5 weeks to go until the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium!

11 August 2022. 5 weeks to go until the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium begins! Find out what makes the conference so special, so unique, in the video.

The 18th edition of the international media conference takes place on Thursday, 15 September 2022 from 9.30 a.m. at the Sanssouci Orangery in Potsdam. Under the title “War and Peace. A New World Order“, the discussions will focus on Russia’s military attack on Ukraine, the resulting consequences for European domestic and foreign policy, and the role of the media.

More than 60 international editors-in-chief, historians, academics and representatives of independent organsisations as well as 21 young journalists from 17 European countries who have previously participated in the M100 Young European Journalists Workshop will discuss the topics “European digital strategic autonomy”, “Europe’s role in a new world order” and “Information as a weapon” (9.30 – 16.30). You can find the agenda here.

In the Special Talk “Left Alone?” (17.00) Wolfgang Ischinger, former Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, will talk to Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, President of the Republic of Kosovo since April 2021, about the tense political situation in the Balkans, what this means for the EU and Ukraine, what contribution the Western Balkans can make to a stable European Community in the face of a new world order and how Europe should shape its relationship with Russia in the future.

The presentation of the M100 Media Award starts at 19.00. Since 2005, the non-endowed prize has been awarded at the conference to personalities who stand up for democracy, freedom of opinion and freedom of the press. Previous recipients include Bob Geldof, Ingrid Betancourt, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Kurt Westergaard, Vitali Klitschko, Charlie Hebdo, Roberto Saviano, Natalia Sindeeva, Nicola Sturgeon and Alexei Navalny.

This year’s decision will be announced soon.

M100 is an initiative of Potsdam Media International e.V., which is mainly funded by the city of Potsdam. Further supporters are the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the Federal Foreign Office, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government.
Sponsors: META, BFB, European Liberal Forum, medienlabor.
Cooperation partners: AFP, eupinions, Euractiv, Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Institute for Media and Communication Policy (IfM), Young Journalists Switzerland (JJS), Media Association of the Free Press (MVFP), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation, The European Network, Treffpunkt Europa.