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Submission Procedure
- After completing registration, please upload your article in PDF format at this link. SUBMISSION HERE
- If your article is confirmed to be accepted, please make payment according to the timeline. Confirm and upload your proof of payment at this link. UPLOAD PAYMENT
Online Participant
- For online participants, you can collect video and power point files at the following link UPLOAD DOCUMENT
Timeline
- Open Registration : 4 February 2026
- Last Call Registration Deadline : 16 May 2026
- Announcement : 19 May 2026
- Full Payment Deadline : 22 May 2026
- Article Revision (Submission Deadline) : 30 May 2026
- Event Preparation (Booth decoration) : 10 June 2026
- Opening Ceremony Online & Offline, Judging Participant : 10 June 2026
- Awarding : 10 June 2026
Participant Eligibility
Participant Requirements (Offline & Online)
- Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled at recognized institutions.
- Participation is individual or in teams of up to five (5) members (unless stated otherwise).
- Each team must have one (1) supervisor (academic/professional) acting as a mentor, not a contributor.
- Teams may be from the same or different institutions/countries but must register under at least one institution.
- Each participant may join only one (1) team and cannot compete both individually and in a team.
- Each individual/team may submit only one (1) project.
- Registration and payment must be completed before the deadline.
- Participants must follow all schedules and activities set by the organizing committee.
Category-Specific Participation Rules
Technology & Digital Innovation
- Participants may join individually or in teams.
- Teams may be multidisciplinary, with members from the same or different disciplines.
- Projects must align with the Technology & Digital Innovation theme.
- Submissions may include research, prototypes, systems/applications, or solution-based projects.
- Evaluation criteria: innovation, relevance, social impact, and feasibility.
Communication, Media, and Digital Society
- Open to students in Communication Studies and related fields.
- Participants may join individually or in teams.
- Projects must address the theme from a communication perspective (e.g., media, interaction, audiences, discourse).
- Each team must have one supervisor with a communication-related background.
- Submissions may be analytical, research-based, or issue-focused.
- Evaluation: clarity, critical insight, relevance, originality, and visual presentation.
Terms & Conditions
- Participants must be undergraduate or postgraduate students currently pursuing an academic degree and must be enrolled at a university or higher education institution.
- Participants may compete individually or in teams of up to 5 members + 1 supervisor.
- The supervisor must be a professional or academic who will serve as a mentoring advisor, not as a primary contributor to the technical development of the project.
- Teams may include members from different universities or countries but must be registered under an institution.
- Participants are only allowed to register as part of one team and may not participate in multiple teams or as an individual if already registered in a team.
- Each individual or team is allowed to submit only one project.
- All projects must be original work of the participants. Plagiarism will result in disqualification.
- Participants must register and upload an article abstract in PDF format and in English.
- Participants are required to use a title and extended abstract that match the category they are entering.
- Payment must be completed before the payment deadline.
- Participants are required to attend the entire series of activities according to the schedule arranged by the organizing committee.
- Participants who fail to submit the required documents (extended abstract, PowerPoint) after two reminders will be considered to have withdrawn automatically.
- Team participants must designate 1 person as the presenter.
Technology Category
- Participants compete in teams of up to 5 members.
- Each team is required to have 1 (one) supervisor from an academic or professional background relevant to the project field. The supervisor serves as a conceptual mentor and advisor, not as a primary contributor to the technical development of the project.
- Team composition may come from the same field of study or from different disciplines (multidisciplinary).
- The submitted project and paper must be in accordance with the theme determined by the organizing committee.
- Projects may take the form of: research-based conceptual ideas, functional prototypes, digital systems/applications, or research-based solutions. All project formats will be evaluated based on innovation, practical relevance, social impact, and feasibility of implementation.
- All projects must be original work of the participants. Plagiarism, data fabrication, or illegitimate ownership claims will result in disqualification.
- The decisions of the judges and the organizing committee are final and binding.
Communication Category
- This category is open to communication students and students from other majors.
- Participants must compete in teams of 2–3 students. Individual participation is not permitted.
- Teams may consist of members from the same or different academic programs; however, all posters must approach the selected theme through a communication perspective, such as media practices, digital interaction, audiences, discourse, or meaning-making in digital society.
- Each team must have 1 (one) supervisor with a communication-related academic background (e.g., Communication Science, Media Studies, Journalism, Advertising, Public Relations, or Digital Communication). The supervisor provides conceptual guidance and does not directly participate in the production or design of the poster.
- Posters must be developed based on the official themes determined by the organizing committee, including digital campaigns, digital journalism, digital popular culture, or AI in social relations.
- Submissions may be analytical, research-based, or issue-focused, and will be evaluated based on clarity of ideas, critical insight, relevance to digital society, originality, and visual presentation.
- All submitted posters must be original work created by the team. Any form of plagiarism or unethical practice will result in disqualification.
- The decisions of the judges and the organizing committee are final and binding.
Submission Requirements
General Submission Rules
| Original Work | Submissions must be original; >25% similarity leads to disqualification. |
| Language Policy | All materials must be in English; clarity is evaluated. |
| Submission Platform | Upload via the official platform only (no email/other channels). |
| Submission Deadline | Late submissions are not accepted. |
| File Format and Size | Articles/posters in PDF (official templates); online presentations via uploaded YouTube video. |
| Completeness of Submission | All required components must be submitted or risk disqualification. |
| Ethics and Academic Integrity | Plagiarism, fabrication, or misrepresentation leads to disqualification. |
| Use of AI Tools | Allowed if used responsibly and properly disclosed. |