37.3199, Calls: 2026 International Consortium for Communication in Healthcare Symposium (Hong Kong)

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Subject: 37.3199, Calls: 2026 International Consortium for Communication in Healthcare Symposium (Hong Kong)

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Date: 05-Oct-2026
From: Angus Chan [anguscsm at hku.hk]
Subject: 2026 International Consortium for Communication in Healthcare Symposium


Full Title: 2026 International Consortium for Communication in
Healthcare Symposium
Short Title: 2026 IC4CH Symposium
Theme: Bridging Traditions, Building Futures: Connecting Health
Communication Research Across Asia-Pacific and Other Contexts

Date: 03-Dec-2026 - 04-Dec-2026
Location: Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong
Contact Person: Professor Olga Zayts-Spence
Meeting Email: chm1 at hku.hk
Web Site: https://chm.hku.hk/events/ic4ch-symposium-2026

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Clinical Linguistics;
Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 14-Oct-2026

Call for Papers:
The Centre for the Humanities and Medicine at the University of Hong
Kong is proud to host the 2026 International Consortium for
Communication in Healthcare (IC4CH) Symposium. The event brings
together world-leading academics from institutions across Australia,
Singapore, South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
The Symposium will feature world-leading interdisciplinary research on
health(care) communication that addresses burning public health
issues. The aim of the symposium is to enhance healthcare practice and
training through evidence-based health communication research. Over
two days, the event will foster dialogue among researchers, healthcare
professionals, policymakers, NGOs, and other stakeholders. While the
event highlights the work of IC4CH members, it also creates space for
additional scholars and stakeholders to share diverse perspectives,
enriching the exchange of ideas. The symposium brings together
academics from the Global South and the Global North to explore
pertinent themes and debates in health(care) communication. A special
focus will also be dedicated to emerging technologies such as
telehealth and AI, emphasizing their impact on clinical communication
and healthcare delivery in our rapidly evolving digital landscape.
For this Symposium, the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine at The
University of Hong Kong warmly invites postgraduate students and
early-career researchers to submit abstracts for our poster session.
This poster session offers students and early-career researchers an
opportunity to present developing or completed research, receive
constructive feedback from an international interdisciplinary
audience, and join conversations connecting research, practice,
training, and policy. Interdisciplinary work is particularly
encouraged, including research from linguistics, communication,
medicine, public health, nursing, social work, psychology, education,
anthropology, and related disciplines.
To submit a poster, please complete our online form:
https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25LhCsZcSSx9yDA. All
submission guidelines, themes, and details are available on
https://chm.hku.hk/events/ic4ch-symposium-2026/poster-call. The
submission deadline is October 14, 2026 at 11:59pm (GMT+8). You will
be notified 2 weeks after the deadline if your submission is
successful. Posters of accepted submissions will be displayed
throughout the Symposium (Dec 3-4, 2026), and the poster presentation
forum will be on day 2 (Dec 4, 2026).



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