The 16th Annual Global Partners in Education Conference will be hosted by East Carolina University (ECU) in Greenville, NC, USA from May 22 – 24, 2023. This will be our first in-person conference in three years. We invite instructors, technical support personnel, students, and administrators from GPE partner institutions around the world to join us at ECU for this important knowledge sharing and networking event. Some sessions will be streamed and recorded for those who cannot attend in person.

Aligning with GPE’s mission to prepare students with the skills, knowledge, and adaptability to thrive in an interconnected world, the theme of this year’s conference is “Intercultural Communication: Preparing Students for an Interconnected World.” Intercultural communication is essential for student success. Regardless of whether they stay in their hometown after graduation, move to a bigger city, or choose to live abroad, it is inevitable that students in today’s world will work, live, and play with culturally diverse others. Good intercultural communication is also extraordinarily important for those working in GPE programming. It has always been our philosophy that the majority of challenges faced in our programming can be resolved with good communication.

Throughout the conference we will explore how to build intercultural communication competency both amongst ourselves and our students. It will also be an opportunity to discuss ways to improve existing programming and develop/introduce ideas for new programming and initiatives. Participants will be given the opportunity to share their research and best practices and will have ample time to network with fellow participants to help further international efforts on their home campuses.

For more details see the conference website

8th Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznan (YLMP 2023) will take place on 19-21 May 2023 in Poznan, Poland. The conference will be organized by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. The leitmotif of YLMP2023 is: “Language and communication in the times of crisis”

We welcome submissions for oral and poster presentations in the following areas:

• psycholinguistics
• cognitive linguistics
• sociolinguistics and discourse studies
• language teaching methodology
• translation and interpreting studies
• experimental linguistics
• pragmatics
• syntax
• neurolinguistics
• clinical linguistics
• phonetics and phonology

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

• Jo Angouri (University of Warwick): “From interaction analysis to policy change: Putting sociolinguistic research at the centre of the impact agenda”
• Sharon O’Brien (Dublin City University): “Translation and interpreting as essential crisis communication tools”
• Trena Paulus (East Tennessee State University): “How a crisis is discursively constructed in social media conversations”
• Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “Risk taking and lying: How bilinguals can perceive or select their languages strategically – Implications for language use in situations of conflict”

WORKSHOPS:

• Jo Angouri (University of Warwick): “The core ingredients of a good PhD journey”
• Mathew Cieśla (University of Alabama & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “An introduction to PsychoPy experiment builder for linguistics research”
• Trena Paulus (East Tennessee State University): “Using ATLAS.ti software to qualitatively analyze social media data”
• Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “My recipe for a robust scientific paper: Just as for cooking, it is not just about the ingredients”

INVITED THEMATIC SESSIONS:

• “Behavioral and physiological correlates of foreign language acquisition” (Convenors: Mathew Cieśla & Katarzyna Jankowiak)
• “Linguistic dimensions of Gesture Studies” (Convenors: Tomasz Dyrmo & Anna Jelec)
• “Discourse analysis in the exploration of health communication” (Convenors: Bartłomiej Kruk & Magdalena Zabielska)
• “Translation in the times of crisis: Technology and human factors” (Convenors: Olga Witczak & Olha Lehka-Paul)

SPECIAL SESSION: “Less researched languages and literatures”

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Extended abstract submission deadline for all abstracts:  January 31st, 2023
• Notification of acceptance for papers and posters: February 24th, 2023
• Registration deadline: March 31st, 2023
• YLMP 2023: 19-21 May 2023

For more information, please visit our website and social media platforms:

• www.ylmp2023.amu.edu.pl
• www.twitter.com/CongressYlmp
• www.facebook.com/ylmpcongress
• www.instagram.com/ylmp_congress/