The School of Media and Communication (SMC), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, hosted the inaugural SJTU-IAMCR Emerging Media Forum on April 18-19, 2025, serving as a scholarly platform for IAMCR in China and an official warm-up event for IAMCR's 2025 Annual Conference. Co-Sponsored by IAMCR, the forum convened under the theme "Intelligent Transformation and Communication Innovation"
Bringing together over 200 scholars from 50+ global universities, the forum featured six IAMCR leaders (including current/former presidents and council members) in either keynote or speaker' roles:
- Daya Thussu (IAMCR President, online);
- Nico Carpentier (Former IAMCR President);
- Liangwen Kuo (IAMCR Ambassador in China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University);
- Jack Linchuan Qiu (IAMCR 2025 Local Organizer, Dean of Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University);
- Changfeng Chen (IAMCR International Council Member, Tsinghua University);
- Weiyu Zhang (Co-Chair of IAMCR's "Communication Policy and Technology Section", National University of Singapore)
Through keynote speeches, 25 panels, and 175 peer-reviewed paper presentations selected from 674 total submissions, the forum facilitated rich discussions at the intersection of intelligent technology and global communication trends.