The Faculty of Social and Political Science of Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (FISIP UMSU) succeeded in conducting an online International Conference named INCCLUSI (International Conference on Communication, Policy, and Social Science) 2022, Tuesday (22/02).

Besides implementing the Tri Dharma (Three Values) of higher education institutions, the conference becomes a part of the 50th Anniversary commemoration series held every February. In his remarks, the Dean of FISIP UMSU, Dr. Arifin Saleh, MSP, explained that the conference becomes an internationalization of FISIP UMSU in managing Social Welfare with A Accreditation, Public Administration Science with A Accreditation, and Communication Science with Excellent Accreditation.

By the theme “Collaboration of Government, Civil Society, and Digital Communication for Sustainable Development Goals,” the conference was also attended by national and international speakers, including Dr. Rudianto, S.Sos, M.Si as the Vice-Rector III of UMSU; Prof Olle Törnquist from the University of Oslo, Norway; Dr. J. Nicolaas Warouw from the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia; Dr. Noppawan Phuengpha, MPA from Burapha University, Thailand, and Dr. Azhar Ibrahim Alwee from the National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Sahran Saputra, as the Committee Chief, explained that 550 participants attended the seminar, and 125 participants sent their papers for this conference. The papers have fulfilled the requirement to be published in Atlantis Press, an international proceeding and scientific journal in FISIP UMSU. Afterwards, the participants were divided into several classes to present their papers. Moderators from FISIP lecturers would guide the presentations in each category.