The meeting will be held on Wednesday 26 September, in the presence of leaders and representatives of the media, interested parties, and leaders of thought and opinion. The Minister of Culture and Information sponsors the meeting of media and media professionals 2018 in the headquarter of the Asharqia Chamber in Dammam.
His Excellency the Minister of Information, Dr. Awad bin Saleh Al-Awad, will hold a "Media and Media Professionals Meeting 2018" that is organized by Asharqia Chamber on Wednesday 26/9/2018 at the headquarter of the Chamber in Dammam. The meeting held by the Chamber periodically in order to discuss a number of topics related to the reality of contemporary media and prospects of work on this level.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asharqia Chamber, Abdulhakeem bin Hamad Al-Ammar Al-Khalidi, said that this meeting, in which many media professionals would participate in, aims to discuss all issues related to the media discourse and the successive developments on this level.
This came only due to the Chamber's efforts to achieve greater communication with the various media institutions in the region, in return for the services they provide to the community, especially in the economic aspect.
He pointed out that the patronage and honor of His Excellency Minister of Information, Dr. Awad bin Saleh Al-Awad, will give the meeting additional value, and will provide great support to strengthen the relationship between the media and economic institutions in general.
This will contribute to enrich the discussion and dialogue with media representatives to deepen the state of partnership between the various parties to serve our development sectors in general.
Al Khalidi added that the great developments witnessed by our beloved country, under the vision of the Kingdom of 2030, stresses the importance of upgrading our media proposals in line with all these developments and transformations, "And what we see on the ground is that the local media are making clear efforts in this regard."
It witnessed tremendous developments in this aspect, and in order to add more vitality and creativity in this area, Asharqia Chamber has decided to have a contribution to support our media mobility in line with the comprehensive development, as it is done only in coordination and dialogue with the media organizations themselves, so it has been the establishment of the event "media and media professionals meeting." This decision was highly received by the Minister of Information, Dr. Awad Al-Awad.
Al-Khalidi stated, "at the moment, we are seeing clear growth and great progress in the media that have made the world a single and contiguous village. Media is no longer limited to one or two means. However, many people have become media professionals in one way or another through social media (means that are dealt with by everyone at different ages and levels of scientific, social and cultural). All characterized by the speed of time and accessibility to the recipient, and "the interactive.""
In this, the "recipient" of the media message may become a "sender" as well, and has the ability and scope to dialogue about all the information received and different data from any source.
Therefore, he added, "We live a reality that involves a wide horizons and many areas of work and additional challenges also and a high ability to control the media landscape and directing it to serve the development scene." Hence, the importance of this meeting is to discuss and read these prospects and discuss those challenges with the first man in the media process, his Excellency the Minister of Information Dr. Awad. " We hope that the meeting will be productive and supportive of all our development options at various economic, social and cultural levels," said Alkhaldi.
In this regard, AlKhalidi stressed the keenness of Asharqia Chamber to communicate with various media institutions (video, audio and print) and find themselves with these institutions in a single path to serve the economy and society,
And believes that its role is supportive of all public and private plans and directions.
The interest in the media at Asharqia Chamber began with the date of the launch of this Chamber, as well as the horizontal expansion of the Chamber in providing the documented and correct information to the various media and publishing.
AlKhalidi expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation to His Excellency Minister of Information, Dr. Awad Al-Awad, for his interaction with the invitation of the Chamber to participate in the patronage and attendance of this meeting, where he meets with colleagues and associates of the path in this long road full of hopes and aspirations.
He expressed his hope to achieve the desired success of this meeting, and other meetings and events held in Asharqia Chamber as well.
He calls all media leaders, all representatives of the media, thought leaders, intellectuals, and interested individuals for the supportive participation in this meeting.
