Highway Africa 2011 open for registration

20 Jun 2011

Registration is now open for the 15th annual Highway Africa Conference. Hosting journalists from across Africa, this year's event will take place in Cape Town, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), 17-19 September 2011. The theme for this year's event is "African media and the global sustainability challenge".

Highway Africa Conference 2011 aims to provide an opportunity and a platform for an interrogation of how the media have framed the issues of climate change, food security and overall global sustainability, particularly looking at African journalism.

How African media respond to climate change

The melt-down of the Arctic glaciers, droughts ravaging Africa, floods in the Americas and continuous temperature rises may have provided drama for television, but the issue of global sustainability requires a more drastic and comprehensive response from the media. So how is African media responding to the climate change debates and how can media in general play a greater role in the information, communication and discourse on climate change and sustainability?

HA 2011 aims to be an occasion for sombre reflections, a platform to address some of these most pertinent questions and also an occasion to celebrate human ingenuity in confronting climate change and sustainability.

Incorporated in the main conference will be the third Reporting Development Forum (RDF). The RDF will host Africa's top media professionals, communication for development experts, government communication staff and academics to debate issues including: media and Africa's development agenda (health, economics, trade and agriculture), and business and social sustainability.

Registration information

Registration closes on 1 August 2011. Register at www.highwayafrica.com/registration. For more information go to www.highwayafrica.com. For registration enquiries and information on the conference contact conference administration manager, Luthando Kiti by email az.ca.ur@titik.l or tel +27 (0)46 603 7187.

Highway Africa is a project of Rhodes University, in partnership with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), and the Department of Communication (South Africa) with the support of several partners, development agencies and sponsors.