On the morning of Saturday, April 19, 2025, the 4th Media Dialogue Forum kicked off with broad official and academic participation. The forum is part of the ongoing events of the 3rd International Future Week for Sustainability, held at Al-Mustaqbal University from April 16 to 24, 2025, as part of the university’s continuous efforts to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 4 – Quality Education.
The event witnessed the presence of several distinguished figures, including:
Prof. Dr. Adnan Al-Jumaili (Administrative Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research),
Dr. Fadel Al-Badran (Deputy Minister of Culture),
Mr. Ali Al-Fawaz (President of the Union of Iraqi Writers),
Dr. Ali Maseer (President of the Iraqi Academics Syndicate),
who were warmly received by Prof. Dr. Hassan Shakir Majdi, President of Al-Mustaqbal University, along with senior university staff and a wide range of academics, media professionals, and intellectuals from Iraq and abroad.
Held under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and supervised by Prof. Dr. Hassan Shakir Majdi, the forum began with a keynote speech delivered on behalf of the university by Prof. Dr. Mudhafar Sadiq Al-Zuhairi, Director of Scientific and Academic Supervision. He emphasized that selecting the theme of “Artificial Intelligence and its Applications in Media” reflects the university’s deep awareness of the accelerating global transformations and the growing impact of this technology on media production, distribution, audience analysis, and content creation.
The forum addressed a variety of vital topics, including: AI ethics, AI in newsrooms, media marketing, and audience behavior analysis, highlighting that such discussions are a pivotal step towards developing a critical and practical understanding of digital transformation and building a future media landscape that is more innovative, human-centric, and impactful.
The forum also saw the notable presence of Prof. Dr. Nidhal Khdhair Al-Abbadi, Director of the Al-Mustaqbal Center for Artificial Intelligence Applications, accompanied by the center’s expert staff.
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