N.B. – This is a press release from the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication regarding an international conference on October 8. Hope you can make it. Thanks!
PRESS RELEASE
October 7, 2010
UP CMC, Inha University to hold int’l confab on October 8
The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) and Inha University’s Institute of Culture Management will hold an international conference on October 8 (Friday) at the CMC Plaridel Hall in UP Diliman.
Called the Asian Media Cooperation and Cultural Exchange, its objective is to strengthen international academic and cultural exchange in the culture management, media studies discipline, as well as to promote the knowledge of Asian culture.
The conference aims to bring together scholars from the Philippines, Korea and other Asian countries to discuss issues related to Asian culture and media.
Keynote speakers are Drs. Sundeep Muppidi (University of Hartford, USA), Caroline Hau (Kyoto University, Japan) and Jacqueline Aquino Siapno (Universidade da Paz, East Timor).
Twenty-three paper presenters from the Philippines, Korea, Australia and the United Kingdom will give their presentations during the sessions immediately after the keynote speeches. The sessions are divided into six: Negotiating Change, Reading Cultural Signs, Exploring Spaces, Audiovisual Media, Struggles of the Other and Tech Effects.
The conference is organized with the support of the Asian Institute of Tourism of UP Diliman.
The public is invited to attend this free conference which starts at 9:30 a.m.
For more information, please call Prof. Danilo A. Arao (UP CMC College Secretary) at (0908) 866-2726.
Overview of Conference Program (October 8, 2010)
Registration (9:30-10:00 am, CMC Lobby)
Opening Remarks (10:00-10:20 am, CMC Auditorium)
Dr. Roland B. Tolentino, Dean, CMC, U of the Phil. (Philippines)
Dr. Chi Hyoun Wang, Dean, School of Culture Management, Inha U (Korea)
Keynote Lectures (10:20-11:40 am, CMC Auditorium)
Dr. Sundeep Muppidi, Associate Professor, U of Hartford (USA)
Dr. Caroline S. Hau, Associate Professor, Kyoto U (Japan)
Dr. Jacqueline Aquino Siapno, Associate Professor, U da Paz (E. Timor)
Lunch (11:40 am-1:00 pm)
Panel 1: Negotiating Change (1:00-2:30 pm, CMC Auditorium)
Panel 2: Reading Cultural Signs (1:00-2:30 pm, A 102)
Panel 3: Exploring Spaces (2:40-4:10 pm, CMC Auditorium)
Panel 4: Audiovisual Media (2:40-4:10 pm, A 102)
Coffee Break (4:10-4:30 pm, CMC Lobby)
Panel 5: Struggles of the Other (4:30-6:00 pm, CMC Auditorium)
Panel 6: Tech Effects (4:30-6:00 pm, A 102)
Reception (6:00-7:30 pm)
PROGRAM EMCEE
Dr. Arminda Vallejo-Santiago, CMC & Film Institute, U of the Phil.