Previous Conferences

FIRST COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAS
Venue: Mexico D.F.,Mexico
Date: February, 1997
Topics: Diversity, Technology and Communication: a look at our America

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This first conference sought to evaluate and rethink teaching practices and research within the field of communication, as acknowledged in academics worried about this time of globalization and technological challenges that were carrying to rethink the practices of communicative and professional work.
It was a place to share experiences in professional communication, a meeting place to discuss, debate and enrich perspectives, ideas, project, achievements and strategies of teaching and learning.

Steering Committee

Jim Gaudino, Executive Director of NCA
Luis Núñez, President of FELAFACS
Federico Varona por NCA.

Participants
Luis Núñez Gornés, Judith Trent, Jim Gaudino, Sergio Inestrosa, Cecilia Cervantes Barba, Pamela J. Shoemaker, Erasmo de Freitas Nuzzi, Patricia Terrero, Angela Giglia, Rosalía Winocur, Patricia González, María Guadalupe Hernández, María del Socorro Luna Avila, Irene Martínez Zarandona, Guillermo Michel, Ana Celina Puebla, Alicia Entel, Javier Esteinou Madrid, Francisco Javier Cortazar Rodríguez, Martha Burkle Bonecchi, Alejandro Acuña Limón, Luis Alvarez Colín, José Luis León Manríquez and Oscar López Reyes

SECOND COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAS
Venue: San Antonio, Texas. USA
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Topics: Creating Sites for Connection and Action

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Dedicated to bringing communication scholars together across political and cultural boundaries, this preconference serves as a follow-up to the First Communication Conference of the Americas in 1997, in Mexico City. Both in 1997 and today, these conferences share the purpose of promoting dialogue among communication scholars throughout the countries of the Americas and providing an opportunity for them to share their perspectives, research, and teaching strategies.

Steering Committee
Jim Gaudino, Executive Director of NCA
Luis Núñez, President of FELAFACS
Federico Varona
George Cheney
Dolores Tanno
J. Michael Sproule

Participants
Jorge Calles (México), George Cheney (USA), Gabriel Jaime Pérez (Colombia), Beatriz Solís (México), David Vaina (USA), Claudia Benassini (México), Jacquelin Fowks (Perú), Donna Miller (USA), David Bruenger (USA), Gabriela Warkentin (México), Carol Adams-Means, Maria Guiterrez-Flores and Viviana Rojas (USA), Fernando Calero (Colombia), Kristina Ruiz-Mesa (USA), Margaret Dick (USA), Javier Protzel (Perú), Federico Subervi (Puerto Rico), Barbara L. Baker, Glenda R. Balas, Jennifer Dunn, Dennis Leoutsakas and Bryan Horikami (USA)


THIRD COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAS
Venue: Chicago. USA
Date:November 14, 2007
Topics: Sharing Worldviews: Enhancing the Intellectual, Ethical, and Faith-Driven Collaborative Efforts of Communication Scholars from the Americas

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The primary rationale for this preconference is to provide Communication scholars from South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and North America an opportunity to share their collaborative research and pedagogical programs in a major international forum.

The three primary expected outcomes of this preconference are: (1) Presentations by representatives of three to five cross-cultural collaborative projects in the Americas; (2) A poster session providing a wide representation of cross-cultural collaborative projects taking place through out the Americas; and, (3) A business meeting of scholars wishing to form a steering committee responsible for promoting the development of a caucus or division within the National Communication Association dedicated to a continuation of a North-South Communication dialogue on an annual basis

Steering Committee
Dennis Leoutsakas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD.
Federico Varona, Ph. D., Professor, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
Clemencia Rodriguez, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
Jesús Arroyave, Assistant Professor, Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia

Participants

Rosanna Reguillo (Mexico), Yeidi Rivero (Puerto Rico/US), Angarat Valdivia (US), Clemencia Rodriguez (Colombia), Rosa Maria Alfaro (Peru), Juan Salazar (Chile), Gustavo Gomez (Uruguay), Dorothy Kidd (US), Rosalind Breshanahan (US), John Downing (US), Robert Huesca (US), Kevin Howley (US), Clemencia Rodriguez (Colombia)