2023 ORBICOM Conference

Greetings from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia!

The UNESCO Chair on Social Practices in Intercultural Communication and Social Cohesion, located at the Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), jointly organises with the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication (ORBICOM) an international conference for the first time this year in Malaysia.

This conference entitled “Digitizing Intercultural Communication – Alienation vs. Humanism in Social Spaces and Media” will take at Pullman Waterfront Hotel, Miri, Sarawak, from 7 to 9 June 2023. Call of papers, conference schedule and fees can be found in the attached brochure. You may also want to visit our UNESCO Chair website: https://www.unescoukmchair.com/ and click on the 2023 Conference tab for more information.

This conference is especially suitable for academics and graduate students who research in the following scientific fields: mass media and communication, digital humanities, information technology, organisational sociology and psychology, international business, human resource management.

All presented papers will have an opportunity for publication in an edited book with UKM Press. If you wish to network with UNESCO Chair holders from all over the globe and connect with UNESCO headquarters, send us an abstract before 3rd March 2023!

For more information, get in touch with our Conference secretariat at : unescoukmchair@gmail.com, or engage into a conversation with our conference chairman, Dr. Eric Olmedo, at: ericjose.olmedo@gmail.com

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