TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) hosted the opening ceremony of the 42nd edition of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) General Conference in Tehran on Thursday, August 25.

The ceremony was attended by IRIB Director Abdol-Ali Ali-Asgari, secretary-general of the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO Sadollah Nasiri Qeydari and the conference director Rosarita Niken Widiastuti, IRIB announced in a press release published on Friday.

Speaking at the ceremony, Widiastuti said that these types of conferences and meetings help to build better programing and management.

These types of international conferences also give the participants a chance to meet and hold talks in person, while they also help to raise the standards of productions, she added.

She also asked for an increase in the number of members and expressed hopes that the conference would turn into a world assembly for developing respect among the members.

At the end of the ceremony, the winners were announced. “Shingal’s Children Banished by Daesh”, a production of Iran’s PRESS TV Channel by director Bjan Zamanpira, was the winner in the Best TV program category.
In addition, a documentary on Bagan from Korea and A radio program on the poor region Dongguan in China were among other winners.

The conference will be coming to an end today.

RM/YAW