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AMIC 22ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
in partnership with the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada
4-7 July 2013, Melia Purosani Hotel, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Theme: Transformational Communication and the New Asia
AMIC 2013 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE
The full programme for this year’s 22nd AMIC international conference to be held in Yogyakarta (4th-7th July) is now available in pdf.
More than 270 paper presenters, a record for AMIC, have been scheduled to participate in parallel and plenary sessions at the four-day event. Conference delegates are expected from 24 countries across the world.
AMIC’s premier annual event is hosted by Universitas Gadjah Mada and will be held at the Melia Purosani Hotel in Yogyakarta. Conference participants are reminded to register on-line now and to make their hotel bookings. Full details are available on the AMIC conference web-site.
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SELAMAT DATANG
Welcome to Indonesia! That’s the call from Universitas Gadjah Mada, hosts for this year’s AMIC international conference in Yogyakarta.
Under the guidance of UGM Rector, Professor Pratikno, the conference team from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences has worked strenuously to ensure that every aspect of the AMIC conference will proceed smoothly and effortlessly.
UGM conference team leader, Dr. Hermin Indah Wahyuni, has assured participants that they will enjoy a truly rich intellectual and cultural experience over the four days of the conference.
AMIC conference co-ordinator, Associate Professor Rachel Khan, has recently returned from a visit to Yogyakarta and is impressed with arrangements.
"The hotel venue is splendid and all other conference planning is well advanced", she said. "The opening and closing ceremonies will be held in the Amarta Ballroom, with parallel sessions in rooms close to each other elsewhere in the hotel".
Logistical information has now been forwarded to all conference delegates and AMIC members. It gives useful airport arrival and departure details, as well as visa advice, taxi travel, hotel arrangements and conference matters. The information letter is available here.
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MASTERCLASS PLANNED FOR YOGYAKARTA CONFERENCE
Development communication students and researchers are in for a feast at AMIC’s 2013 conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Within the overall context of this year’s conference theme, Transformational Communication and the New Asia, the prestigious UNESCO Emeritus Dialogue in Yogyakarta will explore how development communication fits the realities of a changing Asia. Does it still have a role? |
Five development communication experts, each with a lifetime of specialist knowledge in the field, will provide a spirited and challenging debate on the subject, especially highlighting the changes brought about by the inroads made into rural parts of Asia by new technologies. Have mobile phones and social media impacted on the way in which communities participate in their own development? What of ‘traditional’ development communication processes and media tools? Do they still have a place?
The UNESCO Emeritus Dialogue will feature Indonesian development communication expert Professor Alwi Dahlan, Professor John Lent, a renowned scholar on Asia from the USA, publisher and former IDRC communication specialist, Chin Saik Yoon from Malaysia, former AMIC Asian Communication Awardee, Professor Crispin Maslog of the Philippines, and AMIC Board Member Professor Binod Agrawal from India. The session will be chaired by academic and media specialist, Arun Mahizhnan, of Singapore’s Institute of Policy Studies.
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EARLY BIRD REGISTRANTS CAN BOOK TOUR OF BOROBUDUR
The AMIC-UGM Conference Secretariat is happy to announce that an optional tour of Borobudur has been arranged at a discounted rate. For only USD26 (75% off market rate), delegates can sign up for a tour of the world famous temples on July 7 at 1pm, right after the closing lunch of the conference. The tour package includes a bus trip to Borobudur and entrance fee to the temple. Slots are limited to 60 persons, registered participants and their spouses/companions will be given priority booking.
For more about the heritage site, click here.
The temple-compound dates back to the 8th century but rediscovered only in the 19th century. It was named a UNESCO Heritage Site in the 1970s. |
Meanwhile, the AMIC-UGM Secretariat is moving into high-gear as the last leg of preparations commence. AMIC 2013 conference registration can be accessed online.
For on-line registration: Please register here.
For off-line registration: Please download the registration form.
To avail of the discounted conference rate, participants should first join or update their membership to AMIC
For reserving a slot for the Borobudur tour, please see instructions
on this page (below map).
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Also, please book your hotel rooms as soon as possible at the conference venue: Hotel Melia Purosani. The 5-star hotel is offering the first 150 AMIC delegates a special room rate for the duration of the event. Delegates should book on-line directly with the hotel using the specially assigned booking code. Details of the code are available on the Conference page of the AMIC web-site: http://amic.org.sg/conference/AMIC2013/hotel.htm.
July is peak tourist season in Yogyakarta and rooms will be rapidly occupied.
Go to conference page for more details
RADIOASIA 2013 REGISTRATION UNDERWAY!
Registration is now open for the RadioAsia 2013 conference in Hanoi, Vietnam.
This year’s conference theme looks at social media and the way it influences radio broadcasting. What are the challenges of the future? How can ‘traditional’ radio broadcasting harness the power of the new digital on-line technologies?
Already, a range of influential radio broadcasting experts and managers have agreed to speak at RadioAsia 2013. Subjects for discussion include community radio and the new media, advertising and audience measurement, radio and emergency situations and a panel discussion focusing on key areas for radio in the new era.
Conference delegates can now register on-line for the conference at www.radioasia.org. Full hotel booking details are also available on the web-site, as is a draft of the conference programme.
The RadioAsia2013 conference, jointly organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) will be held in Hanoi from 29 to 31 July 2013. The host organisation is ABU member, the Voice of Vietnam.
UGM RECTOR MEETS AMIC
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In preparation for this year's annual conference, AMIC Secretary-General, Martin Hadlow recently met with UGM Rector, Professor Pratikno, at his office in Yogyakarta.
Prof. Pratikno noted that the conference theme, Transformational Communication and the New Asia was a concept that Indonesians could very much relate to. As a
matter of fact, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's most popular vision is, perhaps, the country's soft power diplomacy, which he presented before a UN forum. That is, soft power that focuses more on bringing peace through different approaches such as culture, education and communication.
Dr. Hadlow also met with Dean Dr. Erwan Agus Purwanto of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, and with the faculty members of the Department of Communication, led by former Dean Dr. Hermin Wahyuni, the UGM coordinator for the conference.
The theme of this year's annual AMIC conference seeks to highlight the role of communication and the media in bringing about a 'New Asia', that is, an Asia that is slowly transforming into a 'soft power' as Europe and North America seem to continue their decline.
With this economic growth comes 'soft power', seen in the growing global influence of Asian culture, symbolized by, for example, the rising Bollywood and Hong Kong genre in films, Japanese anime and Korean pop music. It is also seen in the Asian presence in various communication channels.
Most Asian nations have their own radio and television networks and have reduced their reliance on Western-oriented international news agencies for their world news content. And their social and mobile media presence is overwhelming. To illustrate, the Internet Worldstats.com reports that Chinese is the second most used language on the Internet (after English). Japanese rated fourth, and Korean was tenth.
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| 22nd AMIC Annual Conference |
4-7 July, 2013,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Transformational Communication and the New Asia
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Principal Partners
Universitas
Gadjah Mada
WeeKimWee School of Communication
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Other
Sponsors & Partners
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Singapore
Taylor & Francis
University of Pancasila, Jakarta
School of Journalism and Communication,
The University of Queensland, Australia
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Participants, including paper presenters, are required to complete the Registration process before 4 July 2013.
To avail of the discounted conference rate, participants should first join or update their membership to AMIC.
More details: Visit Website
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