100202 If you register between 1 to 28 February you enter the
lottery for a free laptop computer from HP sponsored by Office IT Partner in Karlstad. The winner will be notified by e-mail and the name published at the
Summit website in March, and will receive the laptop during the Summit week.
Five months to the Summit
100114 World Summit 2010 is only five months away! Download the programme, choose your favourite sessions and register now to secure your place at the
Summit. We look forward to 2010 as a year when facing the challenges and contributing to new international recommendations towards a new global vision for
children, youth and media. Download the programme
Strong support and recognition of the WS 2010 programme by World Summit Foundation Chair Dr Patricia Edgar
091216 "Since the first World Summit on Television for Children held in Melbourne, Australia in 1995, fifteen years ago, the world has undergone
profound change. Technological advances have brought about a dramatic revolution in the children’s media production industry altering the relationship
between media and young people forever. It is in this context we will meet in Karlstad, Sweden in June 2010..." Read the whole statement
WS programme participant Hans Rosling one of Top 100 Global Thinkers
091202 The American magazine Foreign Policy has listed the Top 100 Global Thinkers with the big ideas that shaped our world in 2009. The Swedish professor
Hans Rosling who will speak during the World Summit 2010 is on the list "for boggling our minds with paradigm-shattering data".
Rosling is professor of international health at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and runs Gapminder which is "unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact
based world view". Read more
WS programme presenter Vinod Ganatra wins special jury film prize
091126 The indian film director Vinod Ganatra is participating in the World Summit 2010 programme. His film "Harun - Arun" has won the
Liv Ullman Peace Prize at Chicago International Children's Film Festival. It's given to a film which positively addresses to children's difficult
topics such as racism, prejudice and abuse or topis bringing children closer with an understanding of the global culture in which they function. World Summit
congratulates Vinod.
091110 Unfortunately the links to the Poster Session information was wrong in the World Summit fifth newsletter. If you are interested in setting up a Poster
Session follow the correct link below to read more. Read about Poster Session conditions Download the newsletter (pdf)
World Summit at UNESCO Second Global Forum
091106 At the UNESCO Second Global Forum in Bangkok Thailand, the Power for Peace Network worked globaly to create and develop the Power for Peace Network as
an international resource to use media and ICT for developments. One of the concret outcomes was the collaboration with the World Summit on Media for
Children and Youth in Karlstad Sweden 2010. Children and youth in Thailand will produce a video on peace and send to Karlstad, and many international
organisations working with UNESCO followed up with collaboration ideas with Director Per Lundgren after the Summit was presented.
Under the Patronage of H.M. Queen Silvia
090917 World Summit Karlstad 2010 is proud to announce that the world congress is under the Patronage of H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden. It is a truly great honour
for the Summit, which also has recommendations by the Swedish Minister for Culture, Ms Lena Adelsson-Liljeroth and the Vice President of the European
Commission, Ms Margot Wallström.
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ABOUT WORLD SUMMIT
World Summits are held every three years and provide a forum for producers, broadcasters and regulators of media for children and other professionals and community leaders committed to the improvement of quality media for children.
The Summit has travelled around world cities since 1995 when it started in Melbourne, Australia. Since then it has been in London, Thessaloniki, Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg. Now it’s time for Scandinavia and Karlstad to host the World Summit.
The objectives of World Summit on Media for Children and Youth are:
To achieve a greater understanding of developments in children’s media around the world.
To raise the status of children’s media.
To draw to the attention of key players in broadcasting the importance of issues relating to children.
To promote a charter of guiding principles in children’s media.
To ensure the provision of programs for children will be guaranteed as the communication revolution proceeds.
To assist in the developing world to provide opportunities for quality children’s media in the future.
For more information about the World Summit Foundation and the Board, please follow the link below.
100202 If you register between 1 to 28 February you enter the
lottery for a free laptop computer from HP sponsored by Office IT Partner in Karlstad. The winner will be notified by e-mail and the name published at the
Summit website in March, and will receive the laptop during the Summit week.
091216 "Since the first World Summit on Television for Children held in Melbourne, Australia in 1995, fifteen years ago, the world has undergone
profound change. Technological advances have brought about a dramatic revolution in the children’s media production industry altering the relationship
between media and young people forever. It is in this context we will meet in Karlstad, Sweden in June 2010..." 
091202 The American magazine Foreign Policy has listed the Top 100 Global Thinkers with the big ideas that shaped our world in 2009. The Swedish professor
Hans Rosling who will speak during the World Summit 2010 is on the list "for boggling our minds with paradigm-shattering data".
Rosling is professor of international health at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and runs Gapminder which is "unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact
based world view".
091126 The indian film director Vinod Ganatra is participating in the World Summit 2010 programme. His film "Harun - Arun" has won the
Liv Ullman Peace Prize at Chicago International Children's Film Festival. It's given to a film which positively addresses to children's difficult
topics such as racism, prejudice and abuse or topis bringing children closer with an understanding of the global culture in which they function. World Summit
congratulates Vinod. 
090917 World Summit Karlstad 2010 is proud to announce that the world congress is under the Patronage of H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden. It is a truly great honour
for the Summit, which also has recommendations by the Swedish Minister for Culture, Ms Lena Adelsson-Liljeroth and the Vice President of the European
Commission, Ms Margot Wallström. 
The Summit has travelled around world cities since 1995 when it started in Melbourne, Australia. Since then it has been in London, Thessaloniki, Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg. Now it’s time for Scandinavia and Karlstad to host the World Summit.
