The International Communication Association's current and prospective members can, beginning September 1, submit full papers and abstracts-as well as interactive papers and panel presenation proposals. The online submission window will stay open for 8 weeks, closing at 11 pm EST on November 1. To read about the 2008 Conference setting (Montreal), theme ("Communicating for Social Impact"), and submission guidelines, check the ICA website at http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2008/2008CFP.pdf.
The setting of the 2008 conference is the Le Centre Sheraton Montreal, located in the downtown area (City Centre) not far from the Old Montreal District. Montreal is the second largest city in Canada, and the largest French-speaking city in the Western Hemisphere. The city is famous as a great cultural center: Its summer festivals, such as the Grand Prix and the Montreal International Jazz Festival, are especially highly renowned. However, it also has vibrant music, theater, museum, culinary, and nightlife scenes. Montreal is a modern cosmopolitan city, but, like many European cities, it has kept one foot in the old world. Some of the architecture in "Old Montreal" dates to the 1600s, the time of Canada's earliest settlement.
"Communicating for social impact is a twofold endeavor," says Patrice Buzzanell, ICA President-Elect and Conference Program Chair. "First, this theme mandates greater attention to the development and publicizing of communication research that assists different nations, NGOs, community organizations, and others in identifying and combating social problems..... Second, the 2008 theme also addresses challenges to the meaningfulness of our work and its translation into venues where the people who most need this research can access it."
Submit your papers soon and avoid the last-minute rush!
