ICA Annual Conference in Fukuoka, Japan
Theme: Communicating with Power
9-13 June 2016
Click this link to access the paper submission site:
http://www.icahdq.org/cfp/
Deadline for submission: Monday, 2 November 2015 at 23:00 hours GMT
(Note the change to Greenwich Mean Time)
PLEASE NOTE: There are some changes for our upcoming conference. It is very important that you read Division and Interest Group calls carefully. Where there is a difference between Section requirements and ICA guidelines, the Section requirements will take precedence. There is an overall limit of 5 submissions per presenter again this year.
Tips for Online Submission
INDIVIDUAL PROPOSAL: SUBMITTING A PAPER OR EXTENDED ABSTRACT?
Have your document ready to upload! You MUST upload a paper or extended abstract in order to complete the submission process. Before submitting your document, remember to remove all author identification from the text, cover page, and the file properties. (In the "File" menu select "Properties," delete any identifying information, click "OK," and save the document.)
SESSIONS PROPOSALS: SUBMITTING A PANEL OR ROUND TABLE PROPOSAL?
Plan ahead! The Session Organizer submits the panel proposal, and enters all of the panel information including the abstract rationale, and listing of all panel participants. When entering a panel participant, please SEARCH THE DATABASE for the participants. ENTER ONLY 2 OR 3 LETTERS OF THE FIRST AND LAST NAMES WHEN SEARCHING. This strategy will minimize the possibility of missing a record because of a 'special' character in the first or last names. Creating a second record for a person already in the database will cause problems in the future. In the Panel Description field enter the text of your panel proposal including rationale, presentation authors and titles, and abstracts or any other information mentioned in the Call for Papers. You can do this by copying and pasting the text of the panel proposal from your Word document.
CONSIDER SUBMITTING YOUR WORK OR PAPER AS A THEME SESSION
If your topic crosses the interests of several divisions or interest groups, and relates to this year’s theme, Communicating with Power, consider submitting your work or paper as a theme session for the conference, rather to a single specialty division. Communicating power is about communicating—both sending and receiving—powerfully or forcefully. This is reaching out to the influencers, not necessarily those just holding formal positions. It is speaking with a louder voice, designing with cleverer graphics, shooting with more artistic and appealing videography. It is gamification so that messages are absorbed and acted upon. It is investigating phenomena and variables that, when better understood, will make a bigger difference with more people, making a corner of the world a better place. The currency of academia is influence. If we can influence to make a positive difference, we will have communicated with power.
If you have any questions about submitting your work for the theme sessions, please get in touch with this year’s theme chair, Cherian George, Hong Kong Baptist University School of Communication, E-mail: cherian@hkbu.edu.hk. We welcome your contributions!
MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD SUBMIT ONLINE
ICA Member Associations are eligible for at least one panel program at the conference. The highest ranking elected officer or designated program planner of each Member Association is invited to submit a panel proposal through the online submission system by the 2 November submission deadline. Follow the instructions for submitting a panel session and submit under Sponsored Sessions.
Help is available:
If you need help with online submission, contact the appropriate ICA division or Interest Group program planner. Contact information is listed in the Call for Papers. All divisions and interest groups are accepting only electronic submissions.
Read the full Call for Papers (http://www.icahdq.org/conf/2016/2016cfp.pdf) now as a PDF.
Please note: The last few days of the paper submission period have traditionally been periods of very high activitiy. We strongly urge early submissions in order to avoid problems.
