Local Organising Committee

Cláudia Lago, Chair of the Local Organising Committee

Associate Professor at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA/USP), with a large experience in association’s management, include IAMCR, where she served as Vice-Chair of the Journalism Research and Education (JRE) Section of IAMCR from 2010 to 2016, later being elected Chair of the Section (2016–2020). Her research focuses on Communication and Alterity, specifically its relationship with Gender and Sexuality Studies. She is the Chair of the Local Organising Committee (LOC).

Eneus Trindade, Co-vice coordinator of LOC

Full Professor at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP). He has been a faculty member of the Graduate Program in Communication Sciences (PPGCOM-USP) since 2007, supervising both Master’s and Doctoral students. His expertise lies in Communication with an emphasis on Advertising Language, focusing on: aesthetics and consumption, meaning production in advertising, enunciation and reception studies, consumption practices, and the semiopragmatics of brand-consumer interactions. He is co-vice coordinator of the LOC.

Maria Cristina Palma Mungioli, Co-vice coordinator of LOC

Associate Professor at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP). She is the current Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Communication Sciences (PPGCOM) at USP. Her research focuses on communication and education, television studies, televisual formats and languages, transmedia narratives, and Educommunication.

Luiz Alberto Beserra de Farias, Executive Director at Communication and Culture Association (ARCO)

Full Professor of School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP). At ECA-USP, where he joined in 2003, he served as the Coordinator of the Public Relations undergraduate program and as the Head of the Department of Public Relations, Advertising, and Tourism. He is currently a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Communication Sciences (PPGCOM-ECA-USP).

Alan César Belo Angeluci, LOC Coordinator for Civil Society Partnerships

Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Publishing (CJE) at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA/USP) and in the Graduate Programs in Information Science and Communication Sciences (PPGCI and PPGCOM ECA/USP). He serves as Vice President of the Research and Innovation Committee (CPqI) at ECA-USP. His research focuses on Data Visualization, Digital Methods, Data Journalism, Artificial Intelligence in Journalism, Multimedia Journalism, and Digital Culture.

Cecília Antakly de Mello, LOC Coordinator for Cultural and Strategic Activities

Associate Professor in the Department of Film, Radio and Television and in the Graduate Program in Audiovisual Media and Processes (PPGMPA) at the School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo (ECA-USP). She is the coordinator of PPGMPA and a member of the Governing Board of the USP-China Center. She has extensive experience in the field of Arts, with an emphasis on Film, focusing primarily on realism, memory, Chinese cinema and television, British cinema and television, film and space, intermediality, film editing, and film theory.

Cibele Araújo Marques, LOC Coordinator for Infrastructure Management

Holds a PhD in Information Science and a Bachelor's degree in Library Science from the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA/USP). She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information and Culture at ECA/USP and a member of the Graduate Program in Information Science (PPGCI - ECA/USP), specializing in the research line of Organization of Information and Knowledge.

Elizabeth Nicolau Saad Corrêa, LOC Scientific Advisor

Senior Full Professor in the Department of Journalism and Publishing at the School of Communications and Arts (ECA-USP). She is a prominent researcher and lecturer in the fields of digital communication and digital journalism, focusing on digital information business strategies and the correlation between strategy and the development of new languages for digital content.

Patrícia Moran Fernandes, LOC Coordinator for Artistic and Cultural Activities

Associate Professor at ECA-USP and a faculty member in the Graduate Program in Audiovisual Media and Processes (PPGMPA). She has experience in the field of Arts, with an emphasis on Audiovisual Performance, focusing primarily on video, documentary, film, digital technology, and production. Her research focuses on live audiovisual performances.

Rosana de Lima Soares, LOC Scientific Advisor

Associate Professor at the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP), serving in the Department of Journalism and Publishing (CJE). She is a faculty member in the Graduate Program in Communication Sciences (PPGCOM) and a contributing professor in the Graduate Program in Audiovisual Media and Processes (PPGMPA). Her primary areas of focus include media criticism, audiovisual culture, language and discourse, film aesthetics, journalism and documentary, and social stigmas.

Dione Oliveira Moura

Full Professor at the Faculty of Communication (FAC) of the University of Brasília (UnB), where she is serving her second term as Dean. Her research focuses on Communication from the perspective of inclusive and democratizing processes, covering themes such as ethno-racial identity, gender studies (specifically women's rights), and scientific and environmental journalism.

Fernando Oliveira Paulino

Holds a PhD (2008, including a research period at the University of Seville) and a Master’s degree (2003) in Communication from the University of Brasília (UnB). He is a Professor at UnB and a member of the UNESCO Latin America and Caribbean Regional Chapter on Media and Information Literacy, and a lieson with the Latin American Association of Communication Researchers (ALAIC). He is a co-coordinator of the Communication, Social Justice, and Democracy Working Group of the IAMCR.

José Cláudio Siqueira Castanheira

Professor in the Department of Communication and in the Graduate Programs in Communication at Universidade Federal Fluminense and Universidade Federal do Ceará. Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. Leader of the Group of Studies on Images, Sonorities and Technologies. Member of the coordination of the International Conference on Sonorities Research. International Council Member and Ambassador to Brazil for the IAMCR. Participant of the National Institute of Science and Technology on Informational Disputes and Sovereignties (INCT-DSI). Researcher in digital culture, music, sound studies and film studies.