Top of page Skip navigation
ISD Areas of Work


ISD Initiatives


48 Charles Street,
London W1J 5EN
info@strategicdialogue.org Tel: +44 (0) 20 7493 9333
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7493 4909

M100 Sanssouci Colloquium

Building on Potsdam's historic role as a focus for dialogue between East and West, and in the face of increasingly complex and important challenges emanating from Russia, the Middle East and Far East, the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium has  developed into a significant ‘East-West Media Bridge'. The Colloquium has become an annual meeting point of media and public figures from across today's most sensitive geo-political and communal fault lines. The Colloquium aims to foster cross-continental media relations, exposing not only differences, but also commonalities in the challenges faced by media from different cultures and geographies.

Between 2005 and 2009, ISD co-organised the M100 Colloquium.


Recent Events

M100 Sanssouci Colloquium 2009
Muslim Media and Muslims in the Media
14 - 15 September 2009
Potsdam

 

M100 Sanssouci Colloquium 2008
The Future of Eurasia
5 September 2008
Potsdam

 

M100 Sanssouci Colloquium 2007
An East-West Media Bridge
7 September 2007
Potsdam

 

All M100 Sanssouci Colloquium events


Research and Policy Papers

Muslims in the European Mediascape: Integration and Social Cohesion Dynamics

M100 Colloquium, September 2009

Based on interviews in Germany, France and the UK, this research explores patterns of media consumption amongst European Muslims and the portrayal of Muslims within mainstream European media. Its findings served as the basis for discussions at the 2009 M100 Sanssouci Colloquium.


Summary Reports

The Future of Eurasia: Convergence or Conflict? What Role will the Media Play?

M100 Colloquium, September 2008

The 2008 M100 Sanssouci Colloquium conference focused on the media in Eurasia. Participants included journalists and media executives from Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, and several Central Asian republics.

East-West Media Bridge: The Middle East

M100 Colloquium, September 2007

In 2007 the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium focused on dialogue between members of the Middle Eastern media and their counterparts from Europe, to explore how they affect public perceptions and social harmony amongst their audiences and interpret their roles and responsibilities vis-à-vis society, politics and the reporting of international affairs.

Lord Weidenfeld and Sir Ronald Grierson, co-founders of the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme, April 2010
Jonathan Powell, former aide to Tony Blair, addresses the inaugural Turkey Workshop, London, September 2011
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011
Acclaimed sociologist Manuel Castells, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media, Cambridge University, November 2011
Peter Kellner, President of YouGov and Dr David Muir, Faith in Britain, at the launch conference of the Phoenix Initiative, October 2010
CEDAR Chair Ahmed Larouz, addressing the Social Innovation and Social Action Conference, Lambeth Palace, November 2011
The tenth meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network, hosted by the Home Office, London, November 2011

M100 Sanssouci Colloquium 2009

Potsdam, 14 to 15 September 2009

M100 Sanssouci Colloquium 2008

Potsdam, 5 September 2008

M100 Sanssouci Colloquium 2007

Potsdam, 7 September 2007


More recent events