“Networking Global Communication in and Beyond the Age of Social Media” is being organized to commemorate the work and influence of recently retired Professor Marc Raboy by a group of former graduate students and colleagues he has mentored and worked with. In the tradition of academic Festschrifts, the invited speakers will present relatively short (likely 8-10 min, depending on the number of invited presenters who are able to attend), informal, programmatic and personal talks that focus on the key questions related to these themes. These reflections will be tied to their own work, reflect on Marc’s contributions, and include personal and collegial wishes on the occasion of his retirement as well.

Schedule of Activities:

830-900 : Reception and Coffee

9-930: Conference Opening and Welcome

9:15-1030: Panel 1: Thinking about Globally Networked Communication:

Moderator/ Facilitator: Bram Abramson

Panelists:

Monroe Price

Annenberg School for Communication- University of Pennsylvania

Adjunct Full Professor of Communication

Serge Proulx

Université du Québec à Montréal

Professeur émérite, École des médias

Gregory Taylor

University of Calgary

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Media and Film

Stuart Cunningham

Queensland University of Technology

Distinguished Professor

Creative Industries Faculty,

School of Communication,

Digital Media Research Centre

Claudia Padovani

University of Padova

Researcher and Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Law and International

Studies (DSPGI)

Jeremy Shtern

Ryerson University

Graduate Program Director, The Joint Graduate Program in Communication and

Culture

1030-1045: Coffee Break

10:45-12:00: Panel 2: Media Governance and Policy:

Moderator/ Facilitator: Jeremy Shtern

Panelists:

Caroline Simard

CRTC

Vice-Chairperson, Broadcasting

Evan Light

Glendon College, York University

Assistant professor of communication and organizations, The School of

Translation

Florian Sauvageau

Université Laval

Professeur émérite

Département d’information et de communication

Bram Abramson

Decentral Inc

General Council

Leslie Shade

University of Toronto

Professor, Faculty of Information

Darin Barney

McGill University

Grierson Chair in Communication Studies

12:00-1:00: Lunch (provided)

1:00- 2:30 Panel 3: Institutions of Public Media:

Moderator/Facilitator: Christine Crowder

Panelists:

Lisa Lynch

Drew University

Associate Professor and Director of the New York Semester on Communications

and Media

Amanda Coles

Deakin University

Lecturer, Department of Management

Faculty of Business and Law

Jeannette Hofmann

WZB- Berlin Social Science Center

Professor and Head of the Internet Policy Field

Greg Nielsen

Concordia University

Co-Director of the Concordia Centre for Broadcasting Studies (CCBS)

Errol Salamon

University of Minnesota

Postdoctoral Associate, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Philippe Tousignant

CRTC

Director, Planning, research and reporting

2:30-2:45: Coffee Break

2:45-4:00: Panel 4: Social Movements and Media Messages: Québec and Beyond:

Moderator/Facilitator: Evan Light

Lorna Roth

Concordia University

Professor Emerita, Communication Studies

Arne Hintz

Cardiff University

Senior Lecturer, School of Journalism, Media and Culture

Stefania Milan

University of Amsterdam

Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture

Alison Powell

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications

Francois Demers

Université Laval

Professeur titulaire

Département d’information et de communication

4:00-430pm: Closing Summary Panel :

Marc Raboy (respondent)

Co-sponsored through generous support from:

Media@McGill; The Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Design, Ryerson

University; The York/Ryerson Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture; The

School of Translation, Glendon College, York University; The Canada Research Chair in Media,

Education and Human Rights (TÉLUQ); The Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy

and Governance (McMaster University).