Seventeenth International Conference on The Image
- The Image as Advocate: Shaping Cultural Conversations
- 1-2 October 2026
- Nanyang Technological University, Singapore + Online
The Image Research Network is brought together around a shared interest in the nature and function of image making and images. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.
The Seventeenth International Conference on The Image calls for research addressing the following annual themes.
We're happy to share the schedule of sessions for the International Conference on the Image. We update the schedule on a weekly basis, so please make sure to check back regularly, as the schedule is subject to change. If you've recently registered but are not yet scheduled, your presentation should appear here within the next week. Because this is a draft schedule, you may be the only paper currently in your session; don't be concerned—we'll include more papers as we update the schedule.
If you have any issues locating your presentation in the event schedule, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The Seventeenth International Conference on The Image will feature plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Director (Curatorial, Research & Exhibitions) and Senior Curator, National Gallery of Singapore, Singapore
"Reworlding Images: Towards Planetary Futurisms in the Age of A.I."
Filmmaker and Associate Professor, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
"Disappearing Landscapes: The Cinematic Image and Vanishing Worlds"
Co-founder and Creative Director, BLACK Design, Singapore
"Image as Identity"
Professor and Researcher in Journalism, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain
“La crisis de la imagen como evidencia: IA, visualidad y desinformación en el ecosistema mediático”
(Online in Spanish)
Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Research), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Senior Lecturer, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Senior Lecturer, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Lecturer, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Professor, Acting Chair, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Vice President of Higher School of Education of Lisbon, Lisbon Polytechnic, Portugal Coordinator of the Visual Arts and Technologies DegreeDesignLab4U Founder
(English)
Universidad de Málaga, España
(Spanish)
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