South Asia Media Summit

CM to Inaugurate Annual South Asia Media Summit - 2007 at Dona Paula

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Goa Shri Digambar Kamat will inaugurate the "ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA MEDIA SUMMIT 2007" organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES-India), Media Information and Communication Centre of India (MICCI) and The International Centre Goa (ICG) from 16 – 18 November 2007 at the premises of ICG in Dona Paula. The theme of this year’s summit is- MEDIA AND PUBLIC INTEREST IN SOUTH ASIA. This is the third annual summit to be organized in collaboration with the ICG in Goa .

Shri. Digambar Kamat, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Goa will deliver the Keynote Address to the Summit on 16^th November 2007 at 10:00 am. Hon’ble Shri Pratapsingh Rane, President, International Centre Goa will deliver the Presidential Address while Shri. Bhaskar Ghose, CEO, Lok Sabha TV will introduce the Summit. Shri. M. Rajaretnam, Director/ Chief Executive, ICG; Shri. Rajeshwar Dyal, Senior Media Advisor, FES-India; and Smt. Nandini Sahai, Director, MICCI will also speak on the occassion. The summit will be attended by over 35 senior media persons from Bangladesh , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka and India including Goa . The Inaugural Session is open for all while interested persons will have to register in advance to attend the Summit by sending an email to Arjun Halarnkar at prog@incentgoa.com.

The sessions of the summit will include: Contempt of Court: Democles Sword on South Asian Press/ Electronic Media?; South Asian Broadcasting: Competitive Situation, Role of State Broadcasters, Government as Regulator of Broadcasting Content; Community Radio in South Asia: Broadcasting and Development; Media and Democracy: Mission or Mirage?; Changing Media Values in South Asia; and Recommendations and Future Course of Action: An Open Forum.