KAMC2026 Overview

Join us in Kyoto for KAMC2026!

November 09-13, 2026 | Held in Kyoto, Japan, and Online

International, Intercultural, Interdisciplinary

The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2026) will be held alongside The 17th Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia2026) as a part of the IAFOR's Asian Conference Series in Japan, and many of the sessions will concentrate on areas at the intersection of education, media, arts and culture. In keeping with IAFOR’s commitment to interdisciplinary study, delegates at either conference are encouraged to attend sessions in other disciplines. Registration for either conference will allow delegates to attend sessions in the other. We expect the resultant professional and personal collaborations to endure for many years, and we look forward to seeing you in Kyoto and online!

Welcome to The 7th Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2026), held in partnership with IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) in The University of Osaka, Japan..

KAMC2026 encourages academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in an international forum stimulating respectful dialogue. This event will afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, networking, and facilitating partnerships across national and disciplinary borders.

Since its founding in 2009, IAFOR has brought people and ideas together in a variety of events and platforms to promote and celebrate interdisciplinary study, and underline its importance. IAFOR continues to engage in many cross-sectoral projects across the world, including those engaging leading universities (Virginia Tech, UCL, Singapore Management University, University of Belgrade, Lingnan University, Barcelona University, University of Hawai’i, Moscow State University), think tanks, research organisations and agencies (the East-West Center, The Center for Higher Education Research, The World Intellectual Property Organization), and collaborative projects with governments, and international governmental organisations (Government of Japan through the Prime Minister’s office, the United Nations in New York), media agencies (The Wall Street Journal, JWT, HarperCollins).

With the IAFOR Research Centre at The University of Osaka, we have engaged in a number of interdisciplinary initiatives we believe will have an important impact on domestic and international public policy conversations and outcomes.

IAFOR's unique global platform facilitates discussion around specific subject areas, with the goal of generating new knowledge and understanding, forging and expanding new international, intercultural and interdisciplinary research networks and partnerships. We have no doubt that KAMC2025 will offer a remarkable opportunity for the sharing of research and best practice and for the meeting of people and ideas.

We look forward to seeing you in Kyoto and online!

– The KAMC2026 Conference Programme Committee

Plenary Speakers

To be announced

Programme

To be announced

Conference Committees

The International Academic Board (IAB)

Professor Anne Boddington, IAFOR, Japan (IAB Chair)
Dr Joseph Haldane, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan
Professor Jun Arima, IAFOR & The University of Tokyo, Japan
Professor Virgil Hawkins, IAFOR Research Centre & The University of Osaka, Japan
Mr Lowell Sheppard, IAFOR & Never Too Late Academy, Japan

Professor Umberto Ansaldo, VinUniversity, Vietnam
Dr Susana Barreto, University of Porto, Portugal
Professor Grant Black, Chuo University, Japan
Dr Evangelia Chrysikou, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, United Kingdom
Professor Donald E. Hall, Binghamton University, United States
Professor Brendan Howe, Ewha Womans University, South Korea & The Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA)
Dr James W. McNally, University of Michigan, United States & NACDA Program on Aging

Conference Programme Committee

Dr Nasya Bahfen, La Trobe University, Australia
Dr Thomas G. Endres, University of Northern Colorado, United States
Dr Joseph Haldane, IAFOR and The University of Osaka, Japan, & University College London, United Kingdom
Professor Bradley J. Hamm, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, United States
Dr Virgil Hawkins, The University of Osaka, Japan
Dr Eric Hawkinson, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Japan
Dr Gloria Khamkar, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Professor Timothy W. Pollock, Osaka Kyoiku University / Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Professor Padma Rani, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
Dr Paul Spicer, Hokkaido University, Japan

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Conference Review Committee

Professor Kuei-lun Chang, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
Dr Chin-hui Chen, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Dr Lynda Fatmawaty, Jenderal Soedirman, Indonesia
Dr Karen Fujii, Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College, Denmark
Dr Ho Keat Leng, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Dr Lai Hoon Lim, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology, Malaysia
Dr Rebecca Lind, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
Dr Supriya M, The Dalai Lama institute for higher education, India
Dr Vasundara Priyadarshini Mahadev, Bangalore University, India
Dr Glen Mangali, Marikina Polytechnic College, Philippines
Dr Blenn Nimer, Notre Dame of Kidapawan College/Scholarly Impact Consulting Co, Philippines
Dr Alisa Nutley, Chiang Mai University, Thailand