King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, will patronize here on May 18-19 the 1st international media conference titled “Future of news publishing.” The conference is being organized by the Ministry of Culture and Information in coordination with International Afra Organization. Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information, said that the King's patronage of this international conference will be in recognition of media members and their roles in the development of thought and culture, adding that local, Arab and international media will be honored by the King's inauguration of the conference. Dr. Khoja pointed out that international experts in the press and media industry from all over the world will participate in the conference along with experts and consultants from Afra and personnel of local press and media. He noted that the conference will be accompanied by several events including organizing of an exhibition for sponsoring companies and Afra organization for presenting the latest techniques in the field of press publication as well as organization of various workshops to benefit from their experiences in this area. Dr. Khoja pointed out that the ministry has taken all necessary arrangements for the organization of the conference and has formed a number of committees for planning and preparing for the conference.
