World Summit on Media for Children and Youth 2010
World Summit on Media for Children and Youth
is a global movement committed to developing and improving
quality media for children. The congress started in Melbourne
1995 and has since then travelled around the world every
three years, in London,Thes-saloniki, Rio de Janeiro and
Johannesburg. And now the turn has come for Scandinavia
and the city of Karlstad.
World Summit on Media for Children and Youth
in Karlstad Sweden will be held on 20-24 June 2010 for 2000
delegates from 100 countries. Teachers, researchers, media
professionals, legislators and children and youth will have
a meeting place with opportunities for debates, discussions,
interactivity and workshops to share their perspective,
experience and expertise. It will be a great chance to create
global networks and make suggestions on how to improve and
raise quality in children's media, to develop media literacy
and to embrace culture. World Summit 2010 main target groups,
as mentioned above, can be divided into five bigger ones:
- Teachers and pedagogues
- Researchers
- Media Professionals
- Regulators and legislators
- Children and Youth
The activities are going to range from key
note speakers, best practice media professionals production,
researchers seminars with presentations and debate of new
research studies about children, the media and well being,
to youth production and workshops and presentations blending
with cultural experiences like music, dance and theatre,
and informal meetings with opportunities to interact during
coffe conferences and formal panel discussions. A book documenting
the participants'main contributions and key note speakers
in the 2010 event is also part of the plan, as well as a
new Youth Declaration; the New global vision for children's
media. All activities are planned to fit a global Summit
for all five target groups. There will also be possibilities
to interact with World Summit 2010 from different places
all around the world through the online World Summit Daily
Webzine published at www.wskarlstad2010.se
during the Summit.
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