Boracay Global Summit Highlights Changing Face of Asian Media

An international media summit to be held in Boracay Island, from December 8 to 10 is highlighting "The Changing Face of Asian Media" as its centerpiece theme.

The three-day world-wide media event will be attended by some 500 publishers, broadcasters, photojournalists, authors, writers, lifestyle and travel editors, book publishers from different parts of the world.

The biggest media event in Asia is under the auspices of the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI) and Boracay Global Press Corps (BGPC).

It is dubbed as "Boracay Island Global Media Convention".　

　
Invited participants include local and foreign media executives, pub-lishers, broadcasters, editors, writers, photo journalists,　 book authors, campus writers, editors and advisers, journalists from the academe including those engaged in advertising, marketing, corporate communication, online publishing, infor-mation technology, IT educators, public information officers, printing technologists and other allied professionals.

Juan P. Dayang, president of PAPI and BGPC said, considered to be relevant and timely issues are topics such as: 1) Formulating policies supporting media industry when market and government fail; 　2) Restriction on press freedom: its impact on global news industry; 3) World press trends; 4) Strategies to engage the youth in media; 5) Pushing products of modern information technology; 6) Global report on innovations in newspapers; 7) Leadership in media; 8) New issues confronting global media;　 9) The changing face of Asian journalism in post-internet era;　 10) What content should print media　 focus on in order to survive and thrive;

11) Taking publishing to the next level; 12) Drawing the line on profit, public interest, ethics; 13) News agencies and networking; 14) Sus-tainability; 15) Opportu-nities in publishing; 16) New business and revenues in digital; 17) Branding; 18) News agencies and networking; 19)　 Digital platforms and revenues, finance and investments; 20 ) Visual journalism revolution is starting now; and, 21) The role of media in armed conflict.　

For further information, contact the conference secretariat at Unit 103, Intramuros Corporate Plaza (beside Manila Bulletin), Intramuros, Manila, Philippines.　 　/MP