ULAB Live: The Department of Media Studies and Journalism at The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) and Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS) are jointly going to organize an online conference on 'Integrating Non-Violent Communication in Curriculum'.

The conference, scheduled to be held on October 16, aims to bring together academicians from the disciplines of communication, media and peace studies to discuss and reflect on the deepening of globalization, rise of hate speech and the advent of a post-truth era.

In the opening session, the welcome speech will be delivered by GSDS Director Dipanker Shri Gyan while ULAB MSJ Department Head Professor Jude William Genilo will introduce the conference. GSDS Programme Officer Dr Vedabhyas Kundu will give the keynote speech.

In Plenary Session 1, the speakers include: Professor Joan Pedro (Universitas Complutense de Madrid, Spain), Ms Nandita Tabassum Khan (Media Studies and Journalism Department, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh) and Dr Ruchita Chowdhry (Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, India).

In Plenary Session 2, the speakers include: Dr Maria Margarita Alvina-Acosta (Miriam College, the Philippines), Dr Kamolrat Intaratat (Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand) and Dr Greg Simons (Uppsala University, Sweden).

Dhaka, 12 October (campuslive24.com)//BIT