The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) is delighted to announce that the 23rd AMIC Annual Conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9-12 July, 2014. The theme for the AMIC 2014 conference is Communicating in an e-Asia: values, technologies and challenges.
The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) is delighted to announce that the 23rd AMIC Annual Conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9-12 July, 2014. The theme for the AMIC 2014 conference is Communicating in an e-Asia: values, technologies and challenges.
The conference host is the Faculty of Communication Arts at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Chulalongkorn University, the Pillar of the Kingdom, is Thailand’s first institution of higher learning and officially came into being in March, 1917.
Globally, the last decade has seen exponential growth in the use of mobile technologies and the Internet. From e-mail to e-governance, e-commerce to e-learning, Internet usage has changed the way the world communicates.
At the forefront of the electronic and digital revolution in Asia has been the mobile phone. Recent International Telecommunication Union (ITU) statistics indicate that in the period from 2005 to 2013, mobile (cellular) phone subscriber numbers in the Asia-Pacific region have soared from 833 million to 3,547 million users. The era of an e-Asia has dawned.
The benefits of instant, intranational and trans-border communication have impacted upon almost every aspect of life, with mobile phones and the Internet providing new pathways for inter-personal communication, business and commercial enterprise, community development, educational opportunity, governance and democratic reform. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are an enabling factor in supporting marginalized societies to more beneficially interact with a broader citizenry, while the convergence of computers, media and telecommunications has created new platforms for entrepreneurship, education and political inclusion.
However, in the Asia-Pacific region, where cultural traditions and family values are hugely respected and deeply ingrained, the influences of a new ‘e-Asia literacy’ are impacting on social conventions, etiquette, language and community structures. In a homogenized international ‘knowledge society’ where communication processes transcend national boundaries, the retention of traditional values and ways of life are increasingly challenged.
AMIC Secretary-General, Martin Hadlow, said that next year’s AMIC international conference theme Communicating in an e-Asia: values, technologies and challenges recognised the huge changes now in progress in the Asian communication landscape.
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AMIC 2014 CONFERENCE ‘CALL FOR PAPERS’
The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) is delighted to announce that the 23rd AMIC Annual Conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9-12 July, 2014. The theme for the AMIC 2014 conference is Communicating in an e-Asia: values, technologies and challenges.
IPPTAR/AIBD Regional Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction
The Regional Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction organised by the Tun Abdul Razak Broadcasting and Information Institute (IPPTAR) and AIBD was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 16 to 18 December 2013. The workshop brought 12 participants from broadcast organisations in Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Launch of SGS Academy
SGS, one of the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, launched the SGS Academy with the theme “Transforming People and Business” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 18 December 2013.
UNESCO’s Global Forum on Media and Gender: Towards a Global Alliance
The first-ever Global Forum on Media and Gender: Towards a Global Alliance organised by UNESCO was held from 2 - 4 December 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. The purpose of this event on gender equality and media was to initiate processes that will link up to ongoing actions and add momentum to gender equality and women’s empowerment in and through the media.
Broadcast Management Training at TVRI
Southeast Asian countries have become the new growth region heralding rapid socio-economic progress and advancement. Indonesia is no exception, fast-growing and becoming a stronger regional and global player. Broadcasting organisations will need to adopt new initiatives and develop leadership styles to ride these waves of change and deliver programmes and information to the viewers and listeners in line with the ever-changing needs and aspirations of a new type of audience that is more educated, informed not to mention demanding.
2nd International Conference on Broadcast Training
Following the success of the 1st International Conference on Broadcast Training (ICBT) held in February 2013, AIBD is proud to announce the second edition of the ICBT to be organised from 24 – 25 February 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in conjunction with the Tun Abdul Razak Broadcasting and Information Institute (IPPTAR), the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia (KKMM) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).
AIBD/Prasar Bharati/STI (T) Sub-regional Workshop on Satellite Communication
The sub-regional workshop on satellite communication organised by AIBD in collaboration with Prasar Bharati and STI (T) was held in New Delhi, India from 2 to 6 December 2013. The workshop aims to provide an overview of the issues and underlying communication principles associated with satellite communication in broadcasting to broadcast engineers and technicians.
AIBD / RTM In-country Workshop on Training of Trainers
New and diverse technological developments are impacting the media landscape and broadcast organizations in many ways. New delivery platforms, media products and services, enhanced audience expectations and financial as well as structural changes etc. are posing various challenges for the broadcast organizations. Well equipped and trained human resources are valuable assets for the organizations to meet these challenges.
Internal Audit Training for AIBD Staff
The two day in-house training on ISO & ISAS BCP Standards on Quality Management & Internal Auditing was organised by AIBD with the support of FES on 10 & 11 December 2013. All staff members of the Institute from the directorate, administration, programme, finance and IT departments participated.
Training on Digital Broadcasting Technologies and Implementation
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is organising training on “Digital Broadcasting Technologies and Implementation” from 5-7 Febuary 2014 in New Delhi, India.