Keynote Speakers

Simon Lindgren

Simon Lindgren is a Professor of Sociology at Ume? University, Sweden. He is the author of several renowned books and articles about popular culture, social organization, participation and conflict through discourse studies of digital culture.

Jason Dittmer

Jason Dittmer earned his PhD in Geography at Florida State University in 1999. He is currently Reader in Human Geography, University College London, and has published extensively on popular culture including the critically acclaimed book Popular Culture, Geopolitics and Identity (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010).