This is the first step by any government in South Asia and Middle East to take Blogging seriously and recognizing “Blogging” as an alternate medium and source of information.
The growth of the Pakistani blogging community has mirrored the expansion of the blogosphere elsewhere in the developed or the developing world. However, there have been only a few opportunities afforded to Pakistani bloggers to get together and discuss their common interests.
This will not be a conference in the traditional sense. It will be relatively informal with the biggest bloggers of Pakistan and the people they blog about (the politicians). Instead of lengthy presentations, people will be invited to lead discussions on various topics throughout the day – some practical, such as how to build a better blog, and some theoretical on the role, influence and future of blogs.
It is hoped that this First National Bloggers Conference will be a memorable event where all participants will learn more about the social, cultural, creative and technological aspects of blogging from one another.
The First National Bloggers Conference will be hosted by the Ministry of Information Technology, Sind.
Event date: 18th April 2009
Is it for free?
ReplyDeleteAnd is it open to all or one needs to be blogging about the politics in order to attend the event?
Best of luck for the event!
First National Bloggers Conference-2009 POSTER
ReplyDeleteHigh Resolution Poster uploaded here
http://fawwazs.blogspot.com/2009/04/first-national-bloggers-conference-2009.html
Its a well introduction in Pakistan
ReplyDeleteHmmmm nice initiative, on a side note may we stand corrected please on two things, 1. the official spelling of province is 'Sindh' and not 'Sind', 2. 'Ministry' is the term used for Federal Government therefore in Provincial Government its called Information Technology 'Department' and not 'Ministry'
ReplyDeleteOn another side note, kindly be advised that the correct spelling is "Karachiite" and not karachiet
ReplyDelete@Vigorous: proper nouns can be written as deemed appropriate, you might have noticed people writing names like 'Siddiqi' / 'Siddique' or even 'Ciddiqi', also 'Saira' maybe written 'Cyra', therefore please stay corrected here, this is 'karachiet' if you want to spell it 'karachiite' its your choice, what i highlighted is purely a technical mistake and should have been responded accordingly.
ReplyDeleteif you are amongst the organizers of this event than i think your comment is speaking pretty loud about...
hey, i found out about the conference today and as the post says registration closed. Is there any way i can still register for this event. please reply as soon as possible
ReplyDeleteO my God, I'm late. I have to register and wanna come. is it possible?
ReplyDeleteLet me Know the webcast address, Will watch online
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