28th AMIC Annual Conference
Science Communication: Managing the Now and the Future
20 and 27 November & 4 December 2021


PROVISIONAL PROGRAM (As of 13 July 2021)
*Times in UTC+8:00 Singapore Standard Time


Schedule may be subject to change.
Please check the 2021conference.amic.asia for updates.

#day 1

20
November 
2021
Opening Ceremonies
14:00-14:20
Introduction / Opening Salvo
14:20-14:30
Welcome Remarks by AMIC and AJC
Crispin C. Maslog
Chairman
AMIC Board of Directors
14:30-14:32
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
14:30-15:00
Keynote Speech
14:30-15:00
Conference Overview
Ramon R. Tuazon
AMIC Secretary General
15:10-15:15
AMIC Community Photo Op
15:15-16:30
PLENARY SESSION 1: AMIC Distinguished
Forum AMIC@50: What We Have Done,
What We Can Still Do

16:30-18:30
PARALLEL SESSIONS

Tech Dry Run for Parallel Session Presenters

Parallel Sessions 1: Science Communication Paradigms
Parallel Session 2: Science and the Mass Media
18:30-20:00
PLENARY SESSION 2:
Asian Youth Voices on Communicating Science

20:00-20:30
Book Launching
Communication Theory: 
The Asian Perspective (2nd edition)
Edited by Dr. Wimal Dissanayake
20:30-21:00
Art and Cultural Presentation by AJC
21:00
OPEN AMIC (Business Matching and Networking)

#day 2

27
November 
2021
13:45-14:00
Keynote Speech
14:00-15:00
PLENARY SESSION 3
Communicating the COVID-19 Pandemic: 

The Vietnam Success Story
15:00-17:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS 

Tech Dry Run for Parallel Session Presenters
Parallel Sessions 5: Science Communication Education
Parallel Sessions 6: Science Communication Strategies & Practices
17:00-18:30
PLENARY SESSION 4
Science Communication in Social Media: Information Order or Disorder?
18:30-19:30
AMIC General Assembly
To be attended by AMIC officers, members, and laureates

#day 3

4
December 
2021
13:00-14:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Parallel Sessions 07A: Science Communication 
Issues in Vietnam (Sessions will be in Vietnamese)
14:00-15:30
PLENARY SESSION 5:
Climate Change: From Inconvenient 
Truth to Incontrovertible Fact
15:30-17:30
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Tech Dry Run for Parallel Session Presenters

Parallel Sessions 07B: Science Communication 
in the ICT Ecosystem
Parallel Sessions 8: Science Communication Issues
Parallel Sessions 9: Science Communication Issues 
17:00-18:30
PLENARY SESSION 6:
Scientists, Journalists, and Communication Specialists: Toward a Sustainable Relationship
18:30-19:30
AMIC Asia Communication Award & AMIC Asia Young Leader Award
19:30-19:45
Closing Ceremonies

Closing Remarks
Ramon R. Tuazon (AMIC Secretary General)

Announcement and Ceremonial Turnover of key to host AMIC Conference - From Academy of Journalism and Communication to the next conference host HEI.

Profile video of 2022 Conference Host HEI

Acceptance Speech of 2022 Conference Host HEI

Post-Conference
Events

14 December 2021
Free webinar 
(link will be announced later)
15:00-16:30
The Future of Journalism Education in the World and in Asia Pacific
16:30-17:00
Asian Journal of Communication and Media Asia: Continuing the Tradition of Excellence in Journal Publishing
linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram