FoME holds an annual international symposium focusing on a specific issue relevant to international media assistance, including

• Media Assistance: Mind the Gap! A critical review of common practices and strategies (2024)
• Rethinking safety: Protecting media freedom in times of crisis (2023)
• Dealing with the past – preparing for the future (2022)
• Believe it or Not! Enquiries about TRUST in media (assistance) (2021)
• Rethinking media development – new actors, new technologies and new strategies (2019)
• The Silent Takeover – Media Capture in the 21st Century (2018)
• Media Freedom and the Internet (2017)
• Media and Media Assistance in Fragile Contexts (2016)
• Advanced Methods and Concepts in Media Development (2015)
• Audience Research in Media Development (2014)
• BRICS and Their Evolving Role in Developing Media Markets (2013)
• Digital Media and Democratic Space (2012)
• Impact of Digital Media on Journalism and Development (2011)
• Practices and Challenges of German and International Media Development Cooperation (2010)
• Measuring Change: Monitoring and Evaluation in Media Development (2009 und 2007)
• Migrants and Minorities and the Media (2008).

From time to time FoME organises other events like

• the Jour Fixe which presents and discusses current projects and themes of German media assistance (2016)
• the Roundtable on the Future of Media Development (2014).