 You can shape the news. Asia New Media Forum: Call for Participation
“Next Generation News”
Kuala Lumpur, June 11th - 12th 2008 The Opportunity
The Asia New Media Forum, is an event organized by the Southeast Asian Centre for e-Media, to bring together new media practitioners from the Asia region to share their expertise in emerging technologies and methodologies in the field of journalism for the new media. The event is supported by Dutch media foundation, Free Voice. In the Web 2.0 Summit held last year in San Francisco, it was concluded that Web 2.0 has reached its maturity stage, and is now a mainstream phenomenon. However, the potential and its benefits have yet to be fully understood by media organizations in the Asia region. At the same time, the early adopters of technology are talking seriously about new trends such as Web 3.0 and its potential impact in the field of journalism. How will this disrupt the field of journalism has yet to be fully understood. Given the above context the Asia New Media Forum aims to achieve the following goals:
• To expose new media organizations to the best features of Web 2.0 and how this can be applied in new media organizations
• Showcase best practices of new media organizations in the area of Technology, Business Sustainability and Editorial Planning.
• Prepare new media organizations for opportunities in emerging technologies and methodologies An Invitation We are inviting participants from media practitioners, subject matters experts and visionaries to share with us your insights and experiences. We are accepting submissions for paper presentations and case studies for best practices. The theme of the paper should be based on the following 3 focus areas: a. Technology Session: What are the latest developments in open source CMS, and how will this enhance news delivery? How will video journalism evolve in the light of Web 2.0? How can e-media organizations leverage on Geographical Information Systems and Global PS? What are the examples of projects that integrate the best features of Web 2.0? What is the significance of new trends such as Semantic Web, and how can e-Media practitioners leverage on this? b. Editorial Session: What is the best model for implementing citizen journalism? In the light of the demand for real time information, how will this impact editorial policy? How do we ensure the authenticity of video provided by the citizen journalist? How do we manage the convergence of text news, video news and images? How can editors benefit from social networking? What are the emerging editorial issues for the future? c. Business Sustainability: How have e-Media business model changed since the past 2 years? What are the best practices in online marketing? What is the emerging market space for mobile news consumption and what business strategy suits these mobile platforms? How would technology convergence impact marketing strategy? Sponsorships for Southeast Asia Speakers All speakers from the Southeast Asia region will be fully sponsored by the forum organizer. Those interested to be speakers are required to write a short abstract (100 words), and its relevance to the conference theme and new media organizations. However, if you are not from the Southeast Asia region, the organizer will be able to cover part of traveling costs including expenses for 3 nights stay. Priority will be given to organizations that will be able to showcase their current initiative or results of their research and development. If you are interested to be a speaker please email
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before 15th May 2008. Sponsorships for Participation Seacem is also offering up to 20 sponsorships to independent media organizations in the Asia to attend the forum as participants. The sponsorship covers international flight tickets (full or partial depending on destination), 3 nights stay and local traveling. The recipients of the sponsorship are required to produce a 5-minute presentation on lessons learnt for their respective Media organizations or an interesting topic on new technologies. If you are interested to seek sponsorship please email
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