Media registration will not be open until April 2012.

All media must be accredited to attend AAD2012. Media are accredited in accordance with AAD 2012's media admissions policy and it must be noted that only appropriate aviation and/or defence related media will be accredited. Media accreditation is furthermore only available to editorial personnel, including relevant photographers or camera/production crews.

All advertising, marketing and sales personnel will not be accredited as media but should apply for trade visitor passes to access AAD2012.

Please note that all editors, staff writers, photographers or camera/production crews attending AAD2012 will need to be accredited in advance. An individual submission is required for each representative, including camera/production crew.

Africa Aerospace and Defence reserve the right to request the following validations before granting accreditation.

• Recognised Media or Press Card,
• Letter of assignment on official letterhead from the Editor or Bureau Chief.
• Freelance writes may be requested to provide two by-line editorial stories.

A full colour, digital headshot photograph which should be at least 300 dpi, no smaller than passport sized with a maximum file size of 2MB will be required in order to complete the registration process. Please note the following cut-off dates for media accreditation:

• Non-South African Media – 8 September 2012
• South African Media – 8 September 2012

Successful applicants will be notified via email.

NB! All members of the press and media partners (local and international) must possess an Official AAD2012 media badge in order to gain admission into the Media Centre.