[Konferensi Internasional Pelajar Indonesia] KIPI 2016

BACKGROUND

A new wave of information technology has been the key for numerous success stories in the world today. The evolutions of digital interaction through Internet and multiple platforms of social media have witnessed the foremost rapid achievement in terms of connectivity. Events that occur in far distance can be wired to people living in elsewhere in the world within minutes or seconds away. We are more connected then we were 20 or 30 years ago. Thanks to digital communication, we can also buy books or other goods as desired and get them delivered to our house in two days or even less. It supports many students obtain more information that helps them finishing homework, and literature books now can be easily downloaded in the form of e-books.

In political realm, digital communication creates a new sense of political engagement. It profoundly introduces the concept of e-citizenship where people can show their support by signing online petitions. Ordinary people can also create and join hashtags that generate political buzz. To point out some milestones in today’s digital society, it is suggested that Barack Obama’s first electoral triumph as the President of The United States of America was greatly supported by campaign strategies that heavily rely on Internet, and Blackberry was at that time the most popular secular device. On the other hand, the Arab Springs—which first took place in Tunisia and overthrown a country’s leader—were also all about digital connectivity. The wave can be unstoppable and the limit of its impact can sometimes unimaginable.

Digital society is not limited to political and social arenas. Today, scientists around the globe can join conferences with participants located in different countries with different time zones. The connectivity offers bigger opportunity for scientific collaborations which was unthinkable in couple of decades ago. With online publishing, for example, writers—both beginners and advance thinkers—can publish their work instantly through online publishers. This ease has been remarkably important to provide options for scholarly and less-academic publications.

As are living in an era with strong cyber connectivity, people can stand up for a cause and provide adequate resources to those who are in need. A case of Madaya in Syria not long ago, suggests that information can be so powerful as to push governments and international bodies to help people suffering from starvation in a war-effected area such as Madaya. It is also interesting to note that journalism combined with e-activism had becoming more successful in creating the wave of awareness, which later translated into policies and interventions. Yet on the other end, people with evil desires can benefit from digital society by promoting their views and sentiments through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter. ISIS has been recruiting young souls to join the cult by luring them on the Internet.

As other innovations in human’s modern history, Internet which resulted in digital society today offers positive and negative sides. In business, Internet brings tremendous profits in terms of sales and earnings. Start-ups are growing like mushrooms, with investment came not only from private entities but also governments. Furthermore, advertisement industry has changed dramatically. Once unknown singer, for example, can promote her/his works on YouTube or Instagram and became viral. Instant fame gained from being an Internet sensation creates bigger opportunity for early-starter celebrity.

Internet penetration worldwide has grown 832 percent in the last 15 years from 2000 to 2015, where estimated 3.3 billion of people now connected. Given the advantages made available by the Internet and the rapid growth of Internet usage, scholars from almost all disciplines can explore the nature of these developments with aims to better explain what prospects are available for human betterments in the future. In this international conference, Association of Indonesian Students in Australia (PPIA) plans to explore the topic with multiple discipline approaches.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Conference Format

This conference, conducted in English, is open for Indonesian and international students and scholars all around the world who are interested in presenting their ideas regarding the theme.

Each participant will be given 30 minutes for presentation, which also includes question and answer sessions. The presentations are organized subject-wise into theme and sub themes where will be conducted parallel in time, in different rooms.

Call for Abstracts

The conference committee invites submission of abstract to be reviewed and selected by our Board of Reviewers. The selection process will choose 48 best papers that will be presented in the conference. Even though the contribution may be made in-group, please note that only one individual will present the paper at a time given.

The contributors must submit their abstract by 29th of February 2016. The selected presenting authors will be announced by 14th of March 2016. Selected authors must then submit their final drafts and register for the Conference by 4th April 2016. Failure to do so will lead to cancelation of that presentation from the program.

Themes and sub themes

The theme of KIPI-2016 is:

“Digital Society towards the New Millennium: Maximising Opportunities”

Participants are expected to present their ideas related to the given sub-themes as follows:

    Politics

1.     E-citizenship, the wave of netizenship across countries
2.     Democratization in the cyber era
3.     The strength of social media in determining national and international policies
4.     National interests in banning certain social media
5.     Impacts of online communities towards soft power diplomacy

    Business

1.     E-commerce and the future of economic development
2.     International market penetration
3.     Forecasting the impact of virtual shopping

    Creative economy

1.     Start-up phenomenon, success and failure
2.     Replicating the U.S. Silicon Valley, is that possible?
3.     Investments in start-ups worldwide; Uber, Go-Jek, GrabTaxi, etc

    Education

1.     E-books, ease of access to materials
2.     Collaborative research possibilities for Third world countries scientists
3.     Increasing interest in studying coding and ICT
4.     The increasing growth in massive online open courses

    Culture/Arts

1.     Have we severely lost human touch in daily interactions? The side effects of ICT advancement
2.     Internet addiction and its impacts on parenting
3.     Online interactions contribute to foster the creation of new virtual societies
4.     ICT advancement endanger our culture

    Journalism/Communication

1.     The trend of breaking the news in Twitter/Facebook/Instagram accounts
2.     Social media has become media outlet, replacing the habit of reading printed papers
3.     social media as an emerging power for combating terrorism
4.     Questioning the objectivity of news in social media era

Expected Participants

KIPI 2016 expects more than 200 abstract submissions, 48 selected papers to be presented, and attendance of 300 audiences.
 

Important Dates
31 January 2016         – Call for Abstracts
29 February 2016      – Abstract Submission Deadline
14 March 2016           – Shortlisted Abstract Announcement
4 April 2016                – Final Paper Submission
22-23 April 2016       – Event Implementation

The Conference Venue

KIPI 2016 will be held at the heart of the Flinders University campus. Flinders University takes its name from English navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the southern Australian coastline in 1802. Its crest includes a reproduction of Flinders’ ship ‘Investigator’ and an extract from his book A Voyage to Terra Australia.

Flinders University was created in 1966, at a time when new universities were being established across Australia as part of a major expansion of university education. This gave opportunities for access to people from a broader range of backgrounds than had attended universities in the past. It also helped to meet Australia’s need for an increasing number of highly trained and skilled personnel in a period of industrial development and economic growth.

Flinders University was formally opened on 25 March 1966 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the late Queen Mother, and the Chancellor Sir Mark Mitchell.

Throughout its history, Flinders University has had a focus and an emphasis on research.  Some excellent early appointments were made, especially to professors who built their international reputations along with that of the University.

Quickly, Flinders became a strong research performer in Australia relative to its size. We are ranked as one of the world’s top 400 universities as determined by the Shanghai Jiao Academic Ranking of the World Universities (2011) and ranked at 299 in the QS World University Rankings (2011).

For more information: http://ppi-australia.org/program/kipi/2016-2/