The First Global Creative Industries Conference
1st conference:
From Culture to Business, and Vice Versa
On behalf of the Global Creative Industries Programme of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, The University of Hong Kong, we are delighted to invite scholars, researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines in humanities, education, social sciences and business to propose papers and panels for the First Global Creative Industries Conference to be held 18-19 April 2015 at The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Conference Programme Download :
Full paper submission
If scholars want to submit full paper, please do so before 4th April(Sat) noon. Submission later than the deadline will not be accepted.
Proceedings
Organizing committee is actively considering to publish proceedings, but it will highly depend on the quality of the full papers.
Printing
If scholars want to print out papers for reference at the conference, we suggest you printing no more than 30 copies.
Preliminary programme
We will put the preliminary programme online on 31st March 2015.
For further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the organizing committee via email (gci.con2015@gmail.com).
Call For Papers
Theme and Sub-themes
The main theme of the conference will be “From Culture to Business and Vice Versa”
The sub-themes include the following areas:
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Business model and ethics of creative industries;
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Creativity, copyright and legal regulations;
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Creative economy and social development;
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Creative labor, management and training;
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Creative process and evaluation;
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Cultural policy and nation-building;
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Cultural production and consumption under globalization;
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Financing creative industries;
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Multiculturalism in creative industries;
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New media and digital culture;
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Organizational form of creative industries;
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Politics of creativity and social change;
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Sustainability and prospect of creative industries;
Participants are very welcome to submit paper proposals on other themes.
Panel and Individual Paper Proposals Submission
The panel organizer should provide a list of all the papers proposed (including email address and affiliation of the presenter/chair/discussant) plus an abstract of 250-word (maximum; in English/Chinese) for each paper to the Program Committee by email at gci.con2015@gmail.com
Individual paper proposals are equally welcome. The title of the proposed paper (including email address and affiliation of the presenter) and its abstract of 250-word (maximum; in English/Chinese) should also be sent to gci.con2015@gmail.com.
Official languages: English and Chinese (Putonghua and Cantonese). Other languages, such as Japanese and Korean, are also welcome. Please mention in your proposal the specific language that panel members / individual presenters will use.
Registration Fees
Conference registration fee: HK$300 for each presenter, panel chair and discussant; HK$150 for retired resident and postgraduate student; and $50 for undergraduate student.
Important Dates
Deadline for Abstract Submission: January 25, 2015**(deadline extended)
Notice of Acceptance: January 30, 2015
Registration Deadline: February 13, 2015
For further details, please download the full document: