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Asia Media Summit 2024

19TH ASIA MEDIA SUMMIT
The Asia Media Summit (AMS) is an annual international media conference organised by AIBD as its flagship event. Every year in consultation with the members, partners and various global media gurus, a theme guides the direction and delivery of the summit. Being a unique broadcasting event in Asia-Pacific, it attracts around 500 top-ranking broadcasters, decision makers, media professionals, regulators, scholars, and stakeholders from within and outside the region. Apart from plenary sessions and pre-summit workshops, Asia Media Summit also provides a platform for intergovernmental dialogues to uplift the benchmarks of the regional media industry.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Activity Schedule (Jan-Dec 2025)

 

No. Title Activity Mode Country Date
1 AIBD Webinar on Goal Settings for 2025 R Malaysia 8-Jan
2 In-House Strategic Analysis Activity P AIBD 8 – 9 Jan
3 In-House Training on A.I Agents in Project Management P AIBD 16-Jan
4 Effective Real-Time Fact-Checking and Verification for Newsrooms R Malaysia 23-Jan
5 AIBD Regional Radio Web-Summit 2025 R Malaysia 20-Feb
6 AIBD/CFI Terra Asia Project – National Seminar P Indonesia 24-Feb
7 AIBD Regional Webinar on Sustainable Broadcasting R Malaysia 27-Feb
8 AIBD/CFI In-Country Workshop Terra Asia Project – National Seminar P Philippines 3-Mar
9 AIBD Webinar on Future-Proofing Broadcasting Infrastructure R Malaysia 18-Mar
10 AIBD 1st Quarter SPT Meeting R Malaysia March
11 AIBD/IPDC Regional Online Pre-Workshop Activity on Empowering WomenJournalists in Crisis Reporting P Malaysia 8 Apr
12 AIBD/RTB In-Country Workshop on Podcasting P Brunei April
13 AIBD/SBA In-Country Workshop Election Reporting P Seychelles April
14 AIBD Regional – World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) P India 1-4 May
15 AIBD/IPDC Regional Workshop on Empowering Women Journalists in CrisisReporting P Malaysia 13-16 May
16 AIBD Regional Webinar Safety Drill for Reporting in Crisis and DisasterManagement R Malaysia 12 June
17 AIBD Regional Workshop on AI in Media: Opportunities and Challenges P Cambodia 21-Jul
18 AIBD/Viory Regional Masterclass on Digital Newsroom P Cambodia 21-Jul

 

19 AIBD Regional Workshop on Building Sustainable Media in the New Digital Landscape P Cambodia 21-Jul
20 AIBD Regional Workshop on Unlocking the Future of HDR Broadcasting andMedia P Cambodia 21-Jul
21 AIBD/IPPF Regional Workshop on Content Creation on Health and HumanDevelopment P Cambodia 21-Jul
22 AIBD Regional International Media Awards 2025 P Cambodia 21-Jul
23 AIBD/KISDI Regional Workshop on Disinformation: Digital and MediaLiteracy P Cambodia 21-Jul
24 AIBD/UWA Regional Workshop on Documentary Production and LatestDrone Technology P Cambodia 21-Jul
25 AIBD In-Country Workshop Data-Driven Decision Making P Vietnam 15-16 Jul
26 2nd Quarter SPT Meeting P Cambodia 21-Jul
27 AIBD Regional Webinar Health Journalism in the Digital Era (WHO) R Malaysia 5-Aug
28 AIBD Regional Webinar Safety Drill for Reporting in Crisis and DisasterManagement R Malaysia 12-Aug
29 AIBD In-Country Workshop on Latest Trends and Technologies for Radio(TBC) P Nepal 20-21 Aug
30 AIBD/IPDC Regional Workshop on Empowering Women Journalists in CrisisReporting P Indonesia Aug
31 3rd Quarter SPT Meeting R Thailand August
32 AIBD/HBF Regional Workshop on Crisis Reporting P Malaysia 16-19 Sept
32 AIBD Webinar on Latest Trends in Media Archiving and Preservation R Malaysia 23-Sep
34 AIBD In-Country Workshop AI-Driven Content Personalization andAudience Targeting for Digital Platforms P Maldives 6-8 Oct
35 AIBD Regional Webinar on Investigative Journalism in the Digital Age R Malaysia 7-9 Oct
36 AIBD Sub-Regional Workshop on Road Safety Reporting P Malaysia 14-17 Oct
37 AIBD In-Country Workshop on New Media Broadcasting P Myanmar October
38 AIBD In-Country Workshop on Community Storytelling (TBC) P Bangladesh 4 – 6 Nov
39 AIBD In-Country Workshop on Broadcast Technology Trends P Vietnam 18-19 Nov
40 AIBD/CFI Terra Asia Project – Regional Training P Malaysia Nov
41 AIBD Regional Webinar Reporting on Commodity Markets: Understandingthe Basics for Newsrooms R Malaysia Nov
42 AIBD Regional Webinar on Ethical Reporting in AI Era R Malaysia 2-3 Dec
43 AIBD Regional Webinar on Safety Drill for Reporting in Crisis and DisasterManagement R Malaysia 9 – 11 Dec
44 AIBD 4th Quarter SPT Meeting R Malaysia Dec

 

Note: The aforementioned list is in response to inquiries from our esteemed members and partners. In case any member requires a tailored in-country workshop, kindly provide us with the subject

TRAINING INFORMATION

These activities were “demand-driven” responding to needs identified by the members. As a consequence, the Institute emerged as the lead provider of broadcasting training in the region. Its relevance and success is manifested by the fact that more than 35,000 personnel from countries within the Asia-Pacific region and other regions have been beneficiaries of the AIBD’s training programme, several of whom now occupy senior managerial positions in the broadcasting industry.

The AIBD offers its members and affiliates training programmes in three categories namely Regional, Sub-Regional and In-Country.

Regional activities like seminars and conferences with common interests are offered to all members and affiliates.

Sub-Regional activities are geared towards a particular sub-region like ASEAN, SAARC, Pacific etc which has special needs based on culture, tradition, development etc.

In-Country activities are targeted towards a particular country or organisation based on their request and needs.  These are typically skills based training and consultancies.

The training programmes provided by AIBD cover a wide variety of specialised fields from production to management of radio and television operations, news and current affairs, engineering and digital transmission, public service broadcasting, instructional design & multimedia skills, technology & new media, creative content for programming, children and youth, co-productions and archiving and virtual libraries to name a few.

The AIBD offers to its members and affiliates consultancy services in all areas related to media development. This includes new media law, regulatory issues, new management structure, transition to digital broadcasting, digitizing audio-video archives, master plan for HRD etc.

Archiving & Virtual Libraries

  • Digitizing audio & video archives
  • Setting up a knowledge portal for broadcasters

Global Media Partnerships

  • Collaboration with Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) – AIBD/ASBU Media Partnership
  • Collaboration with South African Broadcasting Association (SABC) Afro- Asia –Pacific Media Partnership
  • Collaboration with African Union of Broadcasters (AUB) and Islamic Broadcasting Union (IBU)
  • Global Media Aids Initiative in partnership with UNAIDS, GMAI, AIBD & UNESCO

On-line Programmes

  • Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Technologies
  • Digital Audio Broadcasting Technologies

New Initiatives

Global Media Centre for Development

  • A repository for digitization of programmes, storage, viewing, trans coding & content sharing

Awards

  • World TV Award
  • AIBD awards
  • Reinhard Keune Memorial award

Publications

  • Asia Media Summit
  • Asia-Pacific approach to Public Service Broadcasting
  • Broadcasting and Cultural Diversity
  • Handbook on Ethical Principles
  • Handbook on Media and Elections
  • Manual on HIV & AIDS
  • Manual for Science Journalism
  • Media Law
  • Radio Tool Kit

Media Research

  • Research on news dissemination and its impact on 21st Century
  • The impact of media violence on children in the Asia- Pacific region
  • The Impact of media violence on youth in the Asia-Pacific region

Co-Productions

    Programmes aiming for

  • Promotion and protection of cultural diversity among children
  • Religious understanding
  • Protection of environment, climate change and sustainable development
  • Tolerance and peace
  • Prevention of HIV & AIDS
  • Prevention of health diseases
  • Enhancing peace through sports

General

  • Camera operation
  • Creative studio lighting techniques
  • Creative writing for radio
  • Documentary programme production
  • Educational programme production
  • Media and environment
  • Post production techniques
  • Programme marketing
  • Programme production techniques
  • Radio and TV sports commentary
  • Research and writing for TV documentary production
  • Scriptwriting for TV drama productions
  • Set design concepts
  • TV programme production (Sports, Entertainment, Drama and Documentary)

Children and Youth

  • Audience research on child participatory programmes
  • Animated programmes for children
  • Children’s drama productions
  • Designing and directing Youth TV shows
  • Designing and directing educational TV programmes
  • Educational & cultural programme production
  • Impact of media violence on children & Youth
  • Media promotion of children’s rights
  • Scriptwriting for children’s documentaries
  • Violence on the screen and children’s rights

Gender Mainstreaming

  • Code of ethics for gender mainstreaming in broadcasting organisations
  • Gender equality and advocacy through the media
  • Gender roles in programming
  • Gender sensitive reporting
  • Gender sensitization for media practitioners

Management & Entrepreneurial Skills

  • Financial management
  • Audience research and programme marketing
  • Creating community crests to generate funds
  • Leadership and conflict management skills
  • Leadership and managerial skills
  • Programming strategies for radio and television
  • Public & international relations for media personnel
  • Radio airtime sales
  • Strategic planning

Health and Science

    HIV & AIDS

  • Scriptwriting, planning, production and post production of programmes on creating awareness & prevention of HIV & AIDS

Creative Content for Programming

  • Cultural diversity and promoting tolerance through the media
  • Content for entertainment, documentary, sports and TV shows
  • Dialogue among civilizations, cultures and religions
  • Disaster broadcasting
  • Intellectual property, copy rights and the fair use of works for educational, scientific and cultural purposes
  • Legal framework for prohibiting production and dissemination of harmful materials through television and internet
  • Media content for the prevention of violence against women and girls
  • Media content on trafficking of women and girls
  • Media Dialogue on mega policies in the world dealing with minorities
  • Media for the ageing society
  • Poverty and Food Security
  • Promoting the Millennium Developmental goals
  • Programmes that promote empowerment, capacity building and sharing of knowledge
  • Promoting pluralism, recognition and safeguarding of diversity with observance of human rights
  • Role of media in defusing violence in programme content

Technology & New Media

  • Modern radio studio technologies
  • Radio studio maintenance
  • Radio studio measurement and alignment
  • Digital basics for radio producers & journalists
  • Digital radio production & editing
  • Digital radio broadcasting
  • HDTV Technology
  • IPTV Technology
  • Radio transmitter maintenance
  • Migration from analogue to digital broadcasting
  • Non-linear video editing
  • TV studio/news automation
  • TV studio maintenance
  • TV transmitter maintenance
  • Satellite communication
  • New Media Technologies, Broadband & Broadcasting technologies
  • 3-D animation
  • Computer network technologies
  • Internet & intranet portal building for media organizations
  • Internet via satellite broadband

Journalism

  • Conflict prevention / resolution
  • Cyber journalism
  • Camera operation for news production
  • Media law and ethics in journalism
  • Media and elections
  • Media and Democracy
  • News presentation techniques
  • News editing
  • Peace journalism
  • Presentation techniques for news presenters
  • Research and ethics for accurate journalism
  • Radio & TV news reporting, writing and production
  • Reporting in conflict situations
  • Reporting on religion
  • Reporting on science and technology
  • TV journalism for young journalists
  • TV newsroom management
  • TV news production
  • Writing for radio news

Community Broadcasting

  • Community broadcasting
  • Citizen’s media and community broadcasting
  • Establishing community radio for educational, cultural, farming and other informative purposes for poverty alleviation
  • Establishing multimedia centers as a tool for education for all
  • Guidelines for community broadcasting, private, commercial and public service broadcasting

Public Service Broadcasting

  • Consultancy on new media act(s)
  • Broadcasting policies, ethics, control and regulations
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Popularising the concept of PSB to foster educational and cultural dimensions of media
  • Promoting empowerment and participation through PSB
  • Regulation, self regulation & co-regulation of broadcasting

Instructional design & multi media delivery systems

  • Training Needs Analysis
  • Training of Trainers
  • On-the-job training
  • Distant learning
  • Integration of ICT’s in curriculum development, teacher training, institutional, administration and management
  • Production & distribution of teaching materials