Conference Partners

unesco

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It

contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in

education, sciences, culture, communication and information. UNESCO promotes

knowledge sharing and the free flow of ideas to accelerate mutual understanding

and a more perfect knowledge of each other's lives. UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in the 2030 Agenda, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015. (https://www.unesco.org/en/brief).

University of pretoria

The University of Pretoria in South Africa is the conference lead partner for Africa. The University recently launched its Centre for Asian Studies in Africa (CASA) – a unique hub for research in the field of Asian studies and studies of historical and contemporary connections between the Asian and African continents. CASA will be introduced to AMIC participants during the Conference.

Shanghai International Studies University

Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) is an internationally recognized, academic institution distinctive for its multidisciplinary and multicultural nature, committed to preparing innovative professionals and future global leaders. As China's top-notch university for linguistics, modern languages, intercultural studies, and global and area studies, SISU is a member of the United Nations MoU network, and the Double First Class and Project 211 Universities identified by China's Ministry of Education and has won an unparalleled reputation in linguistics, literary studies, translation studies, intercultural studies and international journalism in Chinese academia. See more at http://en.shisu.edu.cn/

The School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) at SISU, formerly the International Journalism Program established in 1983, has stood out as an educational and research institution featuring global journalism and international communication in China during the past four decades. The School has five undergraduate programs in journalism, online journalism and new media, radio and television, advertising, and international journalism and communication. Among them, journalism and online journalism and new media are top-notch undergraduate programs at the national level in China. It also has three academic MA programs in journalism, communication, and advertising, as well as one professional MA program in journalism and communication and one PhD. program in global communication.

See more at http://en.shisu.edu.cn/

Online Media and Global Communication (OMGC)，the first of kind in China，is an OA journal for high quality articles on theories and methods about the role of online media in global communication. OMGC, sponsored by the Center for Global Public Opinion Research of China and School of Journalism and Communication, SISU, aims to serve as a bridge between the Anglosphere and non English academic world. See more at https://omgc.shisu.edu.cn/

Department of Communication Research
College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines

Since its inception in 1975, the Communication Research program has included courses designed to develop scholarship, skills, proficiency, and professionalism among its students. In addition, it undertakes research and extension activities benefitting stakeholders from sectors within and beyond the academe. The faculty includes full- time members who have served in the academe for an average of 15 years and as communication research practitioners for more than a decade. They have also greatly contributed to the development of the discipline through their researches, publications, and extension work. Individually, they serve as research consultants for various government, non-government, and international agencies. They have likewise established academic tie-ups with both local and foreign academic institutions. The graduates of the program include some of the topnotch researchers in communication, media, and their related fields in the local and global arena; with many becoming successful in corporate communications, government and nongovernment organizations, international agencies, market research, advertising and public relations firms, public information and public opinion research companies, the practice of law, the academe and other fields. The UP CMC Department of Communication Research has been consistently declared as a Center of Excellence (COE) in Communication by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Indonesia Communication Scholars Association

Indonesian Communication Scholars (ISKI) is an organization founded on October 12, 1983 with the aim to provide a knowledge for the general public about uniqueness of communication in Indonesia.

MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

The PUP College of Communication, (COC) currently a top performing college of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, is a Communication School committed to providing quality communication education for the development of globally competitive communication professionals both in the graduate and post graduate levels. It has taken the challenge to maintain its standing even with the recent challenges of the pandemic. It has never ceased to take steps towards its trajectory to excellence in communication education and is continuously redesigning strategies that work well in the present educational landscape. In Esquire Magazine’s May 2022 issue, PUP – COC has been featured as one among the seven best Mass Communication Schools in the Philippines.

The PUP College of Communication (COC) upholds quality and excellence in moulding responsible communication students and producing competitive communication professionals. Yearly, its graduates are among the top of the thousands of graduating students the University produces. Majority of its alumni have successfully landed jobs immediately after graduation. The roster of faculty members teaching in the College is also well-equipped with professional experience in media industry and the academe. COC bears the distinction of being the first communication school in the country to have achieved Level IV Accredited Status as awarded by the AACCUP. This recognition was achieved for its three programs - Broadcast Communication, Journalism and Advertising & PR. Its Communication Research program, initially offered in 2006, is equally competitive and is now Level III accredited, as it responds to the needs of the media and communication industry. Its BA Journalism Program was also awarded as a Center of Development by the Commission on Higher Education.

University of the Philippines Mindanao

The University of the Philippines Mindanao, or UPMin, is the only University of the Philippines constituent university in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. It has the primary mandate to provide equitable access to quality UP education to Mindanawons.

Its College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers undergraduate Architecture, Anthropology, Communication, and Media Arts programs and an English Creative Writing program. It also offers associate and bachelor degrees in Sports.

The College of Science and Mathematics offers Food Technology, Biology, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, and Computer Science. The School of Management provides Agribusiness Economics.

As a graduate university, it offers Ph.D. by Research and diploma degrees in Sports Science and Urban and Regional Planning. It offers master's degrees in Management, Food Science, Urban and Regional Planning, and Human Movement Science.

Its development agenda focuses on opening additional academic programs and new colleges in human kinetics, medicine, and engineering, for its Mindanao sports, health, technological, and bio-cultural diversity initiatives.

With these, it aims to be an internationally competitive graduate, research, and public service university, primed to contribute to Philippine development.

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