Semiofest

Semiofest is the main worldwide conference series and event on commercial semiotics.[1]

The topics covered include the applications of semiotics in marketing, brand development, design, advertising, applied aspects of social semiotics, ecosemiotics etc.[2] The conference subtitle is "A Celebration of Semiotic Thinking".

History

The initiators and first organisers of Semiofest were several British companies and agencies that provide semiotic consultancy. An aim of Semiofest is to bring together the specialists practicing semiotics in marketing and social consultancy, and academics researching and teaching semiotics in universities.[3]

The conference have been organised in the following centres (and themes):

  • 2012 – London
  • 2013 – Barcelona
  • 2014 – Shanghai ("Global Meets Local: A Cross-cultural Celebration of Semiotic Thinking")
  • 2015 – Paris ("Fall in Love with Applied Semiotics")
  • 2016 – Tallinn ("Semiotics and Culture of Innovation")
  • 2017 – Toronto ("Media, Messages, and Meanings: Semiotics, Form and Content")
  • 2018 – Mumbai ("Time of the Signs")
  • 2020 – Mexico

References
  1. Oswald, Laura R. 2015. Creating Value: The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotics Research. Oxford University Press, p. 2.
  2. Denny, Rita M.; Sunderland, Patricia L. (eds.) 2014). Handbook of Anthropology in Business. Routledge, p. 455, 462.
  3. Gabriela Pedranti 2016. Report on Tallinn Semiofest. Semiotix.

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