| January |
| 15
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ABU International Dance Festival
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Hyderabad, India
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| 30 – 31
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In-Country Workshop on New Innovations In Content Creation
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Colombo, Sri Lanka
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|
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| February |
| 2 – 4
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ABU-BES Expo & Conference 2017
|
New Delhi, India
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| 16 – 17
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Generation WHAT? 1st Steering Group Meeting
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Bangkok, Thailand
|
| 23 – 24
|
African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) General Assembly
|
Dakar, Senegal
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|
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| March |
| 6
|
ABU New Media Masterclass
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
| 6
|
ABU-IABM Engineering the Future: Asia 2017 Tom McGann Memorial Summit
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
| 6 – 9
|
ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
| 12– 13
|
ABU Broadcasting for All: Focus on Gender workshop
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
| 16 – 17
|
ABU/ASBU Broadcasting for All: Focus on Gender workshop
|
Tunis, Tunisia
|
| 14 – 16
|
Asiavision Coordinators Meeting
|
Maldives
|
|
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ABU-ASBU DTV Training
|
Tunis, Tunisia
|
|
|
ABU Prizes – Call for Entries
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
|
|
ABU Radio Drama Festival-Working Group Meeting
|
TBC
|
| 29 – 30
|
ABU Prizes Backpack Workshop (Radio)
|
China
|
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|
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| April |
| 5 – 7
|
ABU Children Drama Co-Production – 1st Producers‘ Meeting
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
| 4 – 5
|
ABU Technical Bureau Mid-Year Meeting
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
| 13 – 15 |
ABU Intellectual Property and Legal Committee Meeting & Central Asia Media Forum
|
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
|
| 26 – 28
|
RadioAsia 2016 Conference
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
| 29
|
Planning & Strategy Group Meeting
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
| 29
|
ABU Programme Bureau Meeting
|
Bangkok, Thailand
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|
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| May |
| 11 – 12
|
3rd ABU Media Summit on Climate Change and DRR
|
Dhaka, Bangladesh
|
| 15 – 17
|
ABU Mid-Year Sports Conference & Related Meetings
|
Hong Kong, China
|
| 15 – 20
|
4th AVN Workshop – Mobile Journalism
|
Suwon, South Korea
|
|
|
CARE 7 – 2nd Producers&lrquo; Meeting
|
TBC
|
| 19 – 20
|
ABU Administrative Council Meeting
|
Hoi An, Vietnam
|
| 23 – 25
|
BroadcastAsia 2017
|
Singapore
|
| |
|
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| June |
| 6 – 9
|
WBU Technical Committee Meeting and EBU TA
|
Germany
|
|
|
Generation WHAT? 2nd Steering Group Meeting
|
TBC
|
|
|
ABU DOC (Documentaries Exchange & Meeting)
|
TBC
|
| 29 – 30
|
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) General Assembly
|
Dublin, Ireland
|
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|
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| July |
| 1
|
WBU Conference
|
Dublin, Ireland
|
| 6 – 8
|
International Summit on Disaster Literacy
|
Manila, Philippines
|
| 26 – 27
|
ABU News Group Meeting / Global News Forum
|
Singapore
|
|
|
ABU-ASBU-AIBD Digital Radio Workshop
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
|
|
ABU Children Item Exchange and Meeting
|
TBC
|
|
|
ABU Children TV Drama – 2nd Producers‘ Meeting
|
TBC
|
|
|
In-Country workshop for New Media
|
TBC
|
| |
| August |
| 27
|
ABU ROBOCON
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
| 15 – 17
|
Pacific Media Partnership Conference
|
Solomon Islands
|
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|
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| September |
| 11
|
Media 2020 + PBI Conference
|
Bucharest, Romania
|
| 12 –13
|
Public Broadcasters International (PBI)
|
Bucharest, Romania
|
| 11 – 16
|
5th AVN Workshop – Mobile Journalism
|
Suwon, South Korea
|
| 26 – 28
|
ABU-AIBD Regional Workshop on OTT and IBB Technologies and Services for Media
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
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|
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| October |
| 30
|
54th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 1)
- Sports Broadcast Rights Committee Meeting
- Sports Finance Committee Meeting
- Sports Group Meeting
- Radio Working Party
- Programme Committee
- Technical Bureau Meeting
- Planning & Strategy Group meeting
|
Sichuan, Chengdu, China
|
| 31
|
54th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 2)
- Sports Group Meeting
- Programme Committee
- Technical Committee
- Meeting of the Presidency
|
Sichuan, Chengdu, China
|
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|
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| November |
| 1
|
54th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 3)
- Women With the Wave Forum
- Administrative Council
- Quality Management Workshop
- Technical Committee
- ABU TV Song Festival
|
Sichuan, Chengdu, China
|
| 2
|
54th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 4)
- Excursion
- President‘s Press Conference
|
Sichuan, Chengdu, China
|
| 3
|
54th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 5)
- ABU General Assembly
- Opening Ceremony & 1st Plenary Session
- Presentation of ABU Prizes
|
Sichuan, Chengdu, China
|
| 4
|
54th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 6)
- ABU General Assembly
- 2nd & 3rd Plenary Session & Super Panel Session
- NHK Reception
|
Sichuan, Chengdu, China
|
|
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Inter BEE
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
|
|
ABU Radio Drama Festival
|
Indonesia
|
|
|
CARE 8 – 1st Producers’ Meeting
|
TBC
|
|
|
ABU Story-Telling Festival
|
TBC
|
|
|
ABU Workshop on Engineering Fundamentals
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
|
|
ABU-ASBU Network Technology Training
|
TBC
|
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|
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| December |
| 4 – 7
|
World Summit on Media for Children (WSMC)
|
Manchester, UK
|
|
|
ABU Workshop on Engineering Fundamentals
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
|
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ABU-ASBU Network Technology Training
|
|
|
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Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) General Assembly
|
Tunis, Tunisia
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