Safe journey and until we meet again!
That was the farewell message to delegates from AMIC 22nd international conference hosts Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) at the conference closing in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 7th July.
After four days of intense and intellectually stimulating discourse on a diverse variety of communication subjects and issues in both plenary and parallel sessions, the conference concluded with a final plenary on New Media, Old Media Ethics, followed by a grand closing ceremony.
Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at UGM, Dr. Erwan Agus Purwanto, represented the UGM Rector, Dr. Pratikno, at the concluding event and thanked all delegates for participating in the conference.
AMIC Chairman, Professor Ang Peng Hwa of Singapore expressed AMIC’s profuse thanks to the hosts and called on delegates to gather again next year for AMIC’s 23rd international conference. The location and venue have yet to be named.
AMIC’s Secretary-General, Assoc. Prof. Martin Hadlow, especially thanked UGM’s conference committee leader, Dr. Phil. Hermin Indah Wahyuni of UGM, and her team of staff and students.
The ceremony concluded with gifts being presented to the Dean and to Dr. Hermin.