M100 – The International Media Colloquium in Potsdam during the Media Week Berlin-Brandenburg

Jann Jakobs, Bernard Kouchner, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Lord Weidenfeld after the award of the M100 Media Prize 2006, (c) M100

 

Jann Jakobs, Bernard Kouchner, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Lord Weidenfeld after the award of the M100 Media Prize 2006, (c) M100

 

Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck during his opening of the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium 2006, (c) M100

M100 Sanssouci Colloquium

The international media gathering entitled "M100 Sanssouci Colloquium" was initiated in 2005 in Potsdam and is an annual event within the framework of the Media Week Berlin-Brandenburg.
M100 brings together around 100 leading media representatives and opinion-formers from all of Europe with the aim of contributing to the expansion of the national European media. The M100 press event is one-of-a-kind and represents a forum for European dialogue. The conference and workshops are held in the numerous castles within the grounds surrounding the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam.

M100 Sanssouci Media Prize

On the occasion of the Sanssouci Colloquium, the M100 Sanssouci Media Prize is awarded. This symbolic prize should be regarded as the "European Press Prize." The M100 advisory board also acts as jury and nominates the recipient of the prize.

It honors a European personality who, through his or her work, has left his or her mark on Europe and the world. The award reflects his or her's service to the safeguarding of freedom of expression and the deepening of democracy in Europe, as well as his or her's outstanding achievements in promoting European and global understanding and communication.

In 2006, the prize was awarded to Bernard Kouchner, founder of "Doctors without borders," diplomat, and politician. The M100 Sanssouci Media Prize was presented by Lord Weidenfeld, Lord Mayor Jann Jakobs, and Prime Minister of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Matthias Platzeck.

In 2005, the M100 Sanssouci Media Prize was bestowed upon the architect Lord Norman Foster. Professor Dr. Hubert Burda, publisher and President of the Association of German Newspaper and Magazine Publishers presented the prize.

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