The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), Singapore, is proud to announce its 22nd Annual Conference, to be held in partnership with the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada. The conference will be held from July 4-7, 2013, at the hotel Meliá Purosani, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The theme of the conference is 'Transformational Communication and the New Asia'. The conference invites abstracts, papers, panel proposals and media presentations for consideration.

The conference proposes to take stock of Asian media and communication studies, keeping in mind the challenges and opportunities arising out of globalisation, new media and the resurgence of Asia. The conference seeks to address the problems and prospects that emerge from these new global developments for media practitioners, media owners and operators, and communication scholars, especially in terms of examining and analysing present theory and practice. During the four-day conference, delegates will be exposed to thought-provoking presentations and papers from media experts, industry practitioners and academics who will provide retrospective and introspective views on Asian media and communication, besides looking at the prospects for the media scene in this part of the world. They will be able to re-examine, reinterpret and take stock of 20th century perspectives and propose contemporary paradigms that are more relevant to the present.

This flagship annual conference has been hosted in rotation by countries across the Asia-Pacific region. Recent annual conferences have been held in Selangor, Malaysia (2012), Hyderabad, India (2011), Singapore (2010), New Delhi, India (2009), Manila, Philippines (2008) and Singapore (2007). This premier event on Asian media attracts close to 400 eminent international speakers and participants from the media industry including government agencies, policymakers, regulators, UN agencies, donors, research groups, civil society organisations, independent consultants and students across the globe. It features high-profile keynote addresses, plenary sessions and several parallel track sessions. Networking events, cultural programmes, media visits and sightseeing events are also held in conjunction with the annual conference.