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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The International CommunicationsAssociation (ICA) Regional Conference will be held at the City (Gardens Point) Campus of the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia,
from 1-3 October 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Conference theme:
<b><i><span style="color:#0B6C49">Digital Transformations, Social Media Engagement and the Asian Century</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The conference theme draws together three elements. First, the rise of the digital economy has meant that “born digital” firms, industries and practices are transforming media and communications
industries and professions. Second, the rise of social media is rapidly transforming arange of communications professions and practices, such as journalism, public relations, political communication and health communication, as well as therelationship of audiences
to media content. Finally, there has been a shift in geo-economic power balances going on for some years from the Atlantic Corridor to the Asia-Pacific, associated with the rise of Asian nations in the global economy.
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Keynote speakers for the conference include: Lance Bennett (University of Washington), Mohan Dutta (National University of Singapore), Christine
Huang (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Christoph Neuberger (University of Munich), Jack Linchuan Qiu (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Cynthia Stohl (University of California Santa Barbara), Peter Vorderer (University of Mannheim). There will also be sponsored
special sessions on crisis communication, science communication, and using social media to promote scholarly work.
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<span style="background:white">deadline for extended abstracts & panel proposals is
<b>Friday 22 April 2014</b>. Registrations open on 25 April, and all submitters will be advised of acceptance no later than early June. For moreinformation on the conference, including paper submission, conference registration and accommodation details, go
to </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://icabrisbane2014.com/"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";background:white;
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<div><span style="font-family: BlissLight;"><font color="#ff6600">Author of <i>Global Creative Industries</i> </font><font color="#ff6600"> (Polity, 2013) </font></span><a href="http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745648398" style="color: purple; font-family: BlissLight;">http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745648398</a></div>
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