The IV Astana Media Week starts in Nur-Sultan on November 11

From November 11-13, 2020, the IV Astana Media Week will be held remotely, organized by the Ministry of information and public development of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the participation of Kazmedia Ortalygy.

The main goal of the event is to develop the domestic media sphere and promote business relations in the industry at the regional and international level.

Traditionally, for the fourth year, the media week gathers leading experts from different parts of the world and examines current topics. This year, the organizers are focused on ways to build the work of the media in the future.

Central topics: global trends in media content consumption; the pandemic and the crisis of trust in the media; the work of editorial offices in new conditions; multiplatformity; new leaders in the media space.

Representatives of Russian and foreign top managers, experts from leading media agencies, scientists from major international organizations and foreign universities, representatives of the public sector and production companies are invited to participate in AMW. Among them:

Robert Skinner-senior adviser to the UN Department of global communications; Javad Mottagi-Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific broadcasting Union (ABU); Mikhail Zygar-journalist, editor, writer; Peter Fedorov-head of the Directorate of international relations of VGTRK; Mikhail Gusman-first Deputy Director General of the Russian news Agency TASS; Shamil Sadykov-General Director of Tat-Media; Irina Shikhman-author of the YouTube channel " A talk?", interviewer, journalist; Alisher Elikbayev-PR specialist and other key experts of the media community of the world and Kazakhstan.

At the same time, participants of Astana Media Week will have the opportunity to attend a whole series of online events.

Workshops for journalists with the support of the American Embassy in Kazakhstan will be given by professors of the new York film Academy: bill Einreinhofer-American TV producer, member of the Directors Guild of America, winner of three Emmy awards; Evgenia Vlasova-journalist, nyfa teacher.

Media trainers from Russia and Kazakhstan will share their skills: Andrey Dorozhny-data journalist and data visualization specialist; Alexander Danilov-head of the Stop Fake project; Ainur Koskina – journalist, media coach; Aidos Sarym – political scientist; Daurzhan Augambay – publisher of Akyl-kenes magazine; Zhanna Ibraeva – public speaking coach; Mahabbat Esen - journalist, TV and radio host.

The annual exhibition of the "Content market" for participants in the media sphere will be held in online format and will allow visitors to quickly and easily find relevant media offers national and international production companies, producers to present their projects to potential buyers.

For the first time, the annual national award “Urker” will be presented within the framework of AMW for achievements in the field of print, radio, and Internet journalism. Traditionally, the winners will get an exclusive statuette and a cash prize of 1000 000 tenge. You will be able to watch the award via online broadcast on the website.

Astana Media Week is an open event that all interested guests can take part in. On the official website of the event www.astanamediaweek.kz. you can read the detailed program of the forum and register as a participant. Participation is free of charge.