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Dubai Press will organize the Arab Media Forum on October 20
Mona Al-Marri: “Mohammed bin Rashid’s vision is the basis for transforming challenges into opportunities, and moving towards the future by preparing for changes in a thoughtful and innovative manner.”
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The Dubai Press Club announced that the nineteenth session of the Arab Media Forum will be held on October 20, 2020, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in a virtual extraordinary session that keeps pace with the changes of the current phase imposed by the repercussions of the virus crisis The new Corona, and the fundamental changes it necessitated in the concepts, rules and standards of work in various sectors, including the media sector.
The forum's organizing committee, represented by the Dubai Press Club, revealed that the next session of the most prominent event on the Arab media agenda, which will be organized remotely through visual communication technology, will focus its main agenda throughout the day of next October 20, while its virtual sessions will continue until the end of the year. With the participation of a group of leaders of media institutions and a group of the most important local, Arab and international symbols, including politicians, decision-makers, writers, thinkers, experts and specialists in the media sector, who will discuss through visual communication technology the radical transformations caused by the crisis of the "Covid-19" virus at all levels, especially the media sector. .
This comes at a time when the global pandemic imposed on media institutions and their workers new rules, including working remotely and temporarily halting paper publications, while the crisis constituted a true test of the credibility of the media and the news they publish, as it sparked controversy about the role of the new media, especially Social media sites and platforms, in light of their lack of commitment to clear controls or standards related to the digital content they publish, compared to traditional media, which adopted fixed rules that enhanced its credibility and objectivity.
Mona Ghanem Al-Marri, President of the Dubai Press Club and Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Arab Media Forum, said: “The world is going through great challenges due to the (Covid-19) crisis, but the UAE’s response to the crisis was different, based on the approach established by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the State and Ruler of Dubai, in transforming challenges into a testing ground to discover real opportunities for success, and launching into the future by preparing for the changes in a thoughtful and innovative way.
Al-Marri said: “We announce an exceptional session in which the advanced technical capabilities of the Emirate of Dubai support us. Through visual communication technology, we will be able to hold forum sessions remotely, and we are pleased to host a group of politicians, thinkers and media leaders from various parts of the Arab world, to discuss topics related to the current situation in The region and the world, and its direct implications for the media ». The forum’s discussions will address questions about how media institutions are preparing for the next phase, whether in relation to developing the content and content of the media message, or in relation to reconsidering the agenda of the future media and formulating its new priorities.