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Conference Co-Chair
Tülây ATAY, PhD & PhD
Assistant Professor
Hatay Mustafa Kemal University
Faculty of Communication
Journalism Department, Antakya
Türkiye
Dr Tülây ATAY currently teaches at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University (HMKU), Antakya, Hatay, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism as a faculty member (Assistant Professor) and a researcher. She is a Turkish Citizen. She was born and bred in Istanbul, Turkey and graduated from Istanbul University. She holds BA degree in Mass-Media Communication, Journalism & PR. She has her Master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology (Gender & Women’s Studies). She is a co-author of the book called “Gender & Sex and Taboo in the Contemporary Primitive & Traditional Societies” in the Turkish Language based on her MA thesis. The book is written from the perspective of women’s and gender studies. She was one of the co-founders of the Centre for Women’s Studies of Mustafa Kemal University. She served and was in charge as one of the deputy directors of the Centre for Women’s Studies of Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey. She previously worked as a “business developer” for many SMEs in the various fields such as automotive, textile etc. She worked as an Assistant Producer for Turkish Radio Television State Company (TRT) between 1995-1996. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Agriculture Economics and Extensions at Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey in October 2013. She produced her Ph.D. thesis on the division of labour amongst ethnically different two villages near Hatay province (Southern Turkey bordering Syria) in the context of changing social life and Women’s & Gender Studies. Dr Atay’s areas of interests are women empowerment and women’s studies using the other disciplines e.g. communication studies, journalism studies and immigration & refugee studies. She is holding sociology BA degree obtained from Open Faculty, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey. She is a Ph.D. in Journalism from İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey. She was a temporary National Gender Consultant for Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO). She lived in the UK and USA for a while. She has been in Portugal, Slovenia, Ukraine, Scotland, Romania, Holland, Italy, Spain, Estonia, UAE, Malaysia, Poland, Czech Republic and France for academic purposes. She was a “scientist-in-residence” at Paris Lodron University of Salzburg financially supported by GendUp and Salzburg Stadt (Municipality), Salzburg, Austria. She chaired the MEDCOM 2017, KL, Malaysia. She is also currently engaging with the FoTRRIS-H2020 project and RAISD-H2020 project (women and immigration) run by Complutense University of Madrid. Dr Atay has been actively carrying out her research on immigration and refugee studies mostly last 10 years. She was one of the researchers for the Prof Dr Steven Youngblood’s project on 2015-2016 in various Turkish provinces Antakya, Hatay, Malatya, Adana. The research group visited many refugee camps together. Dr Atay and her colleagues also produced an article entitled “The long journey from Syria to Malatya, Turkey” which was published by the Peace Journalist magazine of Park University, Parkville, MO, USA.

Conference Co-Chair
Prof. Andrea Volterrani
Director of Master in
Social Comm. | Social Farming
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy
Dr. Andrea Volterrani is a Sociologist of Cultural and Communication Processes at Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. After graduating from the Faculty of Political Science Cesare Alfieri of the University of Florence, he is a fellow student at the Italian Foundation for Volunteering.
He was then assigned research from 1999 to 2005 at the Department of Sociology and Political Science of the University of Florence. From 1997 to 2003 he is also a professor of sociology of cultural processes, theory and technique of social communication, territorial communication and marketing at the Faculty of Political Science Cesare Alfieri of Florence.
From 2005 to 2008 he is a contractor and research grant at the Department of Historical, Legal and Political Sciences and Social Sciences at Siena University and a social contractor and family sociology lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Siena . At the same time he is a professor of social studies contract at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of La Sapienza University of Rome (2004-2008) and of sociology of communication at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Florence (2004-2006).Since 2008 is a researcher at Department of Enterprise Engineering, Tor Vergata University, Rome.
Volterrani is engaged in research, teaching and consulting on social communication, the third sector, integrated social politics and assessment processes, resilience community and prevention communication related on natural disaster.

Conference Co-Chair
Dr. Chris Fenner
Public Relations Faculty
Dept. of Communication
University of West Florida
USA
Dr. Fenner is an experienced communicator who has led the UWF team to top finishes at regional and national tournaments. Participating in collegiate speech and debate provides students with the advanced critical thinking and communication skills necessary to succeed in the workplace. Before coming to UWF in 2014, he established a competitive speech team at Florida Southern College, where he coached students to 32 national titles.
In his classes, Fenner teaches undergraduate courses in public relations and persuasion. He relies on high impact practices and hands-on activities to prepare students to meet the demands of the public relations industry. His students have provided public relations and communication advice to a variety of non-profit organizations in the community. At the graduate level, his coursework focuses on strategic communication, mass communication theory, and he works to train students as professional communication consultants.
Fenner’s research focuses on public relations crisis and image management, and pedagogy. He has presented his work at national and international conferences and is an article reviewer for the National Forensic Journal. He also serves as the vice president of the Florida Intercollegiate Forensic Association, and is the president of the Novice National Forensic Association.
CONFERENCE CONVENER AND SECRETARY

Conference Co-chair
Prof. Chris
Fenner
Director of Speech & Debate
Public Relations Faculty
University of West Florida
USA

Conference Convener
Mr. Isanka P
Gamage
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Conference Secretariat
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Conference Co-chair
Prof. Andrea Volterrani
Director of Master in Social Comm. | Social Farming
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The Scientific Committee consists of the experts in the field from many different countries in the world. The Committee Members evaluate your abstracts and provide insights to improve those further. According to the final decision given by them, you would be able to process further tasks for participating the conference.

Prof Dr Mohamed Ahmed Khalifa
Minia University
Egypt

Dr. Ratna Roshida Ab Razak
Universiti Putra
Malaysia

Dr. Savera Mujib Shami
University of the Punjab
Pakistan

Asst. Prof. Davide Benvenuti
ADM school of Art Design & Media NTU
Singapore

Dr. Mustak Ahmed
University of Rajshahi
Bangladesh

Prof. Filippo Silvestri
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Italy

Dr. Barikui Nnaane
Akwa Ibom State University
Nigeria

Dr. Peter Egielewa
Edo University Iyamho
Nigeria

Dr. Wajid Zulqarnain
SZABIST University Islamabad
Pakistan

Prof. Kevin Naido
University of Zululand
South Africa

Siti Ezaleila Mustafa
Universiti Malaya
Malaysia

Dr. Sangeeta Tripathi
Sultanate of Oman
Oman

Dr. Sharmila Kayal
Adamas University
India

Dr. Majid-ul-Ghafar
Hazara University
Pakistan

Dr. Azam Jan
Hazara University Mansehra
Pakistan

Dr. Lakhdar Chadli
Canadian University
Dubai

Dr. Ido Prijana
Hadi
Petra Christian University
Indonesia

Dr. Sunil Kumar Mishra
VIPS
New Delhi

Asst.Prof. Manoch Chummuangpak
Ph.D., Dhurakij Pundit University
Thailand

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esra CİZMECİ ÜMİT
Yalova University
Turkey

Dr Alessio Ceccherelli
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy

Assoc. Prof. Hesham Mesbah
Rollins College
USA

Dr. Miral
Sabry
Canadian international college (CIC)
Canada

Dr. Wan Norbani Wan Noordin
Universiti Teknologi MARA
Malaysia

Roland Tolentino
University of the Philippines Film Institute
Philippine

Dr. Sachin Bharti
Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management
India

Dr. Atul Arora
Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management
India

Dr Najma Sadiq
National University of Sciences and Technology
Pakistan

Nikola Lyubomirov Vangelov
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Bulgaria

Dr. Apoorva malhotra
Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management
India

Dr. Divyani
Redhu
Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management
India

Dr. Paz Hernandez Diaz
Asian Institute of Journalism & Communication
India

Prof Stella Iezzi
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy

Lourens M.E
Durban University of Technology
South Africa

Ivan N. Gallegos
Davao del Norte State College
Philippines

Suwandi Sumartias
Universitas Padjadjaran
Indonesia

Dr. Andrea Volterrani
Universty of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy

Gaolefufa Joshua Madiba
University of Botswana
Botswana

Gaolefufa Joshua Madiba
University of Botswana
Botswana

Dr. Migle Cernikovaite
Mykolas Romeris University
Lithuania

Diana Petkova
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Bulgaria

Dr. Sergio Ricardo Quiroga
Sergio Ricardo National San Luis University/Institute ICAES
Argentina

Dr. Alper KIRKLAR
Istanbul Bilgi University
Turkey

Dr. Keshav Patel
(PhD New Media) from MGCGU Chitrakoot
India

Dr. Ramesh Kumar Sharma
Associate Professor
VSJMC, VIPS, GGSIPU, Delhi

Dr. Jonalou
S. Labor
University of the Philippines Diliman,
Philippines.

Yordan Karapenchev, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

Teodora Petkova, PhD.
FH JOANNEUM University
a freelance writer, Ontotext

Dr. Blessed Frederick Ngonso
Director of General Studies/Director of Broadcast/Research,
Department of Mass Communication,
Edo State University Uzairue.

Dr. Ros Aiza Mohd Mokhtar
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Elvis Madondo
Durban University of Technology,
South Africa

LE Thi My Danh
Doctor and Lecture at Multimedia and Communication Faculty,
FPT University,
HCMC, Vietnam.

Dr. Ayesha Ashfaq
Department of Development Communication,
University of the Punjab,
Lahore, Pakistan.

Dr. Tara N Poudel
Kathmandu University,
Nepal.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Panida Jongsuksomsakul
Naresuan University,
Thailand.
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