The VIII World Congress on Communication and Arts - WCCA’2015, happened in Salvador, Brazil, on April 19-22, 2015.

The theme of the congress was: "Communication and Arts as Structuring Elements of Wellbeing and Social Justice".

The official languages were English, Spanish and Portuguese.

The host Institution was State University of Bahia (UNEB).

Prof. Dr. Claudio R. Brito
General Chair

General Chair:
Claudio R. Brito

Technical Program Chair:
Melany M. Ciampi

Local Chair:
Valnice Sousa Paiva

Vice Local Chair:
Joabson Lima Figueredo

Publication Chair:
Victor A. Barros

Advisory Committee:
James Sluss, President of IEEE Ed. Soc.
Kamel Hawwash, President of SEFI
Michael E. Auer, President of IGIP
Muthar Al-Ubaidi, President of INTERTECH
Nicholas J. Altiero, President of ASEE
Tiia Rüütmann, President of IMC
Uriel Cukierman, President of IFEES

Technical Program Committee:
Melany M. Ciampi, Chair of Committee
André Luiz de Lima Reda, Brazil
Anita Westerström, Sweden
Arnaud Soares de Lima Junior, Brazil
Claudio R. Brito, Brazil
Dan Budny, USA
David Marshall, Australia
Deb Verhoeven, Australia
Edmilson Roberto Braga, Brazil
Federico Flueckiger, Switzerland
Galvão Meirinhos, Portugal
Göran Westerström, Sweden
Irina Avenarious, Russia
João Vicente Cegato Bertomeu, Brazil

Jucineide Lessa de Carvalho, Brazil
Luis Amaral, Portugal
Marcia Silva de Oliveira, Brazil
Marcos Rizolli, Brazil
María Feldgen, Argentina
Osvaldo Clúa, Argentina
Regina Lara Silveira Mello, Brazil
Rita Maria Lino Tarcia, Brazil
Rosa Vasconcelos, Portugal
Tânia Maria Hetkowski, Brazil
Teresa Almeida, Portugal
Teresa Larkin, USA
Victor A. Barros, Brazil
Vladimir G. Zakharov, Russia
Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite, USA

Local Committee:
Valnice Sousa Paiva, Chair of Committee
Joabson Lima Figueredo, Vice Chair of Committee
Ana Karine Loula Torres Rocha
Ana Paula Silva da Conceição
Carlos de Jesus Santos Filho
Elinalda da Silva Santos Souza
Fabrício Oliveira da Silva
Francisca de Paula Santos da Silva
Jardelina Bispo do Nascimento
Joara Porto Avelar dos Santos
Jucineide Lessa de Carvalho
Jussara Bogarim
Kátia Cristina Novaes Leite
Luciane Ferreira Bomfim
Marcos Rogério Silva Santos
Meire Diane Santos de Oliveira
Najara Santos de Oliveira
Osimara da Silva Barros
Paulo Alves
Paulo de Almeida da Silva Filho
Tereza Cristina de Farias Guimarães
Uilson Silva Pedreira

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