[Commlist] Call for Submissions: Media Industries 2027

International Conference
Media Industries: MI2027
14-16 June 2027
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Hosted by the Department of Communication, Universidad Carlos III de 
Madrid in conjunction with the Audiovisual Diversity research group, and 
the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College 
London.

Paper, panel, roundtable and workshop proposals are now invited for the 
2027 ‘Media Industries’ conference (‘MI2027’).

Following the 2018 and 2024 editions, the ‘Media Industries’ conference 
returns in 2027. Continuing the rationale established with the previous 
conferences, MI2027 provides a meeting ground for all forms of media 
industries research. Proposals for papers, panels, and workshops are 
invited for research from across the full breadth of the media 
industries. To energize interdisciplinary discussions, we welcome 
proposals presenting research from all intellectual and methodological 
traditions. Additionally, to recognize the full scope and diversity of 
media industries, proposals may address industries in contemporary or 
historical contexts, and at global, transnational, national, or 
sub-national levels of analysis.

Proposals are welcomed in three categories (see full details below):
•	open call papers
•	pre-constituted panels
•	pre-constituted workshops

*PLEASE NOTE*: •	MI2027 will take place in-person only and we are unable 
to accommodate requests for virtual presentations
•	The conference will take place exclusively in English and all 
proposals should be submitted in this language

PARTNERS
MI2027 aims to bring together scholars researching media industries from 
across multiple professional associations and their relevant sub-groups 
or sections. We are therefore very pleased to be organizing ‘MI2027’ in 
partnership with:
•	Asian Media Industries Research Network
•	British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) - 
Screen Industries Special Interest Group
•	European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) - 
Media Industries and Cultural Production Section
•	European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) - Screen 
Industries Work Group
•	Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GFM) - AG Medienindustrien
•	Global Media and China journal
•	Media Industries journal
•	Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) - Media Industries 
Scholarly Interest Group

CONFERENCE DIRECTORS
Christopher Meir
Paul McDonald

HOST COMMITTEE
Vicente Rodríguez Ortega, Concepción Cascajosa Virino, and Juan Ignacio 
Gallego Pérez.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Luca Barra, Sarah Bashir, Neha Bhatia, Hanne Bruun, Pedro Gallo Buenaga, 
Orçun Can, Ruby Cheung, Pei Sze Chow, David Craig, Virginia Crisp, 
Tamsyn Dent, Kay Dickinson, Courtney Brannon Donoghue, Susanne Eichner, 
Elizabeth Evans, Tom Evens, Siao Yuong Fong, Kate Fortmueller, Tim 
Havens, Jennifer Hessler, Dianlin Huang, Daphne Idiz, Catalina Iordache, 
Deqiang Ji, Derek Johnson, Nessa Keddo, Joe F. Khalil, Pete Kunze, 
Wing-Fai Leung, Eva Cheuk Yin Li, Skadi Loist, Alfred L. Martin Jr., 
Jade Miller, Tanner Mirrlees, Alisa Perren, Jennifer Porst, Rizqi 
Prasya, Steve Presence, Eva Novrup Redvell, Willemien Sanders, Kevin 
Sanson, Andrew Spicer, Jeanette Steemers, Greg Steirer, Vilde Schanke 
Sundet, Petr Szczepanik, Christa van Raalte, Yannis Tzioumakis, Lies van 
Roessel, Jaap Verheul, Patrick Vonderau, Kristen Warner, Andrew White, 
Natalie Wreyford, Shuhuan Zhou, and Anna Zoellner.
REGISTRATION
All delegates will need to register for the conference.

Registration for the conference will go live in November 2026, and fees 
will be structured on the basis of full (academics, waged) and reduced 
(students, unwaged) status, but also tiered according to the delegate’s 
country of residence using the World Bank’s country classifications by 
Gross National Income per capita.

SUBMISSIONS
The system for submitting proposals is NOW OPEN.

Deadline for submissions is 23.00hrs Pacific Daylight Time (PDT = UTC 
-7) on Monday 14 September 2026

Proposals are welcomed in three categories and should be submitted 
through the following links.

1)	OPEN CALL PAPERS (submission form.jotform.com/261425199160356)
Format: 20mins solo or co-presented research papers. These will later be 
combined by the conference programme team into thematically organised 
panels. Requirements: •	paper title
•	abstract (max. 400 words)
•	2 keywords from pre-populated list
•	3 free-text keywords
•	3-5 sources relevant to the paper
•	presenter(s) - name, institutional affiliation (if any), contact 
e-mail address, 100 word professional biography

2)  PRE-CONSTITUTED PANELS (submission form.jotform.com/261424223130340)
Format: 90mins panel of 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins thematically linked 
solo or co-presented research papers followed by questions. 
Requirements: •	panel title •	panel rationale (max. 400 words)
•	chair(s) - name, institutional affiliation (if any), contact e-mail 
address, 100 word professional biography
•	speaker(s) - name, institutional affiliation (if any), contact e-mail 
address, 100 word professional biography
•	nominated chair (either one of the presenters or another delegate)
•	individual proposals (presenter/co-presenter details, title, 400 word 
abstract, 3 keywords, 3-5 sources) for 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins research 
papers

3)  PRE-CONSTITUTED WORKSHOPS (submission form.jotform.com/261424030570344)
Format: 90mins interactive session involving a team of 3-5 participants, 
including a nominated leader, focused on a particular issue, problem or 
practice arising from researching or teaching media industries. Unlike 
the conventional speakers/audience structure of panels, the workshop 
team should place emphasis on energising creative interactions between 
all attendees. Workshop proposals should be designed in a manner that 
assumes the team will only speak for no more than 30 minutes in total, 
with the remainder of the time devoted to interaction with the 
attendees. Besides offering a rationale the issues they plan to address, 
proposals should also include a description of the activity the team 
plans to organize. This format is highly flexible to allow workshop 
leaders to adapt the 90mins according to the activities and discussions 
involved. The exact nature of the activities is up to the workshop team, 
but possible ideas include:
•	group brainstorming activities.
•	collection of anonymous questions from attendees that are responded to 
by the team.
•	short creative activities that can completed on attendees’ mobile devices.
•	surveys and questionnaires that can be completely quickly and 
discussed in the session.

Proposals for workshops will be evaluated based equally on the issues 
they address as well as the creativity and potential for dynamic 
interaction seen in the proposal. Requirements: •	workshop title
•	workshop rationale (max. 400 words) - what is the aim of the workshop? 
how will it contribute to research, practice or education in media 
industries?
•	description of workshop activity (max. 400 words) - what activity or 
activities will the Workshop Team conduct to engage with and involve 
attendees?
•	3-5 sources relevant to the workshop
•	workshop leader(s) - name, institutional affiliation (if any), contact 
e-mail address, 100 word professional biography
•	1-6 other workshop participant(s) - name, institutional affiliation 
(if any), contact e-mail address, max. 100 word professional biography

Delegates can make up to TWO contributions to the conference but only 
ONE in any category, e.g., presenting an open call paper and presenting 
a paper on a pre-constituted panel, or presenting an open call paper AND 
leading or participating in a workshop, will be permitted, but not 
presenting two open call papers. Chairing a pre-constituted panel will 
NOT count as one of those contributions.
 Papers (either open call or as part of a pre-constituted panel) maybe 
presented individually or by a pair of co-presenters.

TIMELINE
•	Monday 14 September 2026 at 23.00hrs PDT deadline for submissions
•	mid-November 2026 acceptances announced, and delegate registrations open
•	end-January 2027 first draft of the programme
•	Monday 10 May 2027 deadline for all delegate registrations
•	Monday 14 to Wednesday 16 June 2027 conference

CONTACT
The conference website will go live in late 2026, but in the meantime, 
if you have any questions, please contact (media-industries /at/ kcl.ac.uk)
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