Conference Report
Digital Influencers and Their Role in Shaping Public Discourse
As digital media on mobile devices is the primary platform of communication with the outside world, the rise of digital influencers continues to grow....
Big Business For Big Solutions: Encouraging Corporate Social Responsibility
This session discussed the role that big businesses and entrepreneurs play in effecting social development and change. Considering that the international community is failing...
Capitalizing on Fear: The Politicization of Xenophobia and Islamophobia
This session discussed the current upsurge of xenophobia and Islamophobia in Europe and North America. Both problematic discourses operate at various levels of intensity,...
Transforming Humanitarian Aid: A Refined Approach
This session dealt with transforming the conventional humanitarian aid system towards a more refined assistance approach. It kicked off with two fundamental questions posted...
Re-thinking Media: Responsible Reporting on Humanitarian Crises
The session discussed ‘responsible journalism’ and how the term ‘objectivity’ needs to be rephrased in relation to reporting on war zones. Secondly, panellists discussed...
Emerging Trends and New Threats in MENA Region
This session delved into topics most pertaining to the Middle East today and which have affected the course of events regionally and globally over...
Redefining the Global Agenda: Old Guard versus New Players
This session discussed issues surrounding the established current world order and explored the players in the international arena that have the potential to change...
We Are All In the Same Boat: Regional Cooperation to Address the Humanitarian Crisis
The second day of the TRT World Forum 2017 opened with a joint keynote speech by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the former Prime Minister...
Closing Speech: Inspiring Change in an Age of Uncertainty
His Excellency President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated as the guest of honour in the TRT World Forum 2017 to give the keynote speech at...
