NNPCL SYMPOSIUM ON ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Introduction
The ideals of sustainability have become ubiquitous, especially in the energy sector serving as the overarching principle guiding all aspects of the strategy to address the global energy challenges. These ideals involve the various approaches organizations adopt for the immediate maximization of resources and adequate concerns for the future. Particularly, it emphasizes how energy is sourced, processed, and utilized without hazard to the social, economic, and physical environment. Addressing these challenges in a nation like Nigeria requires a multifaceted approach that leverages diverse communication channels that engage local communities (Ajani,et al., 2023).
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), in its effort to enhance Africa’s energy-independent approach, adopts a general stakeholders-sensitive approach, thereby playing a key role in the global sustainability agenda. In the same vein, the Centre for Media, and Communication Research (CMCR) at Pan-Atlantic University was established to promote a culture of scientific inquiry that is sensitive to Africa’s development needs such as promoting the
sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the African continent through the media and communication.
Against this background, CMCR with the support of NNPCL invites media and communication experts, scholars, policymakers, regulators, and other relevant stakeholders in energy, sustainability, and environmental communication to register or submit their abstracts to participate in an insightful discourse that will facilitate a sustainable environmental communication in Nigeria.
Sub-themes:
- Environmental Communication and Health in Nigeria
- Environmental Communication and Solution Journalism in Nigeria
- Environmental Communication and Climate Change in Nigeria
- Environmental Communication and Eco-diversity in Nigeria
- Environmental Communication and Data Journalism in Nigeria
- Media Culture, Energy, and Environmental Sustainability in Nigeria
- Media, Green Energy and Environmental Responsiveness in Nigeria
Important Dates:
April 7, 2025: Deadline for abstract submission
April 11, 2025: Notification of abstracts acceptance
April 28, 2025: Deadline for registration
May 11, 2025: Deadline for the submission of short industry papers or short research papers
May 21, 2025: Arrival and registration
May 22-23, 2025: Conference D-Day
Venue: Main Campus, Pan-Atlantic University
Time: 9:30 AM- 3:30 PM
Registration fee: There is no registration fee
Registration and abstract submission link: ipants
by the symposium organisers. In addition, free breakfast and lunch will be provided during the
event.
Travel grants: A travel grant of 50,000 Naira will be given to the invited participants during the
event. The grants will be given to journalists, civil society members, and early career
researchers.
Publication opportunity: The papers presented at the event will be considered for free
publication in the Journal of Creative Media (JCM). The Journal of Creative Media is managed
by the Centre for Media and Communication Research and published by the Pan-Atlantic
University Press.
Further inquiries: ro.cmcr@pau.edu.ng
Organizer
