IATEFL BESIG Summer Symposium in Paris

6th February 2012

IATEFL BESIG (Business English Special Interest Group) will be holding its Summer Symposium on "Teaching Professional English" in Paris, France, during which David Crystal will be the plenary speaker.

Call for Papers deadline: February 10th
Date of symposium: Saturday 16 June 2012
Venue: Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France
Website: http://www.besig.org/events/conferences/summer/2012.aspx

There will also be an extra special Best Speaker Prize during this conference!

Prospective speakers for the Summer Symposium are kindly asked to submit abstracts for talks and workshops pertaining to new and emerging practical approaches and materials in the Professional English context.

A PRIZE FOR FIRST TIME SPEAKERS!

For the first time, there will be a Best Presentation Award. The award is sponsored by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and recognizes the best first-time presenter at an IATEFL BESIG conference. Check out the BESIG website for details on the criteria.

Important dates:
10 Feb 2012 end call for papers
20 Feb 2012 provisional acceptance email to speakers
05 March 2012 deadline for speakers to confirm their participation
15 March 2012 start speaker and early-bird delegate registrations
15 April 2012 deadline speaker and early-bird delegate registrations
01 May 2012 deadline for exhibitor bookings
25 May 2012 end of online delegate registrations