Hong Kong Baptist University, Boston University, Korea University, and the University of Vienna invite submissions for the inaugural AI-TEM 2026: AI, Technology & Emerging Media, jointly organized as part of a four-university effort to build a sustainable global research network on AI, communication, and emerging media.

As the first initiative of this international consortium, the 2026 conference will be hosted in Hong Kong, a global center of communication and a hub connecting East and West. The conference is intended to bring together faculty members, graduate students, and international scholars who are interested not only in presenting research but also in joining a longer-term academic initiative designed to foster sustained scholarly exchange, tangible research collaboration, publication opportunities, and future consortium-based engagement.

The annual theme, “Extending Responsible AI Communication,” reflects the need to move discussions of AI beyond the promise of innovation alone and toward broader questions of fairness and shared social benefit. As AI increasingly shapes communication, institutions, and public life, the conference seeks to explore how communication scholarship can better address hidden inequalities, uneven adoption, and emerging forms of exclusion, while also helping to advance more socially beneficial and inclusive futures.