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SUMMARY:BRIDGE Summit 2025
DESCRIPTION:The organisers of BRIDGE Summit 2025 says its goal is to “establish itself as a comprehensive exploration of the forces transforming global media … Designed as a global platform for collaboration\, discovery\, and innovation\, BRIDGE Summit 2025 will explore how creativity\, technology\, and commerce converge to define the next era of communication and culture … bringing together leaders from media\, technology\, culture\, policy\, and investment”. \nEssentially it’s a high-powered large-scale three-day conference and exhibition that aims to shape “the future of media\, content and entertainment” across seven core tracks – Media\, Creator Economy\, Music\, Gaming\, Tech\, Marketing\, and Picture – which between them should have 300 exhibitors\, 200 talks and panels\, 50 interactive workshops\, and multiple opportunities for matchmaking and networking. \nIt is also aiming for more than 60\,000 ‘participants’\, a more pointedly proactive term than ‘visitors’; admission is free\, but you have to apply for a ticket to demonstrate that you qualify. \nCertainly the speaker list is impressive – lots of traditional and digital media bigwigs from around the world; a sprinkling of philanthropists and a mass of investors\, bankers and entrepreneurs; a bevy of enthusiasts and C-suite denizens from AI; several marketing-oriented thinkers and doers with a media or tech bias; and a couple of British ex-politicians. \nCheck the website for details of the programme\, which as of early November hadn’t been published yet.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bridge-summit-2025/
LOCATION:ADNEC\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:This year’s ADIBF – remarkably\, it’s the 34th edition – has the theme ‘Knowledge Illuminates our Community’\, a sentiment which brooks no argument. There are 90 participating countries\, the ‘Focus Personality’ is Avicenna (Ibn Sina)\, the ‘Book of the World’ is One Thousand and One Nights\, and the guest of honour\, usually a single nation\, is Culture of the Caribbean Basin. \nLast year there were more than 230\,000 visitors\, 1\,350 exhibitors\, and reportedly in excess of 1.5 million books sold. All those numbers should be beaten this time around; ADIBF is a genuine force in the booming regional publishing field\, and some clever extras – like a much-expanded ‘Podcast from Abu Dhabi‘ programme\, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award ceremony\, and a famously busy schedule of something like 2\,000 lectures\, panel discussions\, specialised workshops and other activities – make it a good bet for the reader as well as the publishing professional. \nThe book fair has been extended to ten days this year; it runs 9am to 10pm from 26 April to 5 May. Admission is free\, but you’ll need to pre-register.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/abu-dhabi-international-book-fair-3/
LOCATION:ADNEC\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Book Fair
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SUMMARY:Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:The 33rd ADIBF 2024 – which runs 29 April to 5 May at ADNEC under the slogan ‘Where the World’s Tales Unfold’ – will be showing 1\,350 publishers from 90 countries (12 of them represented for the first time)\, 375 local exhibitors (publishers\, distributors\, government entities)\, and more than 2\,000 associated activities covering various cultural and knowledge fields (including the third running of a series of debates modelled on the Oxford style\, the first examples of that in the Arab world). \nEgypt is the Guest of Honour this year for its “role as a beacon of knowledge\, culture\, and art that has influenced the cultures and knowledge of the masses with creative content across various fields”. The Fair also celebrates the first Arab author to win the Nobel Prize\, the late Naguib Mahfouz\, as the Focus Personality for this year – his best known novels\, Cairo Trilogy and Children of Gebelawi were banned in Egypt until recently. The Focus Personality programme includes critical readings\, lectures and seminars\, and a dedicated pavilion. \nAlso returning is a Professional Programme designed to support Arab and international publishers. This year’s edition will highlight the impact of AI on the publishing world and creative industries; there will also be a Copyright Exchange Forum\, the Abu Dhabi Fellowship Programme (Abu Dhabi Connect)\, and the New Opportunities Centre. The Fair will also adopt a new initiative to support digital technologies and statistics in the Arab world\, with a special focus on artificial intelligence\, offering advanced workshops to build Arab publishers’ skills in this field. \nNew this year is an Arabic Content Forum for Children and Adolescents\, a dedicated forum for photography as part of the Arts Corner titled ‘Image as Language’; a dedicated Cinema Corner with screenings and creative workshops; an Arabic Content Forum for Children and Adolescents; a dedicated forum for photography as part of the Arts Corner titled ‘Image as Language’\, and a popular book market named after the Al-Azbakiya Wall Book Market in Egypt. \nExtras for visitors include one free visit per person to the Qasr Al Hosn and Louvre Abu Dhabi museums\, discounts from audiobook publishers\, and savings of up to 25 percent on book prices. Tickets are free\, but you’re advised to prebook via the website. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/abu-dhabi-international-book-fair-2/
LOCATION:ADNEC\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Book Fair
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