Programme | ICA-TH 2026 Conference

Programme Highlights

Opening Keynote Address

A leading scholar examines digital power asymmetries and knowledge production across Thailand and the Mekong region. Speaker to be announced.

Regional Hub Online Roundtable

Regional ICA hubs connect in a shared dialogue linking local research agendas to global ICA conversations.

Publication Mentorship

Small-group consultations with editors and senior scholars supporting publication strategies and journal submissions.

Methods Masterclass

A 90-minute intensive workshop focusing on high-demand research methodologies for communication research.

Mekong Research Clinics

Peer feedback sessions offering methodological guidance, research design consultation, and ethical research support.

Consortium Launch

The conference concludes with the launch of the Bangkok Hub Report and the establishment of the Thailand-Mekong Consortium.

Tentative Program

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📅 Programme Update

The final and complete programme will be released on
25 May 2026

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Welcoming Day

Friday 5 June 2026

Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University

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Day 1

Saturday 6 June 2026

Mandarin Hotel Bangkok

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Day 2

Sunday 7 June 2026

Mandarin Hotel Bangkok

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📋 Day 1 — Saturday 6 June 2026 Theme: Contextualizing Inequalities & Building Capacity · Mandarin Hotel Bangkok

8:30 – 9:00

Registration / Networking Coffee

9:00 – 9:30

Opening Ceremony & Welcome Address

9:30 – 10:30

Plenary Session 1

Emerging Frontiers in Communication and Media — Insights from Thailand, the Mekong region, and Asia.

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00

Plenary Talk 2

Communication Inequalities in a Platformized World — Keynote Speakers from Senior Scholars.

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 – 15:00

Parallel Sessions (1–4)

1. Regional Hub Roundtable among ICA regional hubs 2. Green Energy Communication: Asian–Australian Dialogue 3–4. Scholars present research across conference themes.

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

Parallel Sessions (5–8)

Research presentations and thematic panels across conference themes, including selected collaborative sessions with ANPOR and regional academic partners.

17:00 – 17:30

Day 1 Highlights / Recap

🏁 Day 2 — Sunday 7 June 2026 Theme: Integrating Knowledge & Incubating Future Research · Mandarin Hotel Bangkok

8:30 – 9:00

Registration / Networking Coffee

9:00 – 10:00

Parallel Sessions (9–12)

Research panels continuing across the conference themes, highlighting emerging scholarship and regional perspectives in communication and media studies.

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00

Parallel Sessions (13–16)

Research panels focusing on emerging debates, interdisciplinary approaches, and future research collaborations.

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 – 14:30

Handshake with ICA Cape Town

A curated livestream of highlights from the ICA Annual Conference, connecting the Regional Hub with the global conference community.

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee Break

15:00 – 17:00

ICA Masterclass

Computational Methods for Communication Research — led by senior ICA fellows and international scholars, introducing emerging computational methods used in communication and media research.

17:00 – 17:30

Closing Forum & Legacy Building

A forward-looking forum to consolidate insights and develop future research agendas.

18:30 – 20:00

ICA Thailand Cultural Evening (By Invitation)

A hosted dinner and cultural reception celebrating Thai heritage. Selected presenters will also receive presentation awards, recognising outstanding contributions and encouraging informal networking.

Conference Tracks

Explores unequal digital infrastructure, AI ethics, data sovereignty, algorithmic bias, platform labour, and surveillance. Includes fintech exclusion, digital literacy, and community-based connectivity.

Focuses on the (mis)representation of migrant workers, ethnic/linguistic minorities, LGBTQ+, and marginalized groups. Welcomes participatory and community storytelling from regional perspectives.

Covers risk communication, health misinformation, climate crisis, transboundary haze, and community-based sustainability communication within Asian contexts.

Addresses linguistic hierarchies in publishing, translation politics, non-Western epistemologies, and decolonising communication theory from a regional vantage point.

Investigates misinformation in the Mekong region, political polarisation, digital campaigning, fact-checking, and influencer-driven activism on social platforms.

Examines AI regulatory frameworks in Asia, ethical design, media automation, public-interest AI, and the regional geopolitics of infrastructure and data flows.

Explores CSR, sustainability branding, diversity in advertising, digital consumer culture, and the role of commercial communication in addressing social inequality.