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Call for organising ECREA's 11th European Communication Conference 2026 (deadline: 11 January 2024)
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<p><strong>ECREA is opening a call for proposals
for the hosting and organisation of the 2026 edition of the European
Communication Conferences.</strong></p>
<p>ECREA conferences have been taken place in different parts of Europe
from Amsterdam (2005) to Ljubljana (forthcoming in 2024) proposing
opportunities to show the know-how and the activities of the organising
institution(s) and to foster the energy and creativity of the organisers
around a large international project.</p>
<p>The Executive Board of ECREA has developed a framework document – <a href="https://ecrea.eu/resources/Documents/Document%20archive%20-%20Conferences/TOR%20for%2011thECC.pdf" target="_blank">Terms of Reference</a> to define the format and give guidelines for the organisation of such a conference.</p>
<p>Interested members are asked to submit proposals for hosting the 2026
European Communication Conference. The institution hosting the
Conference has to be active in the field of communication research
and/or education and have sufficient experience and sufficient capacity
(staff and support) to prepare and run the event.</p>
<p>The proposal for hosting the 2026 European Communication Conference
must take the form of a document where candidate host institutions will:
1) Describe their general vision of the event (including the location,
timing, duration and their organisational capacity). 2) Explicitly
engage themselves to meet ECREA's requirements described in the Terms of
Reference for Organising ECREA’s 11th European Communication Conference
2026 and provide the basic information regarding the way their proposal
will meet ECREA's requirements. 3) Propose a draft financial plan. 4)
Sketch out the strengths and weaknesses associated with the proposal.</p>
<p>Please note that more than one institution can join forces and
present a conjoint proposal, as long as they are in the same
geographical area.</p>
<h4>Deadline and submission</h4>
<p>Proposals must be submitted by <u><strong>Thursday, 11. January, 2024</strong></u><strong>.</strong> The proposals must be sent by e-mail (attachment in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf format) to <a href="mailto:info@ecrea.eu" target="_blank">info@ecrea.eu</a> .</p>
<p>The ECREA Executive Board will then select one institution to act as
local host, and possibly one runner-up to step in, in case the selected
host encounters unforeseen difficulties.</p>
<h4>Timeline</h4>
<p>ECC conferences are normally held in October-November (unless the
local host argues otherwise). The selection of the host for the
conference will be decided upon at least two years prior to the event.</p>
<p>The timetable will be as follows:</p>
<ul><li><strong>11. October, 2023</strong>: the call for applications is
open. Each candidate-host turns in a summary project describing how they
see the event, where, how, etc.<br>
<br></li><li><strong>11. January, 2024</strong>: the call is closed. The Board
considers applications and selects one which complies with all criteria,
including the strategic priorities of the Board. Contacts are made with
candidates for further information where necessary.<br>
<br></li><li><strong>11. March 2024</strong>: The Board announces the selected
host institution to all institutional members that have applied. The
selected institution is asked to develop a full organisational plan in
close cooperation with ECREA’s Board. The full plan is to be ready by
mid June 2024. If appropriate, the Board also selects a runner-up
institution to host the conference should the selected institution be
unable to deliver.<br>
<br></li><li><strong>June, 2024</strong>: The Board examines the full proposal
and decides on its approval. If necessary, the organisers are given one
more month to fine-tune the proposal (with assistance of the Executive
Board).<br>
<br></li><li><strong>24 September –27 September, 2024</strong>: the ECC2026 conference host is announced at in Ljubljana.<br>
<br></li><li><strong>October – November, 2026</strong>: ECC2026 takes place.</li></ul>
<p>We are accepting inquires from the academic institutions interested
in organizing the conference. For any inquiry, please contact ECREA
admin <a href="mailto:info@ecrea.eu" target="_blank">info@ecrea.eu</a> .</p>
<p>We are looking forward to receiving your proposals!</p>
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<br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Gyöngyvér Tőkés, PhD</div><div>Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences</div><div>Executive Editor, Acta Sapientiae Communicatio</div><div><div>Sapientia University, Cluj-Napoca<br></div></div><div><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zqw9FTtxFfFecAYICBQYLm2LpEYsZ0hDMETa_8RgX59mylUAx4yD_ekpJtZfkKSyxTHCzMXZs" width="96" height="71"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>