World Summit 2007

Journalists, artists, television and film producers, business thinkers, advertising executives and others from the US and eight other countries came together in Haines Falls, New York, for the annual Images and Voices of Hope World Summit on October 4-7, 2007. The ninth such event in the nine-year history of Images and Voices of Hope, the Summit offered attendees the opportunity to engage in dialogue about the impact of media on society and to consider the ways that those working in the media might use access, talent and influence to bring about a better world.

Among the Summit participants were Jon Funabiki, Journalism Professor, San Francisco State University; Director Rod McGrew; Michael Skoler, Executive Director at Center for Innovation in Journalism at American Public Media; Bob Steele, Nelson Poynter Scholar for Journalism Values at the Poynter Institute; organizational behavior expert David Cooperrider of Case Western Reserve University; filmmaker Sanjeev Chatterjee of the Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami; Washington DC based investigative journalist, Roberta Baskin; French journalist and filmmaker Patrice Barrat and Michael Hemingway of Ogilvy and Mather, creator of the groundbreaking Dove "Real Beauty" advertising campaign.

Summit sessions addressed questions of personal mission and social impact, journalism and community, the capacity of art to effect change, and the future of advertising. The event culminated in an awards ceremony which recognized the work of Spanish journalist Pura Gomez Roman; French filmmaker/journalist Patrice Barrat; Indian filmmaker Sanjeev Chatterjee; Cuban-American television executive Nelly Rubio; Cambodian- American author and activist Loung Ung; and choreographer Jeanne Travers.

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For a video of the Michael Hemmingway and David Cooperrider dialogue at the Dove Pro Age discussion, see http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=521. Courtesy of Tom Munnecke