Dear colleagues,
The Cuban Institute of Radio andTelevision invites executives, producers and experts in general, to participate in the Radio & Television Convention Cuba 2017, an International Expo-Fairwhich will be held from September 10 until the 15th that the Palace of Conventions in Havana, Cuba, in order to promote the exchange of ideas, cooperation and commercialization of technology, products and services.
In this third series of the event we will have again festivals, exhibitions, sales and free presentations, with the essential purpose of creating a space of common interests for participants working in the radio and television media.
Like wise, the scientific program will be dedicated this time to the historic memory and thepreservation of cultural heritage in public radio and television, considering that the greatest fortitude for creation and its challenges in the global era imposed by information and communication transnational companies lies in the observation of our own identities.
We invite you, then, to meet again in our next encounter, which will include, as in previous years, workshops, master classes and other activities about radio and television making, among them the Third Encounter of the World Network of Stations and Channels in Defense of Humankind and the Third Workshop for Young Radio and Television Creators.
Encouraging the participation of producers by promoting and rewarding the best works from an ethical and esthetic point of view is also the purpose of this Convention, and therefore also invite you to take part in the Radio and Television Festivals, Program Contests and Public Good Spots which award the RADIO prize “Sonido para Ver” and the TELEVISION prize “Cubavisión”2017. For the fourth time in our Island, these event shave an international scope.
The presence of a growing number of participants from different geographic areas in previous events of Radio and Television in our country, fore bodes this Convention will be again an essential space which will contribute more and more to the dialogue among all of those who join us in the pursuit of new paths in the work of public Radio and Television.
We look forward to see you, then.
Sincerely yours,
Alfonso Noya Martínez
Chairman ICRT