Three-day Asia Media Summit from May 10

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New Delhi :  The 15^th Asia Media Summit (AMS) 2018 is being hosted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, jointly with the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi, and Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL), from May 10 -12, 2018, in New Delhi. Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, would be presiding over the inaugural ceremony of the Summit on May 10 as the Chief Guest.

The AMS 2018, an annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), Kuala Lumpur, is a prestigious summit in the Asia Pacific Region and India is hosting the event for the first time. The Summit, with the theme `Telling Our Stories – Asia and More’, would be organized in two parts- Pre-summit workshop (May 8-9) and Summit (May 10-12).

The participants would represent organizations like Ministries responsible for Information and Broadcasting in the Asian region, International Organizations UNESCO, FAO, UN, Regulators, Radio and Television broadcasting companies both national/ public and private broadcasters, Television channels and networks, Institutes/Academies of Communication, Media Research, Community Radio groups, Press and Media, and broadcast equipment manufacturers, according to a PIB release.

The Summit would encourage regional and bilateral dialogue and cooperation to respond to challenges to the broadcasting sector in the region. It would provide a unique opportunity to the broadcasters in the Asian region to share their thoughts on software and hardware aspects of Broadcasting. There are also opportunities for networking, facilities for business to business meetings and prospective translation of these meetings into trade and economic relations after the summit.

The participants include over 200 foreign delegates representing 39 countries of SAARC (Afghanistan, Bangladesh,  Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), ASEAN (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) ,East Asia (Korea, Hong Kong, Japan), Africa (Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia), Oceania (Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea) Europe (France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom), Syria, Uzbekistan, USA, China. There are over 100 Indian delegates also.

In the concluding session, World Television Awards 2018 would be presented by Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Youth Affairs & Sports, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. The Closing Ceremony would witness the handing over of the baton for hosting the next AMS to Philippines.