Under the patronage of Mohammed bin Rashid, the 22nd Arab Media Forum kicks off in Dubai on May 27
DUBAI, 23 APRIL / WAM / Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, the work of the 22nd session of “ The Arab Media Forum, the largest media gathering of its kind in the region and a member of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, with the participation of an elite group of media leaders and figures from the UAE and various parts of the Arab region, so that the forum continues its mission of discussing the reality and future of the media sector, and opportunities. Possible cooperation between audiovisual, print and digital media institutions; In order to advance the capabilities of the Arab media and keep pace with the aspirations of the Arab observers, whether in the region or outside it.
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, confirmed on this occasion that the forum continues the message set by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum when he directed its establishment more than 20 years ago, to be the umbrella The university will hold a dialogue in which those in charge of the Arab media will participate, including the leaders and symbols of its various press, television and radio institutions, and its digital platforms, and the most important social media pioneers, influencers and content makers in the Arab world, as well as media officials and representatives of international media outlets.
His Highness said: “We are inspired by the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for the role of media in society within a dialogue aimed at discovering new opportunities to develop a vital sector that has a great impact on people’s lives. Media is the space in which their issues are discussed, and their window to the facts surrounding them and influencing their lives.” Their reality and their future, which is the mirror that reflects their ambitions for a future in which they seek higher levels of growth and prosperity… Dubai took it upon itself, with the launch of this forum, to be a sponsor of a dialogue that enables the media to carry out the desired roles that serve society.”
His Highness added: “The event confirms Dubai’s position as a vital and reliable platform for creative thought and creative opinions towards positive, purposeful media that serves the peoples of the region. We look forward, through the broad participation of media professionals from all over the Arab world, to a new circle of discussion in which ideas converge to create a new media reality that keeps pace with speed.” The great events and changes taking place around us present to the world a different picture of our region that highlights the achievements, success stories, and hope for a better tomorrow for all.”
His Highness, the Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, affirmed Dubai’s keenness to honor creators in the media field, whether in its traditional forms or within its modern and digital paths, and that celebrating excellence and creativity is a custom established by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to consolidate Dubai’s position as a center for creativity and creators. In various fields, His Highness pointed out that the Arab Media Award and the Arab Social Media Pioneers Award are witnesses to this unique approach that Dubai has taken as a way to spread its positive impact in its Arab surroundings.
For its part, the Dubai Press Club, the organizing body of the forum, explained that this year’s session builds on the success achieved by the forum over more than two decades, during which it was able to maintain its position as the most important and largest gathering of Arab media professionals, whether working inside or outside the Arab region in various regions of the world. The world, establishing a strong balance of trust in the Arab media community as a vital forum for meeting, discussing and exchanging opinions on ways to improve the Arab media product and employing various professional and technical data to provide media that meets the aspirations of the recipient in an era where the features of technology change day after day.
Her Excellency Mona Ghanem Al Marri, Vice President and Managing Director of the Dubai Media Council and President of the Dubai Press Club, stressed that the rapid changes, whether on the professional level or on the level of the exceptional circumstances prevailing in the region and the world, necessitate renewing the media dialogue on unconventional foundations, as the Arab Media Forum will continue During this session, a dialogue will be stimulated that will push in the direction of creating new paths for media development, whether at the level of content and content or at the level of techniques and work methods, while the role of the media cadre who is aware, educated and proficient in its tools remains one of the most important points that the forum always puts under the microscope because the human element is the number. The most important and profound impact on the development equation within any sector.
Her Excellency said: “The forum was and will remain a platform for effective communication between the various poles of the media industry, to create perceptions that serve the Arab recipient and place within his reach media that addresses the issues and topics that most influence his reality and life, and contributes to achieving his aspirations for the future.. The position that the forum has reached over the course of more than 20 years places a great responsibility on his shoulders in choosing the topics and speakers best able to discuss them against a background of accumulated experience and distinguished professional knowledge, so that the forum meets the desired level of completeness of content and comprehensiveness of topics.”
Based on the great interest that Dubai and its wise leadership give to the youth sector and the hopes it places on them as the first engine driving the development engine within various sectors, the “Arab Media Forum” will begin its work on the 27th of next May by organizing the second edition of the “Youth Media Forum”, which was previously held. Its first session was launched last year under the directives of His Highness the Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, in confirmation of their role in pioneering the development of the sector and shaping its future image, and with the aim of participating in preparing the next generation of young media professionals qualified to lead an Arab media capable of keeping pace with changes and conveying a bright image of youth. Arab to the world.
Over the course of three days, the 22nd “Arab Media Forum” will witness an intensive series of key and discussion sessions and workshops, during which a number of topics that concern those in charge of media work in the region will be discussed. The second day of the event (May 28) will include a ceremony honoring the winners of the 23rd session of the “Arab Media Award”, the most prominent platform for celebrating media excellence in the Arab world, and within the various award categories that cover all media tracks, whether journalistic, television, or digital.
During the third and closing day of the Arab Media Forum, a ceremony will be held to distribute the Arab Social Media Pioneers Awards, which were launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2015 to honor Arab innovators on social media and celebrate their positive ideas. To stimulate positive participation and creative thought that makes communication platforms a tool for increasing society’s awareness of the most important issues related to its reality and future, and to encourage and disseminate beneficial thought to its various segments and components.
For her part, Dr. Maitha bint Issa Buhumaid, Director of the Dubai Press Club, explained that work is currently being done to put the final touches on a comprehensive agenda for the forum this year whose goal is to explore the broad outlines of the future of media in the region. She said that preparing for this expanded discussion will take a long period during which the committee is keen to The organization is working to communicate with a large spectrum of media figures, leaders of media institutions, and the most important writers and opinion makers in order to develop an integrated vision for the dialogue that the forum will adopt in a way that reflects the pulse of the sector, and helps to come up with ideas that help improve the competitive capabilities of the region’s media on sound professional and objective foundations.
Buhumaid said: “In preparing for the forum, during its successive sessions, we are keen to survey the opinions of our partners from various media institutions and senior writers, journalists and media professionals from the east to the west of the Arab world, within our wide network of relationships that we have established over more than 20 years of constructive cooperation, so that the discussion becomes a realistic mirror.” For their ideas and to investigate the topics they wish to present stemming from daily experience of the challenges facing the sector within its various journalistic, television and radio tracks, as well as digital platforms, and the aspirations of those in charge of them to achieve in terms of ambitions towards a media that is more capable of attracting higher levels of follower loyalty.”
The Arab Media Forum 2024 aims to develop visions for the future of the media sector, and identify the main trends, challenges, and opportunities that will determine its path, starting from emerging technologies, through new creative methods in narration and media story-making, to shifts in media consumer behaviors. It will shed light on the most important elements and influences that shape the media landscape. To identify the best strategies that can be used to adapt to the surrounding variables, and to innovate new working methods that confirm the ability of the Arab region’s media to compete and build a solid balance of trust among the Arab viewer, reader, and listener.
By hosting a group of leading speakers and media experts in the region and the world, within a series of key sessions, discussions and workshops, the forum continues to promote meaningful dialogue and build more bridges of cooperation towards consolidating the elements of excellence and creating a fertile and fruitful media environment that provides media capable of inspiring the Arab recipient and contributing to By enabling it to benefit from opportunities, and helping it overcome the challenges it faces, so that the media will be an effective partner in creating a better future for the region and its people.
The forum provides a model platform for precise discussions that reflect the reality of the sector in the Arab region, by bringing together a wide range of voices and viewpoints, which enrich the dialogue and pave the way towards more understandings aimed at bringing the content and substance of the Arab media to higher levels of distinction and competitiveness, while these discussions promise to It reflects great media experience and is an important opportunity for young media professionals and students of media sciences to learn and draw lessons learned by being open to the visions and experiences of the most prominent media pioneers and makers in the region and the world.
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