| January |
| 9 – 11 |
CARE 8 1st Producers’ Meeting |
Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 16 – 17 |
ABU Prizes Reform Working Party Meeting |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 23 – 25 |
ABU New Media Workshop 2018 |
Kuala Lumpur |
| |
| February |
|
ABU Prizes 2017 Call for Entry starts |
|
| 1 |
3rd Steering Group Meeting of Generation What? Asia-Pacific |
Bangkok |
| 5 – 6 |
4th ABU Media Summit on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (CC & DRR) |
Nadi |
| 6 |
Presentation Ceremony of ABU Programme Awards on CC & DRR |
Nadi |
| 6 – 7 |
ABU Pacific Media Partnership Conference (PMPC) |
Nadi |
| 9 – 25 |
PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games |
PyeongChang |
| 13 |
World Radio Day |
|
| 26 – 27 |
ABU IPLC Meeting |
Tehran |
| 27 |
AIBD IPTV Seminar |
Kuala Lumpur |
| |
| March |
| 5 |
7th ABU Programme Bureau Meeting |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 6 – 8 |
ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2018 |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 12 – 16 |
4th ABU-ASBU DTV Training |
Tunis |
| 19 – 21 |
AVN Coordinators Meeting |
Kathmandu |
| 20 – 21 |
ABU-RAI Masterclass Series |
Rome |
| |
| April |
| 2 – 15 |
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |
Gold Coast |
| 4 – 6 |
Children TV Drama Co-production 1st Producers’ Meeting
|
Kuala Lumpur |
| 5 |
Generation What? Japan starts
|
Online |
| 16 – 20 |
Training of Trainers Workshop |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 19 – 20 |
Golden Ribbon International Short Documentary Co-production Creative Workshop |
Beijing |
| |
| May |
| May-July |
ABU Prizes 2018 Pre-selection |
|
| 1 – 2 |
ABU Technical Bureau Mid-Year Meeting |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 7 – 9 |
62nd ABU Sports Group Conference & Associated Meetings |
Jakarta |
| TBC |
Cross Union Sports Training Workshop |
Tunis |
| |
| June |
| 26 – 28 |
Children TV Drama Co-production 2nd Producers’ Meeting |
TBA |
| |
| July |
| July – August |
ABU Technology Webinar |
Online |
| 10 – 11 |
RadioAsia 2018 |
Astana |
| 11 |
ABU Radio Song Festival |
Astana |
| 12 |
Media 2020 |
Astana |
| 16 – 18 |
Metrics-based Corporate Innovation Management Workshop |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 23 – 26 |
ABU Kids / TV Children Item Exchange and Meeting |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 23 – 27 |
4th ABU-WorldDAB-AIBD-ASBU Digital Radio Workshop |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 23 |
ABU News Group Meeting |
Ho Chi Minh City
|
| 24 – 25 |
2018 ABU Global News Forum (GNF) |
Ho Chi Minh City |
| 30 – 31 |
CARE8 2nd Producers’ Meeting |
Kuala Lumpur |
| |
| August |
| July – August |
ABU Technology Webinars |
Online |
| 1 – 3 |
ABU Doc (ABU Documentary Exchange and Meeting) & ABU Documentary Group Meeting |
Kuala Lumpur |
|
ABU Prizes 2018 Final Judging |
Kuala Lumpur |
| 18 Aug – 2 Sept |
Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games |
Jakarta |
| 26 |
17th ABU Robocon |
Ninh Binh |
| |
| September |
|
Generation What? Asia-Pacific starts |
Online |
| 13 – 18 |
International Broadcasting Convention 2018 |
Amsterdam |
| 29 |
8th ABU Programme Bureau Meeting |
Ashgabat |
| 30 |
55th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 1)
- Radio Working Party Meeting
- Programme Committee Meeting
- Sports Broadcast Rights Committee Meeting
- Sports Finance Committee Meeting
- Sports Group Conference
- Technical Bureau Meeting
- Planning & Strategy Group Meeting
|
Ashgabat |
| |
| October |
| 1 |
55th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 2)
- Sports Group Conference
- Programme Committee Meeting
- Technical Committee Meeting
- Meeting of The Presidency
|
Ashgabat |
| 2 |
55th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 3)
- Women With the Wave Forum
- Quality Management Workshop
- Technical Committee Meeting
- Administrative Council
- 7th ABU TV Song Festival
|
Ashgabat |
| 3 |
55th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 4)
- Excursion
- President’s News Conference
- Dinner hosted by the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Televisiob, Radiobroadcasting and Cinematography (TVTM)
|
Ashgabat |
| 4 |
55th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 5)
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY – Day 1
- Official Opening & 1st Plenary Sessions
- ABU Prizes 2018 Award Ceremony
|
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| 5 |
55th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings (Day 6)
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY – Day 2
- Super Panel Session – Forum 1 & 2
- 2nd & 3rd Plenary Session
- NHK Reception
|
Ashgabat |
| 6 – 18 |
Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic |
Buenos Aires |
| 23 – 25 |
6th Regional Workshop on OTT and IBB Technologies and Services for Media (ABU-AIBD) |
Kuala Lumpur |
| |
| November |
| 20 – 21 |
15th Iran Media Technology Conference, IRIB Annual Technical Assembly
|
Tehran |
| 26 – 27
|
1st ABU-AIBD-DRM Digital Radio Workshop
|
Kuala Lumpur |
| |
| December |
| 3 – 7 |
5th Training Course on Engineering Fundamentals for Broadcasters (ABU-AIBD) |
Kuala Lumpur |
