Monday 1 September 2014

Media for 21st Century Children!

For the first time, a global summit on media in the development, education and wellbeing of children is taking place in Asia!

The 7th World Summit on Media for Children (WSMC) 2014 aims to improve the quality of media for children through networking, debates and workshops on content creation from more than 2,000 producers, broadcasters, media regulators, educators and community leaders.

If you are someone who works in the field of childhood development with an interest in media, this Summit is for you! 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, hosts the 7th World Summit on Media for Children in September 2014, the first time the global summit on media in the development, education and wellbeing of children is taking place in Asia..

The Summit is organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and the World Summit on Media for Children Foundation and hosted by Radio Television Malaysia (RTM). The organisers expect more than 2,000 producers, broadcasters, media regulators, educators and community leaders committed to the improvement of quality media for children.

The World Summit in Kuala Lumpur aims to achieve a greater understanding of developments in children’s media around the world and to raise the status of children’s programming and draw to the attention of key people in production and distribution the importance of issues relating to children and young people. The Summit will culminate with a Charter of Guiding Principles for children’s media and assist in providing opportunities for quality children’s programming in the future.

The Summit will provide unique opportunities for networking, debates and workshops on content creation. It will celebrate children’s creativity and development through media and will focus on quality content and the role and meaning of education in a globalised modern media environment.

It will also be a chance for media professionals to see how children see the media, use technologies and envisage their future.

If you are a content creator, educator, policy maker, digital media creator or someone working in the field of childhood development with an interest in their media, this Summit is for you.

Organiser: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)
Date: 8 – 10 September 2014
Venue: The Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Contact: +6 03 2282 3592
Website: www.wsmc2014.org

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