IAIS hosted a half-day seminar titled "The Media, Human Values, Ethics and Morality: Challenging Issues", in which press freedom in Malaysia was discussed. The Fountain magazine and its publishing ethics was also a part of the seminar, which was organized by IAIS and Malaysian Turkish Dialogue Society, featuring Mr Abdul Jalil Ali, Mr Nizal Mohamed, Dr. Cristoph Marcinkowski, Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican, and Emeritus Professor Osman Bakar. More than 160 academics, journalists, and members of diverse religions attended the seminar.