AMIC holds 30th Annual Conference in Beijing
Communication and journalism educators, scholars, and practitioners will meet at the Communication University of China (CUC) in Beijing for the 30th Annual Conference of the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), September 24 to 26 .
This year’s conference theme celebrates the rich and colorful diversity of Asian culture, highlighting one common value, “Asia as a (Knowledge) Sharing Society.” It will take a closer look at how Asian communication and journalism schools can collaborate so that they can reap the benefits of the internationalization of higher education, said Dr. Crispin C. Maslog, chair of the AMIC Board of Directors.
He added that this year, the 53-year-old AMIC takes a giant step toward achieving its vision “to be truly Asian” as it welcomes colleagues from diverse sub-regions of Asia, such as Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, North Asia, Oceana and the Pacific, South Asia, and West Asia.
The event features four plenary sessions on the following topics: Updates on Internationalization of Higher Education in Asia; Journalism and Communication Education: Asia’s Best Practices; Journalism Issues Across Asia: Commonalities & Differences; and The Bandung Spirit in the Era of AI, Meeting 2.0.
Some 20 parallel sessions will be held, featuring almost 200 papers on Artificial Intelligence, Media and Information Literacy, Health Communication, Environment and Sustainable Development Communication, Communication and Culture, and Freedom of Expression. There will be parallel sessions in Chinese language.
Master classes will feature topics on Gamification for Entertainment and Learning; Mobile and Smartphone Filmmaking; Advance Film Studies with Machine Learning; How to Use Link-Building Techniques to Enhance PR Campaign Visibility and Engagement in Digital Environments; Effective Peer Review; and Academic Journal Publishing.
A memorandum of understanding will be signed to formalize collaboration among higher education institutions in Asia.
During the event, AMIC will also confer the 2023 and 2024 AMIC Asia Communication Award to Dr. Arvind Singhal and Dr. Cherian George, respectively. Established in 2006, the Award and has since been conferred on 23 communication scholars, educators, and practitioners.
The AMIC 2024 Beijing Conference Declaration on Collaboration Among Higher Education Institutions Offering Communication and Journalism Programs in Asia will be adopted at the end of the three-day conference.
The AMIC 30th Annual Conference also coincides with the 70th founding anniversary of CUC, the conference host, which has evolved as one of the leading communication higher education institutions in Asia.
Partnering with AMIC for the conference are UNESCO, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Faculty of Communication Arts – Chulalongkorn University, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, City of Malabon University, Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Manipal Institute of Communication, City College of Calamba, Universitas Padjadjaran, Department of Communication Research – UP College of Communication, Ateneo de Davao University, and Visayas State University.