Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 10:00 – 10:10

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 08:00 – 08:10
London, BST (UTC +1) | 01:00 – 01:10
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (24 June) 20:00 – 20:10
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (24 June) 17:00 – 17:10

Opening: Welcome

Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 10:10 – 11:30

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 08:10 – 09:30
London, BST (UTC +1) | 01:10 – 02:30
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (24 June)20:10 – 21:30
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (24 June) 17:10 – 18:30

Keynote 1 | China’s globalizing internet: Towards future politics of the cybersphere

Speaker: Hong Yu
Panelists: Hong Shen, Peter Yu, Michael Keane
Chair: Haiqing Yu
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 11:45 – 12:45

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 09:45 – 10:45
London, BST (UTC +1) | 02:45 – 03:45
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (24 June) 21:45 – 22:45
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (24 June) 18: 45 – 19:45

Panel 1A | Platformization and Digital Labour in China  

Panelists: Sophie Ping Sun, Chris K. K. Tan, Tingting Liu, Julie Yujie Chen, WeiMing Ye, Luming Zhao, Zhen Ye, Chenyu Dong
Chair: Sophie Ping Sun
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Melbourne, AEST ) (UTC +10) | 13:00 – 14:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 11:00 – 12:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 04:00 – 05:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (24 June) 23:00 – 00:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (24 June) 20:00 – 21:00

Panel 1B | Games and E-sports

Panelists: Junyi Lv, Yizhou Xu, Gejun Huang, Zixue Tai, Fengbin Hu
Chair: Hugh Davies
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 14:00 – 17:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 12 :00 – 15:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 05:00 – 08:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 00:00 – 03:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (24 June) 21:00 – 00:00

Mid-day break

14:00-15:00 CIRC Networking Hour: (join us on zoom to meet and engage with CIRC panelists, speakers, attendees, and our programming team)

15:00-17:00 Film screening (FREE) “People’s Republic of Desire”: https://kinema.com/events/people-s-republic-of-desire-wqpd9h (sponsored by Kinema; please sign up in advance)

Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 17:00 – 18:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 15:00 – 16:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 08:00 – 09:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) |03:00 – 04:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | 00:00 – 01:00

Panel 1C | Chinese Outbound Social Media Platforms in the Indian-Pacific: Just How Soft is Chinese Digital Power?

Panelists: Crystal Abidin, Xinyu (Andy) Zhao, Xiaoting Yu, Gary Rawnsley, Daya Thussu, Michael Keane
Chair: Michael Keane & Crystal Abidin
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 18:15 – 19:15

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 16:15 – 17:15
London, BST (UTC +1) | 09:15 – 10:15
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 04:15 – 05:15
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | 01:15 – 02:15

Panel 1D | China’s digital creative industries

Panelists: Qing Wang, Yu Shan, Miaotong Yuan, Lianrui Jia, Yannan Liu
Chair: Matthew Allen
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 19:30 – 21:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 17:30 – 19:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 10:30 -12:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 05:30 – 07:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | 02:30 – 04:00

Workshop 1 | Career development for Chinese ECRA doing media studies

Organizers: Jian Lin, Junyi Lv, Elaine Zhao
Invited speakers: Guobin Yang, Elaine Yuan, Jun Liu, Bingchun Meng
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 10:00 – 11:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 08:00 – 09:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 01:00 – 02:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (25 June) 20:00 – 21:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (25 June) 17:00 – 18:00

Panel 2A | Invisible Chinese internet users and infrastructures

Panelists: Elisa Oreglia, Cara Wallis, Silvia Lindtner, Jiaxi Hou and Yanhui Zhang
Chair: Elisa Oreglia
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 11:15 – 12:15

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 09:15 – 10:15
London, BST (UTC +1) | 02:15 – 03:15
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (25 June) 21:15 – 22:15
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (25 June)18:15 – 19:15

Panel 2B | China’s digital communication industry and its discontent

Panelists: Yuanfeixue Nan, Wendy Su, Yingdan Lu, Jennifer Pan, Bashar Malkawi
Chair: Ben Lee
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 12:30 – 14:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 10:30 – 12:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 03:30 – 05:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (25 June) 22:30 – 00:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (25 June) 19:30 – 21:00

Workshop 2 | Teaching media studies during COVID-19

Organizers: Pengfei Fu, Wei Wang, Wilfred Wang
Invited speakers: Jian Xiao, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 14:00 – 17:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 12 :00 – 15:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 05:00 – 08:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 00:00 – 03:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (25 June) 21:00 – 00:00

Mid-day break

14:00-15:00 CIRC Networking Hour: meet and engage with CIRC panelists, speakers, attendees, and our programming team)

15:00-17:00 Film screening (USD 10/person) “Try Harder”: https://kinema.com/events/try-harder-wcmwji (sponsored by Kinema; please sign up in advance)

Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 17:00 – 18:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 15:00 – 16:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 08:00 – 09:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 03:00 – 04:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | 00:00 – 01:00

Panel 2C | China’s techno-social realities and futures

Panelists: Tom MacDonald, Yipeng Xi, Aaron Yi Kai, Yu Sun, Jun Fu, Xing Zhang, Weiyu Zhang, Anfan Chen, Junqi Peng
Chair: Tom McDonald
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 18:15 – 19:15

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 16:15 – 17:15
London, BST (UTC +1) | 09:15 – 10:15
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 04:15 – 05:15
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | 01:15 – 02:15

Panel 2D | China’s Internet Governance: Domestic Issues and Global Aspirations

Panelists: Altman Yuzhu Peng, Lina Qu, Jian Xu, Qian Gong, Wen Yin, Yin Shan, Jing Xu, Chunmeizi Su, Padmapriya Vidhya-Govindarajan
Chair: Jian Xu
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 19:30 – 21:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 17:30 – 19:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 10:30 -12:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 05:30 – 07:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | 02:30 – 04:00

Keynote 2 | Cyber Sovereignty: Cutting Both Ways

Speaker: Rogier Creemers
Discussants: Jack Qiu, Florian Schneider, Nina Li, Daya Thussu
Chair: Haiqing Yu
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 10:00 – 11:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 08:00 – 09:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 01:00 – 02:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (26 June) 20:00 – 21:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (26 June) 17:00 – 18:00

Panel 3A | Wanghong, Social Media Entertainment and the Social Industries

Panelists: Stuart Cunningham, Jian Lin, Anthony Fung, Junyi Lv, Elaine Zhao, Dino Ge Zhang, Lin Song, Sijun Shen
Chair: David Craig
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 11:15 – 12:15

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 09:15 – 10:15
London, BST (UTC +1) | 02:15 – 03:15
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (26 June) 21:15 – 22:15
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (26 June)18:15 – 19:15

Panel 3B | Global governance of smart cities, facial recognition and the internet

Panelists: Ang Peng Hwa, Marcus Foth, Min Jiang, Lorraine Kisselburgh
Chair: Min Jiang
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 12:30 – 14:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 10:30 – 12:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 03:30 – 05:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (26 June) 22:30 – 00:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (26 June) 19:30 – 21:00

Special Events | Q&A with filmmaker Hao Wu: “People’s Republic of Desire”

Speaker: Wu Hao
Host: David Craig
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 14:00 – 17:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 12 :00 – 15:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 05:00 – 08:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 00:00 – 03:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | (26 June) 21:00 – 00:00

Mid-day break

14:00-15:00 CIRC Networking Hour: (join us on zoom to meet and engage with CIRC panelists, speakers, attendees, and our programming team)

15.00-17:00 Film screening (USD 5/person) “The Paper Tigers”: https://kinema.com/events/the-paper-tigers-vgmel (sponsored by Kinema; please sign up in advance)

Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 17:00 – 18:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 15:00 – 16:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 08:00 – 09:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 03:00 – 04:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | 00:00 – 01:00

Panel 3C | WeChat and Chinese diaspora

Panelists: Xinyu Zhao, Josh Stenberg, Hangwei Li, Natalia Ryzhova, Yulia Kodzhaeva, Xinyu Promio Wang, Yijia Zhang, Gianluigi Negro, Lala Hu
Chair: Wanning Sun
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 18:15 – 19:15

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 16:15 – 17:15
London, BST (UTC +1) | 09:15 – 10:15
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 04:15 – 05:15
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | 01:15 – 02:15

Panel 3D | Algorithmic imagination of social media

Panelists: Li Haili, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Weiyu Zhang, Ying Huang, Weishan Miao, Fan Yang, Xuanzi Xu, Joyce Nip
Chair: Weiyu Zhang
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Melbourne, AEST (UTC +10) | 19:30 – 21:00

Beijing, CST (UTC +8) | 17:30 – 19:00
London, BST (UTC +1) | 10:30 -12:00
New York, EDT (UTC -4) | 05:30 – 07:00
Los Angeles, PDT (UTC -7) | 02:30 – 04:00

Special Events | AWARDS: Best student papers

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Special Events | Closing Ceremonies

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