Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev spoke Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the fifth News
Agencies World Congress (NAWC), which gathered representatives
from some 100 news agencies around the world including Italy's
ANSA in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku under the slogan 'New
Challenges for News Agencies'.
Other Western participants include the Associated Press (AP)
from the United States, Agence France Presse, Spain's EFE news
agency, and Reuters (UK).
"It is a great honor for us to host such an important event,
one with global reach," Aliyev said.
"I am sure our guests will not only debate the issues on the
agenda but will also want to find out about the development
process in Azerbaijan".
Simultaneously with the NAWC, Azerbaijan is also hosting the
16th General Assembly of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News
Agencies (OANA) and the 22nd session of the council of
executives of news agencies from the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS).
Other participants include representatives from the United
Nations and UNESCO, news agencies such as China's Xinhua,
Russia's TASS, and Japan's Kyodo News, the Los Angeles Times
paper, TV news broadcaster Al Arabiya, Rubert Murdoch's News
Corp, German digital publisher Axel Springer, and
experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Tripod Advisors.
Speakers will include the presidents of NAZC and OANA as well
as managers from several news agencies, including the AP and
Reuters.
"In the course of these international conferences, our agency
confirms itself as being on the frontier of news development,
measures itself with other great international outfits, and
reaffirms its leadership in Italy thanks to advanced editorial
products and innovative technology," said ANSA CEO Giuseppe
Cerbone.
The forum will take on various issues including the future of
news consumption, challenges and opportunities of new
technologies, innovation, and the safety of journalists in
conflict zones.
It also addresses problems facing the rapidly transforming
field of journalism and forms of cooperation "between news
agencies and different social media platforms".
Launched by official Russian news agency TASS in Moscow in
2004, the NAWC has also been held in Spain, Argentina, and Saudi
Arabia.
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