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MUMBAI: On Thursday 18 March 2010, the BBC?s international news services will broadcast SuperPower Nation, an experimental interactive event that will provide a six-hour snapshot of a global conversation as it unfolds ? on radio, TV and online.
The event will take place with a live audience at Shoreditch Town Hall, London from 13:00 to 19:00 GMT, and will invite people from around the globe to interact with one another and join in the global discussion, enabling people to communicate with one another, regardless of languages they speak.
The event will be filmed and recorded for the BBC?s international news services, and audiences across the world will be able to listen in, watch and read the discussion online, in real time. The live audience will also be actively blogging, tweeting and aggregating throughout the event.
A live message board will translate online comments into Arabic, Chinese, English, Indonesian, Persian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Audience members from across the world can join the conversation via bbc.com/superpower. People can also follow the conversation on Twitter (@BBC_SPnation), Facebook (BBCSuperpowerseason), the season blog (bbc.co.uk/blogs/superpower) and on Flickr (flickr.com/photos/47661717@N07)
The BBC?s international news services will be broadcasting live from SuperPower Nation:
BBC Arabic TV will broadcast 10-minute live reports, presented by Samir Farah and Liliane Daoud, at 45 minutes past every hour, from 14:45 to 18:45 GMT on Thursday 18 March. BBC Arabic radio will also broadcast from the event at 16:45 and 17:45 GMT.
BBC Persian TV will broadcast regular live reports from the event throughout the afternoon, and Pooneh Ghooddoosi will present a special hour-long programme live from SuperPower Nation at 15:35 GMT.
BBC World News will be reporting live from the event at 20 minutes past every hour from 17:50 to 22:50 IST on Thursday 18 March. Ros Atkins will also present a special half-hour live SuperPower Nation programme at 21:00 IST.
BBC World Service will broadcast its flagship global discussion programme, World Have Your Say, presented by Ros Atkins, live from Shoreditch Town Hall at 18:00 to 19:00 GMT*.
Other services taking part in the event include BBC Brasil (bbcbrasil.com), BBC Chinese (bbcchinese.com) and BBC Mundo (bbcmundo.com).
