Nobel winner Zuwail to attend Arab Media Forum

Dubai: More than 2,000 media and academic personalities will attend the 9th edition of the two-day Arab Media Forum (AMF) that starts at the Atlantis Hotel on Palm Jumierah on Wednesday.

Organised by the Dubai Press Club, the forum will analyse key industry issues of specific relevance to the Arab world through panel sessions and workshops in which 70 speakers will be participating.

The forum this year is themed ‘Shifting Mediascape… Inspiring Content, Expanding Reach'.

The event will also include a ceremony for the Shaikh Majid Media Awards on the first day, while winners of the Arab Journalism Awards will be honoured on the second day to mark the conclusion of AMF 2010.

Mariam Bin Fahd, Executive Director, Dubai Press Club, said: "The increasing numbers of registrations seeking participation at the forum validates its status in the media industry as a must-attend annual calendar event. We are extremely encouraged by this response and are relentlessly working towards delivering a results-oriented event that will offer solutions for taking the industry forward in the Arab world."

Virtue of listening

Dr Ahmad Zuwail, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1999), will deliver the opening speech.

Dr Zuwail will also participate in a panel discussion titled ‘Building the Future - The role of science and media'. The session will be moderated by Ahmad Moslemany, presenter of First Edition on Dream TV.

Michael Golden, Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors, The New York Times Company, and President and Chief Operating Officer, The New York Times Company Regional Media Group, will highlight the challenges to journalism in the digital era during a dedicated session at the ninth Arab Media Forum in Dubai.

During a session titled ‘Don't Interrupt Me! - The Etiquette of Dialogue and the Virtue of Listening', Amr Adib, Faisal Al Qasim, Marcel Ganem, Turki Al Dakhil and Mohammad Al Nughaimish will discuss the etiquette of dialogue.

Schedule

Day 1 (Wednesday,  May 12)

• Citizen Journalism: Challenging the Unnamed Source
• Kuwaiti Media: Progress and Expansion: Reminiscent of the Pioneering Days
• Natural Disaster Mass Communications in the Arab World… No Comment!
• Asia Rising: The Story of China and India
• Building the Future: the role of science and media
• Arabic channels' diffidence to speak the ‘other' language… A case study of the Al Jazeera International Channel
• Bridging the Satellite Space between the Maghreb and the Mashreq Countries of the Arab World
• Will the hands of the Censors Reach the Satellites?
• Shaikh Majid Bin Mohammad Youth Media Awards Gala Ceremony

DAY 2 (Thursday,  May 13)

• Michael Golden: Opportunities in Journalism
• Media's new forms and patterns
• Local Content in Arab Media…Its Hopes and Prospects
• Sports Journalism….Pressure of Globalization and the Sports Economy
• Don't Interrupt Me! - The Etiquette of Dialogue and the Virtue of Listening
• Arab Journalism Award Ceremony 2010

Main speakers

Ahmad Zuwail, Nobel prize winner (Egypt)James Zogby, Arab American Institute (US)Michael Golden, New York Times (US)