Important dates: Extended Full Paper Submission Deadline: 8 July 2016 Final Paper (Camera-Ready) Submission Deadline: 15 August 2016 Early Bird Registration Deadline: 22 July 2016 Late Registration Deadline: 19 August 2016 Conference Dates: 26 - 27 September 2016 Keynote Addresses Assoc. Prof. Charlotte Epstein, University of Sydney, Australia Assoc. Prof. Wong Wilson Wai-Ho, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Dr. Andrew Banfield, The Australian National University, Australia Conference Theme As the world becomes increasingly integrated the political, social, and cultural boundaries are being re-configured and new challenges emerge. Political power is shifting beyond the traditional state models and governance is taking on new forms. Social conflict arises across different regions of the world. Amidst all of these, political scientists, political experts, academics, sociologist should actively engaged in an in-depth discourse by providing an active voice which helps shape the opinions of the public, institutions and the policy-makers.