[ecrea] ICA Regional Conference in Kenya

Looking to the past with gratitude, the present with passion,
the future with hope
The International Communication Association (ICA) and the
Local Organizing Committee (LOC) hereby invite extended abstract paper 
proposals
for the first ICA Africa Regional Conference to be held at Daystar 
University in
Nairobi-Kenya.

The conference will focus on the theme of Growing
Communication Scholarship: Looking to the past with gratitude, the 
present with
passion, the future with hope
The conference will bring together communication scholars
and professionals from around the world to share research, exchange 
ideas, and
stimulate dialogue on the past, present, and future of communication
scholarship. The conference seeks to highlight relevant issues, trends, and
future agendas for communication scholarship. Also included in the 
conference will
be keynote and plenary sessions by notable communication scholars,
practitioners, and policy makers.

Participants should submit extended abstracts of 1000 - 2000
words including the title, description, rationale, theoretical 
framework, and
methodology of their proposed presentation. Panel proposals should 
consist of
1000-word description and rationale of the panel and 500-word description of
each presentation on the panel.
The abstracts are to be submitted via the ICA paper
management system, from the ICA website http://www.icahdq.org/ on/by 1 March
2016.
Proposals may address subthemes including, but not limited
to:







• Global Communication
• Media Use across the Lifespan
• Media Regulation, Ownership & Convergence
• New Media
• Religion and Media
• Development and Health Communication
• Communication, Regional Cooperation, Peace &
Conflict Resolution
• Localizing Media (content generation & distribution)
• Children, Youth and Women in the Media
• Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing Communication
• Journalism in the Technological Age (e.g. convergence,
training)
• Political Communication (e.g. electioneering, good
governance)
• Crisis /Risk/Disaster Communication (e.g. terrorism,
safety)
• Science Communication (e.g. environment and climate
change,
sustainability)
• Dominant Cultural themes and Communication (e.g. cultural
anthropology & communication)

Conference Venue:
Daystar University Nairobi, Kenya
Conference Dates:
19th – 21st Oct. 2016

Proposal Submission Deadline
Deadline for Extended Abstract ICA Paper Management System:
1 March, 2016

Conference Registration Deadlines:
i. Early bird registration
ii. Regular registration
iii. On-site Registration - 18th (18.00hrs - 20.00hrs),
19th, 20th Oct. 2016
REGISTRATION COST:
Early birdr egistration
Students $120, others $150
(Kshs 12,000 & Kshs 15,000 respectively)
Regular registration
Students $130, others $160
(Kshs 13,000 & Kshs 16,000 respectively)
On-site Registration
Students $140, others $170
(Kshs 14,000 & Kshs 17,000 respectively)

For more information, please visit the ICA website
http://www.icahdq.org/
OR contact the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) on: Email:
(icafrica2016 /at/ daystar.ac.ke)















On 2/22/16, 9:26 AM, "nico carpentier" <(nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)> wrote:

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