Arab Media forum theme announced

Dubai: The Arab Media Forum (AMF) organising committee has announced that the 12th edition of the forum will be held under the theme “Arab Media: Transitional Phase... Transitional Media” on May 14 to 15.

This year’s forum will discuss challenges facing the Arab media industry in light of momentous political and socio-economic changes in a number of Arab countries and how such changes catalysed noticeable transformation in the media landscape.

Mona Ganem Al Merri, AMF Organising Committee Chairperson and Director General of the Government of Dubai Media Office, said, “Exceptional circumstances in the Arab world brought about a number of considerable challenges before the media industry. The 2013 Arab Media Forum aims to shed light on such challenges and carefully examine means of maintaining a sound approach by the media industry to carry out its role as an essential tool of enriching collective social consciousness.”

Mona added that the Arab Media Forum acts as an in-depth debate and discussion platform that brings together a host of opinion leaders, media experts and intellectuals to discuss the latest happening in the media.

Last year, the Arab Media Forum 2012 themed ‘Arab Media: Exposure and Transition’ discussed the effect of political turmoil on the media industry in the Arab world highlighted by the outcomes of the fourth Arab Media Outlook (2011 – 2015) which reviewed changes in the media landscape in 17 Arab countries.

The 11th edition of the Arab Media Forum discussion panels saw the participation of 70 experts and the attendance of over 3,800 media personnel from Arab and foreign countries.