San Francisco; Media Alliance, USA) . Andrew Garton (Association for Progressive Communications, Australia) . Barry Melville (President, Community Broadcasting Association of Australia) . Nalaka Gunawardene (Director and CEO, Television for Education - Asia Pacific [TVEAP]) . Kosala Keerthirathne (Kothmale Community Media Centre - UNESCO Program Coordinator) . Raghu Mainali (Director, Community Radio Support Centre, NEFEJ, Nepal) ************************************* Tanya Notley OM6 Organizing Committee Member PhD Candidate Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology Email: t.notley@qut.edu.au ************************************ OURMedia/NUESTROSMedios A network of alternative, community & citizens media research and practice http://Ourmedianet.org ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Subscribe to the mailing list: Send e-mail to clemencia (AT) ou.edu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 6th Conference: Sydney, April 2007 http://www.ourmedia07.net/