ComDev Celebrates Its 15th Birthday

This week, 18 & 19 September 2015, Communication for Development, Malmö University MA program, gathers its alumni, friends and colleagues to celebrate 15th anniversary of providing education in C4D.

A special 2-day event in Malmö will involve keynote speakers, round tables,  interviews and insights from the field. Either you are a practitioner in C4D or just starting your path in Communication for Development as a student, ComDev promises to find room for all. Celebration will take place in the brand new ‘Niagara’ building that gives more opportunities for on-site and online activities. Here is the program of ComDev anniversary:

Friday 18 September
Morning

8:45-9:15: Registration & mingle ‘Niagara’ building, 5^th floor landing

9:15-9:30: Welcome, & overview of the day (ComDev team)

9:30-10:30: Morning keynote Vicensia Shule (University of Dar es Salaam/TZ): Communication and Democracy-The role technology in enhancing citizens’ participation in monitoring and observing electoral processes in Tanzania

10:30-11:00: Coffee break

11:00-12:00: Participatory introduction of alumni, students & participants

12:00-1:15: Lunch (Niagara)

Afternoon

1:15-2:15 Around the world ComDev-style: Input from alumni

2:15-3:45 C4D Network panel & discussion Celebrities and the development industry (Lisa Richey, Roskilde University/DK, Annika Bergman Rosamond, University of Lund/SE, Tobias Denskus (ComDev)

3:45: 4:30 Coffee & cake break

4:30-5:00 Glocal Times 10^th anniversary special issue (Florencia Enghel & Oscar Hemer (ComDev)

5:00-5:45 How will we celebrate ComDev’s 25^th anniversary? Reflections on the future of C4D (Tobias Denskus (ComDev)

6:00-6:45 Evening keynote Thomas Hylland Eriksson (University of Oslo/NO): Culture as a commons of humanity

7:00-9:00 Dinner Niagara

Saturday 19 September
Morning

9:30-10:00: Coffee & mingle (Orkanen)

10:00-11:30 Media, Globalization & Development-a discussion on ComDev’s core themes and how they are relevant in the future
(Susanne Schech (Flinders University/AUS), Thomas Hylland Eriksson (University of Oslo/NO), Michael Krona (Malmö University/SE). Hugo Boothby (ComDev)

11:30-12:15 Around the world ComDev–style II: Input from alumni & students

12:15-1:15 Lunch (KP Brasserie)

Afternoon
1:30-2:45 PhD research panel
(Erliza Lopez Pedersen (Malmö University/SE), Jonas Agerbäck Jeppesen (Roskilde University/DK), Molly Schwartz (Malmö University/SE), Mery Perez (Guelph University (CA), Johanna Stenersen (Örebro University (SE)

1:30–2:30 ComDev Degree Project examination seminar (parallel session) (Tobias Denskus)

Fill in the registration form,  so that ComDev team can send you more details on the programme.  If you are cannot attend,  but want to participate, it is easy to connect virtually. All events will be livestreamed at www.mah.se/comdev -> Comdev LIVE. You can also join Twitter discussion using #ComDev15 hashtag. More about ComDev 15th birthday can be found here.