— DAY 1 —
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Welcome Messages
Crispin C. Maslog
Chairman, AMIC Board of Directors
Rosario O. Lapus
President, Miriam College
Herbert M. Bautista
Mayor, Quezon City Local Government
Opening Remarks from AIJC–AMIC–PWU Consortium
Jose Francisco B. Benitez
President, Philippine Women’s University
Mel V. Velarde
Chairman and CEO, Asian Institute of Journalism
Video Messages
Frank La Rue
(Assistant
Maria Leonor C. Robredo
(Vice President, Republic of the Philippine)
Inaugural Address
Conchita C. Carpio Morales
Ombudsman of the Republic of the Philippines
Plenary 1: AMIC Distinguished Forum – Rethinking Communication in a Resurgent Asia
Florangel Z. Rosario Braid
President Emeritus, Senior Adviser & Trustee Asian Institute of Journalism & Communication
Dhavalasri Shelton A. Gunaratne
Professor Emeritus, Minnesota State University
Ronny Adhikarya
Former Founder/ Manager of KULT
(Knowledge Utilization through Learning Tech.)
John A. Lent
Founder/Publisher /
Moderator: Crispin C. Maslog
Chairman, AMIC Board of Directors
Parallel Session A
Parallel Session B
Philippine Folk Festival
— DAY 2 —
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Keynote Message
Former Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Bhutan
Plenary Session 2: UNESCO Emeritus Dialogue – Asian Philosophies, Religions and Communication
Director, Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication (ARC) at St. John’s University, Bangkok Program Coordinator for Pastoral Communication, University of Santo Tomas Graduate School/Theological Faculty, Manila
Lecturer and Director, Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Senior Fellow at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
Founder, My Green News.com
Professor, Miriam College/ University of the Philippines
AMIC Board of Directors/Co-founder, Himgiri Zee University, Dehradun/ Co-founder, Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA)
Google Talk
Head of Communications and Public Affairs Google Philippines/ Thailand
Parallel Session C
Parallel Session D
Plenary Session 3: Freedom of Expression in Post-Truth Era
Cherian George
Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University/
Director, Center for Media and Communication Research Hong Kong Baptist University/ Editor, AMIC Media Asia
Lars H. Bestle
Head of Department for Asia International Media Support (IMS)
Peixin Cao
Professor, Communication University of China
Yvonne T. Chua
Asst. Professor, Department of Journalism
UP College of Mass Communication/Co-Founder, VERA Files
Moderator: Ang Peng Hwa
Chairman d’Honneur, AMIC Board of Directors
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Closing Plenary
Ma. Jose
Vice-Mayor, Quezon City Local Government
Ramon R. Tuazon
AMIC
AMIC Business Meeting
4. Parallel Session Powerpoint Presentations (Upload pending)
Editorial Board:
Editor in Chief:
Crispin C. Maslog
Chairman, AMIC Board of Directors
Editor of Abstracts:
Ramon R. Tuazon
AMIC
Editorial Assistant:
Fernando M. Academia Jr.
AMIC Project Officer