Workshop Programme

(Version: 18 February 2008)

14:00		Opening remarks from a representative of the Asia-Europe-Foundation (main supporting organization) Bertrand FORT, Deputy Executive Director, ASEF, Singapore
14:15		Overview about search engine research in Asia and Europe: Which research areas are of particular interest to Asian and European countries? ANG Peng Hwa & Marcel MACHILL
15:15		Tea and coffee
15:45		Technical development – Latest trends of search engines in Asia and Europe: In which technological areas can Asian and European experts cooperate in order to strengthen alternative technology development outside of the USA? Nobuo SAITO
16:45		Open discussion: Asian and European languages are not necessarily English: Why do we need a special Asian-European approach when it comes to the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and algorithms? Short input statements from Eddie KUO, Markus BEILER, Louis LEUNG and Marcel MACHILL
17:30		End of Day 1
19:00		Group dinner at Tung Luk Seafood Restaurant 511 Upper Jurong Road, The Arena Country Club Singapore 638366 http://www.tunglok.com/index1.html

9:00		Media and Journalism – The issue of news search engines: Are news search engines in Europe and Asia highly influenced by US media? What are the selection criteria for news search engines? Do they follow international journalism standards? Markus BEILER
10:30		Media and Journalism – How search engines alter the way of information seeking: Do journalists in Asia rely more on electronic sources provided by search engines than journalists in Europe? Are traditional professional values and paradigms of journalists being modified by the usage of search engines? Marcel MACHILL & Markus BEILER
12:00		Lunch
13:30		Freedom of speech or censorship – The debate about Google. An Asian perspective from China Louis LEUNG
14:30		Freedom of speech or protection of minors – The debate about Google and filtering. A European perspective from France Divina FRAU-MEIGS
15:30		Tea and coffee
16:00		Open discussion on the impact of search engines on Asian and European journalists and on freedom of speech around the globe. Short input statements from Divina FRAU-MEIGS, Klaus BRUHN JENSEN, ANG Peng Hwa and Fernando PARAGAS
17:00		End of Day 2
17:30		Group dinner at the Tepak Sireh Restoran Singapore’s Malay Heritage Center, Sultan’s Gate 73 Sultan Gate Singapore 198497 http://www.tepaksireh.com.sg/

9:00		Search engines as communication and metacommunication - A theoretical perspective Klaus Bruhn JENSEN
10:00		The importance of search engines for news usage in South-Korea in comparison to the UK Yeon-ok LEE & Han Woo PARK
11:00		Tea and coffee
11:30		The political economy of search engine brokered information: Market concentration and the challenges for global policy and regulation Sophia KAITATZI-WHITLOCK
12:30		Lunch
14:00		The fluidity of text, intellectual honesty, and search engines as academic sources Fernando PARAGAS
15:00		Search engines as academic sources: How has scientific work changed in Asia and Europe? CHANG Yun-Ke
16:00		Tea and coffee
16:30		Discussion: Joint publication and further coordinated research with teams in Europe and Asia. Moderated by ANG Peng Hwa & Marcel MACHILL
17:30		End of workshop