Organization

The V World Congress on Communication and Arts - WCCA'2012, happened in Guimarães, cradle of Portugal, on April 15 -18, 2012.

The theme of the congress was: "Beyond Art, Beyond Humanities, Beyond Technology: A New Creativity".

The official languages were English, Spanish and Portuguese.

The host Institution was UMINHO – University of Minho.

Prof. Dr. Claudio R. Brito
General Chair

General Chair:
Claudio R. Brito

Technical Program Chair:
Melany M. Ciampi

Local Chairs:
Luis Amaral
Rosa Vasconcelos

Advisory Committee:

Dana Dobrovská,President of IMC
Denis Willemin, President of RCI
Don P. Giddens, President of ASEE
Jose Carlos Quadrado, President of IFEES
Khalil S. Taraman, President of SME Education Foundation
Michael E. Auer, President of IGIP
Muthar Al-Ubaidi, President of INTERTECH
Rob Reilly, President of IEEE Education Society
Teresa Restivo, President of SPEE
Wim Van Petegem, President of SEFI

Technical Program Committee:

Melany M. Ciampi, Chair of Committee
André Reda, Brazil
Anita Westerström, Sweden
Axel Zafoschnig, Austria
Carlos Cardoso, Portugal
Claudio R. Brito, Brazil
Dan Budny, USA
David Marshall, Australia
Deb Verhoeven, Australia
Edmundo Tovar, Spain
Galvão Meirinhos, Portugal
Göran Westerström, Sweden
Irina Avenarious, Russia
João Vicente Cegato Bertomeu, Brazil
José Carlos Marques, Brazil
Kim Barbour, Australia
Luis Amaral, Portugal
Marcos Rizolli, Brazil
María Feldgen, Argentina
Osvaldo Clua, Argentina
Pelópidas Cypriano Pel, Brazil
Rita Maria Lino Tarcia, Brazil
Rosa Vasconcelos, Portugal
Teresa Almeida, Portugal
Teresa Larkin, USA
Vladimir G. Zakharov, Russia
Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite, USA

The topics of congress were:

• Advertising
• Art History
• Cinema
• Comics
• Communication Theory
• Culture and Technology
• Journalism
• Massive Media
• Video Arts
• Visual Communications & Graphic Arts
• Web Design