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Panel 2: Shifting Winds: Where Geopolitics and Local Policy Collide

Anya Schiffrin, Senior Lecturer at Columbia University, United States

Burcu Kilic, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation

Michael Markovitz, Director, Media Leadership Think Tank, Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa

Moderator: Paula Miraglia, Founder and CEO of Momentum – Journalism & Tech Task Force, Brazil

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When it comes to supporting local policy solutions, what pressures are governments and advocates now facing? Is this an opportunity for new forms of multilateralism to emerge?

Panel 6: Preparing the Future: Compensation Strategies

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Paula Fray, Panel Member, South African Competition Commission's Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry

Indri D. Saptaningrum, Vice Chair, Indonesia Publishers Rights Committee

Nelson Yap, Co-Chair, Public Interest Publishers Alliance (PIPA), Australia

Moderated by Evi Mariani, Co-founder and Executive Director, Project Multatuli

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Panel 3: Beyond Survival: A Strategy for Journalism in the Age of AI

Marina Pita, Director, Digital Policies Secretariat at Secom
Kate Skinner, Executive Director, Association of Independent Publishers in South Africa
Wahyu Dhyatmika, CEO, Info Media Digital and Chairman, Indonesian Cyber Media Association (AMSI)
Irene Jay Liu, Director of AI, Emerging Tech and Regulation, International Fund for Public Interest Media
Michael Power, Director and Co-founder of ALT Advisory in South Africa
Moderated by Sbu Ngalwa, Chairman of the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF)

This session examined efforts to support the sustainability of journalism and regulate AI tools in Brazil, South Africa, and Indonesia. Panelists emphasized the shift in society’s relationship with journalism, calling for a renewed understanding of the industry grounded in legal, political, and technological frameworks. Participants called for open- source solutions and collective strategies to empower media actors.