This is the first-ever Palestinian conference for social media. It will be held over a period of 3 days in the city of Ramallah on 4^th to 6^th December 2011 at the Ramallah Cultural Palace. The event will target and be open to Palestinian social media activists, journalists, media professionals, media outlet managers and representatives, academics, students, civil society representatives, ICT entrepreneurs, and business community members from across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Khaled Abu Aker, AMIN's Executive Director, strongly believes in the significance of this conference and the exceptional outcomes that can be drawn out of such a high-scale event.

"The goal of the conference is to bring Palestinian social media activists from all across Palestine together in order to increase the efforts and unite the forces for promoting the culture of social media in Palestine and increase awareness on the crucial role social media can have in Palestine – as a tool for positive change within the Palestinian society. This conference is an attempt to promote self expression and encourage Palestinians, particularly marginalized groups with marginalized voices, to express themselves and speak their minds and to use social media tools to convey their messages to raise their voices."