Future of News Publishing
18 - 19 May 2009
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Language(s): English
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The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture and Information is organising, in cooperation with IFRA, the First International Saudi Media Conference, under the patronage of H.M. King Abdullah. The event is planned to take place in Riyadh on 18 and 19 May 2009 and will cover all aspects of media publishing.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the most reliable and affecting countries in media industry in the Middle East region. It has many experiences and successful journalistic corporations in both journalism and media industries.
This era is considered very crucial in forming the future of the media industry; it is considered either meeting or parting point of two main elements: the rapid development of technology and the international financial crisis.
These two factors are internationally looked upon, and the Middle East being part of the international labor system; it affects and is affected by these two factors.
Thus in these critical times, holding such a specialized conference in Media and publication in particular is of great importance.
For more details and registration please access: Official Conference Website Online Registration Form |
Programme
Sunday, 17 May 2009
19.00 Welcome reception in the presence of HM the King
Monday, 18 May 2009
08.30 Registration with tea and coffee
09.00 Opening of the first conference day - Welcome by the moderator Keynote Speaker
Niko Ruokosuo, CEO, Saudi Special Publishing Holding Company, Saudi Arabia
Arab Media Outlook
Marcel Fenez, Global Managing
Partner, Entertainament & Media, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hong Kong
Session 1: Strategy – Preparing for the future
Developing Internet Opportunities
Moritz Wuttke, CEO Asia-Pacific, Publicitas, China
10.30 Coffee break
Newspapers from Roots to Future Growth
Terry Maguire,Independent Media Strategist and Advisor,Founder, Mediterranean Media Center (in formation), U.S. and France
New trends in international journalism
Dr Ali Alkarni
New Product Design Perspectives
Kurt Übelher,Managing Director, HKM Beteiligungs GmbH, Austria
12.30 -13.00 Coffee break & prayer time
Session 2: Building competencies for the future
Perspectives on managing change from international newsroom transformation projects
Sarah Schantin Williams, consultant, n-able, Austria & Dietmar Schantin, Director, IFRA, Germany
Training the future of news publishing
Prof George Simonian, Professor of Print Media, Helwan University, Egypt
Panel discussion: Steering through an economic crisis
Azzam Al-Dhakil, CEO, Saudi Research & Marketing, Saudi Arabia + Garbis Kesisoglu, Media Consultant, DUNYA Newspaper,Turkey + Mr Mohammad Al-Mullah, Group Executive Director, Arab Media Group, UAE + Pichai Chuensuksawadi, Editor, Bangkok Post, Thailand + Dr Ehsan Bu-Hulaiga
15.00 Lunch
Possible visit to National Museum
From 20.00 Dinner
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
09.00 Welcome by the moderator, Manal Al-Sharif
Keynote Speech
Mohammed Larbi Messari , Morroco
Session 3: New opportunities in Media
Customer Centric Communication - the future of advertising
Reiner Mittelbach, CEO, IFRA, Germany
Mobile Trends – What should every content owner know about mobile business
Mark Challinor, Board Member INMA, United Kingdom
10.30 – 11.15 Coffee break
Video
Maher Othman
Printed electronics –a new technology for paper media
Prof. Dr. Arved C. Hübler, Institute for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology,Germany
12.15 Prayer break
Session 4: Media Monitoring
Media monitoring and authorisation – 1st presentation
Media monitoring and authorisation – 2nd presentation
Stuart Wilkinson, MD EMEA, BPA Worldwide, United Kingdom
Session 5: Future of news publishing
Future of news publishing – a panel discussion
Moderator: Dr Ali-Al Assam
Dr Mohamed Al Heezan, Mohamad Amin El-Fal, Sultan A-Albazie Jamal Kashugi, Sarah Schantin-Williams
14.15 Summary of the conference, followed by concluding lunch
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