"Arab media experts discuss the reality of the media and explore the characteristics of their future"

The Dubai Press Club (DCCI) announced the program for the 18th Arab Media Forum, which will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, March 27-28 at Dubai World Trade Center. About 3000 leaders of Arab and international media organizations, writers, thinkers, intellectuals, academics and all those interested in the media industry are among the largest annual gathering of its kind in the Arab region, during which Arab media experts discuss the reality of the media and explore the characteristics of their future.

The forum, to be held this year under the theme "Arab Media, Reality and Future", highlights the reality of Arab media, their impact on the current Arab and international situation, and discusses its impact on the most important issues. the Arab scene and how to strengthen its positive contribution to a better future. To the Arab world, through its credibility and adherence to media ethics and its professional principles, which depend on the essence of neutrality and objectivity, particularly with regard to the discussion of the most in touch topics with Arab communities and the degree of expression of aspirations and aspirations for a better future.

In addition to discussing the reality of the media in the region, this session of the forum will review the best international experiences in media development and modernization and present the most important modern technologies that will contribute to the development of the media. Arab media image during the next stage, namely the most important media transformations in the world, The media system and the industry, and the impact on the style and behavior of the recipient , and the extent of its interaction with the media in the future.

The president of the Dubai Press Club, chair of the organizing committee of the Arab Media Forum, Mona Ghanim Al Marri, stressed that this session of the forum would take place in two parallel directions: the first is to see what the Arab media attends in terms of social, cultural and economic changes, with questions that meet the aspirations and aspirations of the Arab community, which will try to the forum guests experts and specialists to discuss topics and addresses of the forum.

She explained that the second track, which will include the discussions of the current session of the forum, is to determine to what extent the Arab media, with their various tributaries, can keep abreast of the development of the media industry at the global level and use the latest technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution up to the level of performance expected by the Arab beneficiary. .

She stressed that the dialogue would meet the requirements of media development in the region in order to prepare well for the future, including the need to qualify the cadres of the professionally qualified Arab media to be able to use the data of the age in the service of the media message, under the control of the profession of ethics, which must then be examined, In many cases, the situation in which they had been affected continued to be disrupted.

The Forum will be moderated by the chairman of the French press agency's board of directors, Fabrice Ferris, keynote speaker at the opening session, highlighting the position of international news agencies on the issue of the dissemination of false or misleading information and mechanisms to control this phenomenon.

Ali bin Mohammed Al Rumaihi, Minister of Information Affairs in Bahrain, and President of the Egyptian Authority for Information, Hussein Zain, will discuss the most salient aspects of the Arab media scene at The current time, in light of the region and the world that passes through it. The changes that cast a shadow on the media industry have had an impact.

A group of media professionals will attend sessions titled "The Reality of Arab Media", "The Speech of Hate", "The Speech of Incitement", "The Arab Press in a Western Perspective", "L & # The future of voice broadcasting "Fifth Generation," "Media and Politics, Integration or Competition", "The Future of Newspapers" and "The Future of Television".

The organizing committee of the forum welcomes inspiring storytellers, led by Jana Jihad, known as the youngest journalist in the world.

Sessions 20 minutes

During this session, the forum will continue to discuss media issues and challenges from a number of angles, through 20-minute sessions, which will welcome many inspiring media experts and experimentalists, who have been carefully selected to share their stories. experiences with the public, in order to exploit them at the professional level. The sessions have different addresses, so that the largest number of topics is discussed.

Digital version of the future media

For the first time in the Arab region, the forum will present the digital version of the Mustafa Al Agha media on the MBC channel, during the "Future Media" session, which will highlight the experiences of artificial intelligence and will study its durability and development. These technologies should change the face of the industry. Media.