The RIPE@2026 conference will take place in Taipei, Taiwan, from 20-23 October 2026. It will be sponsored by the Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS) and hosted by the School of Communication at National Chengchi University in Taipei. We welcome you to join the international community of researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers who will deliberate on Politics and Public Service Media, the 2026 theme.
The conference website is now available, including information on speakers, venues, accomodation options and registration fees. For those who submitted an abstract to the conference, notifications of acceptance will be sent on 29 May 2026. Accepted authors are expected to submit their full papers by 28 August 2026. Conference registration will be possible through the website from early June, with an early-bird rate available.
Please visit the conference website for comprehensive information and frequent updates about the programme, themes, and participation details. For any queries, please contact the conference organization team at ripe2026nccu(at)gmail.com
A glimpse on the programme
The three-day conference will feature three distinguished keynote speakers: Professor Nobuto Yamamoto, the host of RIPE@2014, will critically review the surge and challenges faced by public service media in Asia since the 2014 conference. Professor Terry Flew will draw on his extensive experience observing and participating in the transformation of Asia-Pacific broadcasting to provide knowledge and insights about current conditions and future trends. Mr. Maraos, who chaired one of the pioneering indigenous TV services funded by the public in Taiwan, will share firsthand experience in the leadership and management of this unique PSM model.
A good number of paper proposals have been received and are being reviewed by a Scientific Committee.
Areas and issues of inquiry include media independence, geopolitical change, digital transformation, public trust, institutional legitimacy, and models for sustainability, as well as significant implications of disinformation, propaganda, and platform governance in the online media ecology.
By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and comparative perspectives, the RIPE@2026 Conference will build on the achievements accomplished by the RIPE initiative since the first biennial conference in Finland in 2002, contributing new perspectives and facilitating broadening participation in Asia and beyond. The conference seeks to support the international community of PSM experts working to advance theoretical frameworks and empirical research to cultivate deeper, richer understandings of public service media in our complex and rapidly shifting global media context.
The full call for papers and additional conference information is available here: