GAIN EUROPE – Global Adventist Innovation Network 2021
Theme: All Apart. All Together. Now more than ever.

Programme 
Time Zones: 14:00 Rome Time (CET) - 1:00pm London Time (BST) - 8:00am New York Time (EDT)

14:00 1:00pm 8:00am	Monday 19.04.2021	14:00 1:00pm 8:00am	Tuesday 20.04.2021	Wednesday 21.04.2021
14:00 1:00pm 8:00am	welcome & intro Devotional Tor Tjeransen Testimonies Communication Awards	14:00 1:00pm 8:00am	plenum presentation  Hanz Gutierrez, Theol./Phil. In the time of Coronavirus Dan Arsenie, SEO Marketer Trends in search engines and social media after the pandemic tracks*   discussion presentations	project slam
15:15 2:15pm 9:15am	break	15:30 2:30pm 9:30am	break	break
15:30 2:30pm 9:30am	keynote Costin Jordache The four coins of Communication networking/connecting breakouts tracks*	15:45 2:45pm 9:45am	tracks* breakouts, 5 parallel	network project
16:30 3:30pm 10:30am	network project (intro, history, modules etc.)
17:00 4:00pm 11:00am	break	17:15 4:15pm 11:15am	break	break
17:15 4:15pm 11:15am	network project screening trailers & interviews	17:30 4:30pm 11:30am	Workshops breakouts, 7 parallel	closing session conclusions

Information about the programme

Devotional: Tor Tjeransen
Keynote: Costin Jordache
Plenum presentation : Hans Gutierrez, Dan Arsenie
Network project: Uncertainty Season 2
Project slam: presentation of 7 projects

Five parallel tracks : Reconnecting, listening to one another, encouraging and motivating

1. Communication & Marketing – Paulin Giurgi (HME - Hope Media Europe)
2. Audio & Video Content – Pedro Torres (Com. Director Franco/Belgium) / Adrian Duré (HME)
3. Writing – Norel Iacob Signs of the Times Network
4. Production – Manuel Wildemann & Stefan Fraunberger (HME)
5.  IT & Webb/App development – Sascha Schuster (CISO EUD) & Nestor Escobar (HME)

Track sessions

Monday 19 - 16:00-16:30/3:00pm-3:30pm/10:00am-10:30am: after keynote, first time tracks
Section goal: seeing each other, getting again a feeling for one another

In case of a small group, participants can introduce themselves
In case of a larger group, the track coordinators can acknowledge those that participate for the first time letting them mention who they are and which country they come from, etc.

Tuesday 20 - 14:45-15:30/1:45pm-2:30pm/8:45am-9:30am after the plenum presentations
Section goal: reacting on the plenum presentations within the same area of expertise.

-       What is the overall reaction on the presentations
-       What does this mean for your own field? How can it be adapted? What are the opportunities and the challenges?
-       What are the next steps to move forward in your respective area in the respective field?
-       How could we support each other to grow?

Tuesday 20 - 15:45-17:15/2:45pm-4:15pm/9:45am11:15am
Section goal: listening to one another, understanding
A year has now passed since the pandemic began. We take time to look at the past year and the coming weeks & months.

-       How did this time of the pandemic affect you at your work environment as well as personally?
-       What did you learn from it? What conclusions can you draw from this experience?
-       How do you look at the coming weeks and months related to your work and personally?

Eight parallel workshops

Tuesday 20 – 17:30-19:00/4:30pm-6:00pm/11:30am-1:00pm

CASE STUDY – Tor Tjeransen
Jordan/Egypt Series
- How to plan an on-road production in foreign countries?
- How to cooperate in production with two media centres in two languages?

CASE STUDY – Marcelo Ziegler
Cross Cultural/Religion Content Production
- Sharing faith through media in a Muslim context
- Uncertainty Project Documentary & Others

CASE STUDY -  Norel Jacob
Signs of the Times Romania, print/online magazine
- How to strategically build an audience?

WORKSHOP – Costin Jordache
Focusing News
- How to write compelling news?

CASE STUDY – Rachel Scribner & Julio Munoz
The power of (visual) storytelling.
- Stories make the difference
- Uncertainty Project | SonScreen Film Festival Documentary on Graduating Students

WORKSHOP – Abel Marquez
Communicating through images
- How to use images intelligently to enhance your communication goal?

WORKSHOP – Sascha Schuster
IT/Data Security
- How to manage data protection?