• By Estelle BADZIKLOU
• News

The UNESCO Chair in Communication and Technologies for Development (CUCTD) and the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication (ORBICOM) are pleased to announce the call for papers for their 2026 Annual International Conference, to be held October 26–30, 2026, in Montreal, Canada, at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).

Under the theme “Media, Artificial Intelligence, and Democracy : Communicative Imaginaries in a Fragmented Digital World”, this conference aims to create a space for international and interdisciplinary dialogue on the connections between media, technology, democracy, and human rights, with the goal of proposing solutions and perspectives for public policy, education, and governance.

Conference Themes:

• Media and Digital Literacy in a Geopolitical World
• Emerging Technologies, Human Rights, and Regulation
• Cultural, Linguistic, and Epistemic Diversity in the Digital Age
• Journalism, Trust, and the Public Sphere
• Education, Critical Thinking, and Digital Citizenship
• Information Technologies, Democratic Infrastructure, and AI Literacy

Abstract Submission Deadline : June 1, 2026
Submissions to: orbicom.montreal2026@uqam.ca

For more details and to view the full call for papers, click here.