Nau mai, haere mai, and a very warm Wellington welcome to the 4th Asia-Pacific Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) and Professional Communication Association Conference 2017. The conference is hosted by the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies/Te Kura Tātari Reo at Victoria University of Wellington/Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui.
The conference takes place on Wednesday 26 - Friday 28 April 2017, at the Victoria University of Wellington Law School campus in the historic Old Government Buildings at 15 Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand.
Theme and logo design
Our conference theme is Collaborating and sharing knowledge, which is inspired by the following well known Māori proverb in praise of cooperation:
Naau te rouro, naaku te rourou, ka ora manuhiri
“with your food basket and mine, the guests will be satisfied”
Therefore, our conference
focuses on how, through collaborating to share knowledge, experience and
skills, we can all gain and grow in many
ways.
Our conference seeks ways to facilitate conversations between Language for Specific Purposes and
Professional Communication scholars and practitioners from the Asia-Pacific
region and further afield, and to encourage learning through mutual collaboration
between us all. The conference logo
encapsulates the aspiration of intertwined threads of research and practice
leading to new insights and inspiration.
We look forward to sharing
more of our Asia-Pacificness with you in April 2017.
Yours alphabetically,
Averil Coxhead
Janet Holmes
Meredith Marra (Conference convenor)
Jean Parkinson
We are pleased to acknowledge Robert Cross from Image Services at Victoria University of Wellington for creating the photo used in the conference logo
Key Dates
Call for Papers opens Monday 29 August 2016
Call for Papers closes Friday 4 November 2016 (extended)
Early bird registration opens Monday 12 December 2016
Presenter registration Monday 30 January 2017
Early bird registration closes Friday 3 March 2017
