AIB Regional Media Leaders Forum, New Delhi

By 2015, India will have 16 million qualified scientists. That’s more than the entire population of many European countries. The G-8 Summit of the world’s largest economic powers will be a very different group, with China and India expected to be part of the new, enlarged economic forum. Globalisation, sustainable development, technical convergence, public safety and climate change are just some of the issues that will affect us all ever more greatly.

Thousands of issues already affect the effectiveness of the message from traditional broadcasters. As lifestyles change, this industry forum will highlight those organisations that are adapting to change – and are becoming the “media organisations” of the future. They are creating the new social currencies being exchanged through mobile phones, broadcast, broadband, wi-fi, cable and satellite.

New media is no longer “new”. 12 years have passed since the Internet became accessible to the public. Initial results are in. Digital Audio Broadcasting was invented 25 years ago; DVB was developed 12 years ago and DRM is a decade old in 2006. The AIB believes it is time to present an overview of what is hot and what is not.

This one-day Regional Forum for media leaders – which is open by invitation only – will focus on practical case studies. It has been designed to allow the sharing of ideas on relevant trends that are affecting the international media industry and how leading players are reacting. The Forum will take advantage of the location to examine how the Indian media, mobile and IT industries are serving a huge domestic market of citizens and consumers – as well as more than 20 million Indians living abroad. The world’s largest democracy has some surprising insights to share.

From search engines to mobile phones, the AIB Delhi Regional Media Leaders Forum will cover the issues that matter, with reviews and predictions, plus case studies that provide pointers to the way media organisations have embraced the new opportunities and delivered success, in both the public and the commercial sectors. Taking place immediately before the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association’s General Conference, the AIB Forum will be a truly international event, with cross-over attendance from some of the world’s leading broadcasters who are attending the CBA conference.

And recognising the pressures that today’s media executives are under, we’ve scheduled the Forum to allow time for going to the office or having a meeting before the event, and plenty of time left after the event to do business as well.

SPECIAL DELEGATE RATE FOR SOUTH ASIA PARTICIPANTS: INR1,950. Contact Anmol Saxena or Rakhee Sakhuja at anmol.saxena@aib.org.uk, or call +91 (0) 11 416 33483 to take advantage of this special South Asia delegate rate.