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Over
300 media experts, communication educators and mass communication
students, mostly from Visayas and Mindanao and some parts
of Luzon, are expected to gather at Silliman University, Nov.
7 to 9, to attend three national events dubbed "3-in-1
in Silliman."
Organized
by the Philippine Association of Communication Educators (PACE)
with the co-sponsorship of media giant ABS-CBN Corp., "3-in-1
in Silliman" is a rare convergence of well-known media
experts and celebrities, corporate media executives, communication
scholars, educators students of mass communication. It is
bannered by Pinoy Media Congress 2007 (Visayas-Mindanao Edition),
the first to be held outside Metro Manila. The two other events
are the first PACE Echo Seminar Series sponsored by Anvil
Publishing, Corp. and the annual PACE National Conference.
Big
names and personalities, many from ABS CBN as well as other
media organizations, are expected to grace these events as
resource persons in the different sessions. ABS-CBN CEO Eugenio
"Gabby" Lopez III will deliver the keynote speech
on Nov. 8.
Other
ABS CBN personalities who will grace the event are news and
current affairs head Maria Ressa, ABS CBN managing director
Gina Lopez, ABS CBN creative writer Ricky Lee and optical
media board head Edu Manzano.
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Invited
speakers from other networks are vice president of the
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation Bob del Rosario
and program manager of National Broadcasting Corporation
Agerico Arias.
With
this year's theme, "Media Policy Regulation, Ethics
and Practice," PMC aims to continue serving as
a venue for interaction among media experts, teachers
and students of communication towards the improvement
of media content, practice and policy. Issues and topics
about communication, broadcasting, journalism and allied
disciplines current and relevant information in the
field will be provided to students and teachers.
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Ramon
Magsaysay Awardee and former DENR Secretary Angel Alcala will
deliver the opening remarks during the PACE National Conference.
Other speakers are Asian Media Information Center (AMIC) Singapore
Research Director Kalinga Seneviratne, former director of
the SU School of Communication Dr. Crispin Maslog, and environmental
journalist Ma. Diosa Labiste.
PACE
is an organization of mass communication teachers and institutions
that offer degrees in communication arts, advertising, broadcasting,
journalism, and communication research. Silliman University
is one of the founding institutional members of PACE. This
year's PACE vice president is Dr. Rosario Baseleres, dean
of the SU college of Mass Communication. (Ritche M. Galon)
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