Upcoming Conferences and Meetings in Asia

Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The Football Studies Unit invites attendees for ‘The Worlds of Football' conference to be held at the Flinders Street Campus of Victoria University on 27-28 September 2010 (the Monday and Tuesday following the Australian Football League Grand Final). ‘The Worlds of Football' is an international multi-disciplinary and multi-code conference that will bring together football researchers from all over Australia and around the world to share their research with like-minded colleagues. This conference theme is ‘Triumphs, Trials and Traumas' and streams are envisaged for ‘Gender and Sexualities', ‘Memories and Identities', and ‘The Global and Local Worlds of Football'. Contributions from academics and football enthusiasts relating to the theme are welcomed from the fields of football studies - including but not limited to history, sociology, gender and sexuality studies, ethics, cultural studies, management, law, education and economics - and can address any of the world's football codes. Postgraduate student presentations are also encouraged. It is anticipated that papers from the conference will be published in an edited anthology or special issue of a journal. 

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Faridabad (NCR Delhi), Delhi (NCR), India

The Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi (Delhi 2010) in conjunction with National Association of Physical Education and Sports Science (NAPESS), Indian Association of Sports Medicine (IASM), Asian Federation of Sports Medicine (AFSM) and Delhi University are  pleased to host the 14th  Commonwealth International Sports Science Congress 2010 (CISSC 2010) from September 27-30, 2010 in Delhi, NCR, India. The CISSC 2010 will be organized in picturesque Manav Rachna International University, situated in the Aravali Hills Delhi, NCR. The University has world class fully equipped campus with all the modern facilities and infrastructure. CISSC 2010 will be a multidisciplinary congress that will provide the world's leading sports academicians and practitioners the opportunity to present their work to an international audience as well as interact with professionals who examine sport through a variety of perspectives and disciplines.

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Beijing, China

The World Youth & Student Travel Conference is the annual event of the WYSE Travel Confederation, which is endorsed by the UNWTO and UNESCO. It is the most important trade event of the year for the global youth, student and educational travel industry. In October 2010, WYSTC will be hosted in China for the first time ever, bringing together all of the niche markets and diverse organisations that serve today's young traveller.

 Each year, youth, student and educational travel professionals gather from around the world at WYSTC to network with fellow decision makers, take advantage of new market opportunities, learn from industry experts and influence government policy makers. If you want to meet agents, buyers, suppliers and policy makers from China, Asia and around the world, then you can‘t afford to miss WYSTC 2010.

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

The general theme of the conference is "Moulding Individual and Corporate Life Towards Social Solidarity and Progress." The theme echoes the idea that philosophy is not to be confined to academic or philosophy-centric organizations only but ought to permeate into the very fabric of society, institutional or personal. In our increasingly complex worls, it has become evident that individual and corporate life needs to be founded on a solid philosophical base of values if it is to reach its full potential and function harmoniously with its surroundings.

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Penang Island, Malaysia

This conference aims to examine the growing role of media's cultural influence and how it can be harnessed to promote local cultures instead of only serving as a tool for global homogenization.   
 
Research streams include:
Asian influences on the west
Cultural diversity
Gender and the media
Youth and the media
Electronic media and the global village phenomenon
Media and the war on terrorism
Media and religion.

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