We are pleased to announce that we have now confirmed our keynote speakers.
Please see a general overview of the programme below. To view the detailed programme, click here.
Date
Time
Activity
Expected numbers
Booking
Thursday 12 September
08:30
Registration opens
09:30-12:00
CercleS Focus Group meetings
Languages for Specific Purposes
room TLC101 (80)
Management & Leadership
room TLC116 (53)
Language Testing & Assessment
room TLC117 (53)
Internationalisation & Language Policy
room TLC123 (80)
Up to 100 (pre-booked)
Other FG meetings tbc
Pre-booked: zero cost
12:00-13:00
Lunch (for Focus Group participants)
100-120 (pre-booked)
For pre-booked delegates
Teacher meet ups (others will be scheduled during the main programme)
13:15
Conference opening ceremony
Room TLC042 (500)
14:00-15:00
Keynote (plenary)
180
15:00-18:00
Parallel sessions
room TLC106 (100)
room TLC113 (100)
room TLC026 (38)
room TLC031 (38)
240 in 8 rooms
Inc. one coffee break
18:00-20:00
Welcome reception
University College
200
Included in delegate fee
Friday 13 September
09:00-10:00
10:00-13:00
13:00-14:00
Lunch
15:00-17:00
17:00-18:00
CercleS AGM (plenary)
100
19:00-20:00
transport
Included in conference dinner fee
20:00-00:00
Conference Dinner followed by dancing
Ramside Hall Hotel
180-200
Separate payment
Saturday 14 September
09:30-10:30
120-180
10:30-12:30
200 in 8 rooms
12:30
Conference closing address
12:30-13:30
100-120
13:30-14:30
Transport
Included in social visit fee
14:30-17:30
External social visit to Beamish open-air museum
100 (pre-booked)
It is intended to organise teacher meet ups for Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish (tbc). These will be pre-bookable, and scheduled alongside the main programme.
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