CM to Inaugurate Annual South Asia Media Summit – 2007

CM to Inaugurate Annual South Asia Media Summit – 2007 at Dona Paula

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa Shri Digambar Kamat will inaugurate the “ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA MEDIA SUMMIT 2007” organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES-India), Media Information and Communication Centre of India (MICCI) and The International Centre Goa (ICG) from 16 – 18 November 2007 at the premises of ICG in Dona Paula. The theme of this year’s summit is- MEDIA AND PUBLIC INTEREST IN SOUTH ASIA. This is the third annual summit to be organized in collaboration with the ICG in Goa.

Shri. Digambar Kamat, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa will deliver the Keynote Address to the Summit on 16th November 2007 at 10:00 am. Hon’ble Shri Pratapsingh Rane, President, International Centre Goa will deliver the Presidential Address while Shri. Bhaskar Ghose, CEO, Lok Sabha TV will introduce the Summit. Shri. M. Rajaretnam, Director/ Chief Executive, ICG; Shri. Rajeshwar Dyal, Senior Media Advisor, FES-India; and Smt. Nandini Sahai, Director, MICCI will also speak on the occassion. The summit will be attended by over 35 senior media persons from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India including Goa. The Inaugural Session is open for all while interested persons will have to register in advance to attend the Summit by sending an email to Arjun Halarnkar at [email protected].

The sessions of the summit will include: Contempt of Court: Democles Sword on South Asian Press/ Electronic Media?; South Asian Broadcasting: Competitive Situation, Role of State Broadcasters, Government as Regulator of Broadcasting Content; Community Radio in South Asia: Broadcasting and Development; Media and Democracy: Mission or Mirage?; Changing Media Values in South Asia; and Recommendations and Future Course of Action: An Open Forum.
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