Anatoliy Lysenko

President of International Academy of Television and Radio,
Russia

Dear participants of the International Media Forum!
For the third year the hospitable land of Kazakhstan is hosting the people, who define the informational picture of the world. I would not exaggerate if I say that today it is information, which constitutes the power, capable both of accelerating global development and taking mankind back into the abyss of insoluble problems and social disasters.
The Almaty Media Forum creates a wonderful opportunity to discuss the basic developmental trends of the global informational process, and this determines its exclusive significance for the present and the future.
The International Academy of Television and Radio, which unites hundreds of professional journalists, electronic media outlets, highly appreciates the remarkable initiative of our Kazakhstani colleagues. We will be participating in the Forum with great interest. The Academy wishes the best of success to all Forum delegates.