Eurasian Media Forum

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Welcome speech by the Chair of the EAMF Organizing Committee

The Eurasian Media Forum is the most prominent international media initiative in Eurasia aimed at defining the strategic role of Eurasia in world affairs, exploring a new approach to international relations, promoting equality of access to reliable public information throughout the area and encouraging the highest standards of journalism.

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Dear colleagues! The Eurasian Media Forum Organising Committee announces that its 9th international media conference will be held between 27th and 28th April 2010 in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. This unique annual event will examine the key issues facing Eurasia and its media these days and will bring together the world's leading media players, political figures, academics and other experts from East and West for professional dialogue, business contacts and social interaction. The 2010 agenda will tackle a variety of global and regional challenges including Kazakhstan’s OSCE chairmanship, specifics of Iran’s political culture, its future and role in the development of the Middle East; media laws and media freedom concerns; epidemics and pandemic of fear spread by media; development of social networks and issues of responsible journalism; ethics and political image, and others. Please refer to the draft Conference agenda for more details. Please also refer to the Roundtable discussions to be held withing the framework of the IX EAMF We invite you for active participation in the upcoming event and look forward to meeting you in Almaty. Best regards, EAMF Organizing Committee REGISTRATION IS PROLONGED until April 19th, 2010

News 30.04 CELEBRITY POLITICIANS ON WAY OUT? Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 28 – Celebrity politicians risk defeat at the polls if they rely on image alone, without substance. The vogue for ‘media star’ political leaders may even be on its way out. 30.04 MEDIA LAW AND MEDIA FREEDOM: ANXIETIES AND REALITIES Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 28 – The Internet can spread freedom of speech around the world, but content cannot be above the law. Speakers in a panel discussion at the Eurasian Media Forum expressed varying degrees of concern about attempts by different authorities to restrain both free expression and open access to the worldwide web. 28.04 FEAR AND IGNORANCE DOMINATE MEDIA REPORTING OF PANDEMICS Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 27 – The mass media and government health services have both largely failed in their task of informing the public about the risks of recent global pandemics such as ‘swine flu’.	Tribune

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