All is set for the 3rd Nigerian Media Leaders Summit on how to turn connections with audiences and communities into gold in the AI age from 5-6 May, at the Academy Suites, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
According to a statement by the Founder/Director, The Journalism Clinic, Mr Taiwo Obe, the summit will have about 60 media leaders, including newspaper publishers, editors-in-chief, TV and radio chief executives, general managers, directors of programmes and editors in attendance.
The high-profile event is being held with the sponsorship, support and partnership of the Nigeria LNG (NLNG), Lagos and Ogun State Governments, Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidelity Bank and Polaris Bank.
Other sponsors are: The Punch, The Nation, The Cable and Business Day newspapers.
The rest are: the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, Innovation Media Consulting Group, Real Pharmaceuticals, Academy Suites and Penpushing Media.
“Besides the enriching intellectual engagements, a major outcome of last year’s edition was the formation, based on one of the speakers’ presentations titled, WHERE’S THE MONEY, of the Innovative Media Partners Cooperative Multi-purpose Society (IMPCMS),” Obe stated.
Obe adds: “A major highlight of the forthcoming edition will be the OWNERS’ FORUM where five media leaders -Frank Aigbogun, publisher Business Day; Joseph Adeyeye, CEO/Editor-in-Chief, Punch Newspapers; Toun Okewale Sonaiya, CEO WFM 91.7FM, Nigeria’s only women’s radio; Betty Dibiah Akeredolu-Ale, CEO Branama TV, Nigeria’s first television station targeting children; and Mr Musikilu Mojeed, COO/Editor-in-Chief, Premium Times, will share insights and peculiarities on audience engagement.”
A former Presidential aide, Tolu Ogunlesi will moderate this segment, which according to Obe
“is an occasion for the leaders to square up to their markets for enduring prosperity, particularly in the age of artificial intelligence.”
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