Media at the Forefront of Shaping a Future at Peace

Panel discussion on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day 2026

Location:

Welcome:
Martin Eichtinger (Director, Vienna School of International Studies)
Brigitta Blaha (Vice President, club.da)
Arndt Röchling (President, Rotary Club Vienna Maria Theresia)

Panellists:
Heinz Gärtner
(Political scientist and publicist; Chair, Advisory Board, International Institute for Peace IIP)
Johannes Thun-Hohenstein
(President, Institut zur Verteidigung der Europäischen Demokratien INVED)
Barbara Trionfi
(Principal Adviser to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media)

Moderator:
Martin Wassermair (Secretary General, Reporters Without Borders RSF Austria)

After the event, the Rotary Club Vienna Maria Theresia invites guests to some light refreshments.

This event will be broadcast live at https://www.da-vienna.ac.at/live.

Location:
Diplomatische Akademie Wien, Festsaal
Favoritenstraße 15a, 1040 Wien/Vienna

Partner: club.da / RCVMT / DA