5G and Digital Society: Innovation and Challenges

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 24 SEPTEMBER

Call for Papers

5G and Digital Society: Innovation and Challenges

The Australiasian Taiwan Studies Association (ATSA) is pleased to organise an international conference, 5G and Digital Society: Innovation and Challenges, to be held on 1-2 December 2022. This conference is funded by the Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council. The major themes include how new technologies bring new challenges and potential to the seemingly more traditional fields of arts and humanities, how they change interpersonal relationships and the ways people acquire and access information, and how they contribute to or damage our society during the Covid pandemic, with a focus on Taiwan and/or Australia. We also welcome comparative studies between Taiwan and other parts of Asia.

The conference will take place at the University of Melbourne, Australia, in a hybrid form. Presenters are strongly encouraged to attend the event in person but online presentation will also be considered.

Possible Topics:

New directions in arts and humanities in the 5G society

Information security and cyber crime

Use of technology during the COVID pandemic

Internationalising and digitising Taiwan Studies

Taiwan’s politics in the 5G society

Other topics related to the themes

Please send a 300-word abstract and a brief bio to atsa.taiwan@gmail.com.

Deadline for submission: 4 September 2022

Conference Awards and Travel Subsidies

ATSA is pleased to provide TWO awards (AU$200/per person) for postgraduate students or early career researchers (ECR) [received their PhD within 5 years and do not hold a full-time, ongoing academic position] whose abstracts are selected by the committee as having most academic potential.

Postgraduate students and ECRs whose abstracts are accepted and who plan to present in-person are eligible to apply for travel subsidies (AU$400/per person). Number of the travel subsidies is subject to funds.

To be eligible for selection, applicants must be:

A postgraduate student or ECR affiliated with a university or institution in Australia (excluding universities in Victoria), New Zealand, Taiwan or other countries in the Australasian region; and

A member of ATSA when submitting their abstracts. Information about membership, please see: ATSA membership

Selection results will be announced by the end of September.

For further enquiries, please email: atsa.taiwan@gmail.com