Media Impact Board Chair to Present at World Bank Hosted Entertainment-Education Conference
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) June 10, 2011 - PCI-Media Impact Board Chair, Fred Cohen, will present at a World Bank-hosted conference about the power of Entertainment-Education (E-E) to help achieve development objectives. For 25 years, Media Impact has worked with local partners around the world to produce E-E dramas that address the most critical social and environmental issues. During a quarter century of work, it has produced more than 3,000 episodes of 100 television and radio productions. Together, these programs have reached more than 1 billion people in 34 countries.
World Bank H Building Black Auditorium 600 19th St. NW, Washington, DC 20006
Panel 2: Alternative Approaches to EE
Panel 3: Experiences from the Field – How EE Supports Development Impact
Panel 4: Working in Partnerships for Greater Impact in EE
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Mahmoud Mohieldin, Managing Director, World Bank Group
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Rahul Bose, Indian Actor, Screenwriter, Director, and Social Activist
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Miguel Sabido, Mexican Dramatist and Pioneer in Entertainment Education
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Fred Cohen, Chairman, International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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Tilman Ehrbeck, CEO, CGAP
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Martine Bouman, Director, Center for Media and Health, The Netherlands
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Sandra de Castro Buffington, Director, Hollywood, Health & Society
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Usha Bhasin, Additional Deputy Director, Doordarshan TV Corporation, India
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Rob Burnet, Director, Well Told Story / ShujaazFM, Kenya
CGAP
Financial and Private Sector Development Network
World Bank Institute
Russia Trust Fund for Financial Literacy
Margaret J. Miller - mmiller5@worldbank.org
Rocio Schmunis - rschmunis@worldbank.org
Shweta Banerjee - sbanerjee1@worldbank.org
