The following list of participant is arranged according to the presentation sequence in the conference.

No. Name Title/ Institution Abstract
1 Clement Y.K. So Professor,
School of Journalism and Communication,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Mapping comparative communication research: What the literature says
2 Colin Sparks Chair Professor, 
Department of Journalism,
Hong Kong Baptist University,
Hong Kong
Can we compare media systems?
3 Jan Servaes Chair Professor and Head, 
Department of Media and Communication, 
City University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
The unbearable lightness of communication research
4 Cees Hamelink Professor of Human Rights and Public Health,
Faculty of Earth and Life Science,
VU University Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
What is there to compare?
5 Akiba Cohen Chair Professor,
Department of Communication,
Yezreel Valley College,
Israel
Mapping comparative research on television news
6 Francis L.F. Lee Professor,
School of Journalism and Communication,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Domestication and audience interests in foreign news: A cross-national analysis
7 Thomas Hanitszch Chair and Professor of Communication,
Department of Communication Science and Media Research,
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich,
Germany
Political trust among journalists: Comparative evidence from 21 Countries
8 Lars Willnat Professor,
School of Journalism, Indiana University,
U.S.A.
Social media use and political participation in nine Asian Nations
9 Weiyu Zhang Assistant Professor,
Department of Communications and New Media,
National University of Singapore,
Singapore
Social media and elections in authoritarian democracies: The cases of Malaysia and Singapore
10 Michael C.M. Chan Assistant Professor,
School of Journalism and Communication,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Social media use and democratic engagement: A comparative study of Hong Kong and Taiwan
11 Hsuan-ting Chen Assistant Professor,
School of Journalism and Communication,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Social media use and democratic engagement: A comparative study of Hong Kong and Taiwan
12 William Dutton Quello Professor of Media and Information Policy,
College of Communication Arts and Sciences,
Michigan State University,
U.S.A.
Mobile communication today and tomorrow
13 Ingrid Volkmer Associate Professor,
School of Culture and Communication,
Faculty of Art, University of Melbourne,
Australia
Parameter of public deliberation in transnational communicative terrains
14 Jack L.C. Qiu Associate Professor,
School of Journalism and Communication,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
The city and the grassroots, mobile-ized: Notes and questions from Asia-Pacific
15 Myria Georgiou Associate Professor and Deputy Head,
Department of Media and Communications,
The London School of Economics and Political Science,
U.K.
Media and the City: Urbanizing communication, communicating the urban
16 Barry Wellman Co-Director,
NetLab Network,
Faculty of Information (School), 
University of Toronto,
Canada
Changing ties in a far-flung, multidisciplinary research network: The case of GRAND
17 Georgette Wang Honorary Chair Professor,
College of Communication,
National Cheng Chi University,
Taiwan
From collectivism to the dual-factor relational framework: Tracing the path to commensurability
18 Christine Y.H. Huang Professor, School of Journalism and Communication,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
From collectivism to the dual-factor relational framework: Tracing the path to commensurability
19 Joseph M. Chan Professor of Journalism and Communication,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Research network and comparative communication studies: Practice and reflections