Friday December 16 at AUB’s Issam Fares Hall a great conference day began just as early as 11 am and progressed through the day with speakers and live bands up until the closing notes at 9.30 pm. The conference, Social Media changing lives, was organized by (AUBOC), a student organization in AUB seeking to group social media enthusiasts as well as experienced individuals in the digital media world to help expand and promote proper digital citizenship. Many fields were addressed such as education, business, politics, religion, science, human rights, journalism and several more. And as many speakers were invited, both nationals and from abroad to get involved in the conference. I was not able to attend the entire conference but the ones I attended clearly showed just what a great informative and interesting day it was destined to be. The ones I attended were Farid Chehab (Improving Lebanon through Social Media) and Naeema Zarif (Open Source and Free Culture) each one focusing on different areas that however come together though the great tool that is media and communication. The leading purpose of the conference was to gather bloggers and users of social media under one organization and come together in order to facilitate common activities and interests. Second, the event was to encourage AUB and foreign students to start their own blogs and help them get started by teaching them the technical and cultural aspects of social media. A very successful day indeed.
Social Media Changing Lives @ AUB
December 19, 2011 by Francesco Laurenti
Posted in Topics in Current Afffairs | Tagged AUB, blog, Communication, conference, event, Issam Fares Hall, Media, social, Social Media Changing Lives | Leave a Comment
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