Key Information:
- About: PanSIG is an annual conference organized by many of the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). PanSIG 2024 will be a welcoming forum for young teachers and researchers to join the JALT community. Research and practical workshops will be shared in an accessible way. PanSIG 2024 brings people together to mentor and nourish fresh talent and new ideas. We encourage people new to research to join us, and actively participate.
- Conference theme: Getting Back to Basics
- Conference dates: May 24th - May 26th, 2024.
- Conference venue: Fukui University of Technology in Fukui (in Building 2 and FUT Tower)
EVE Award
EVE (Equal Voices in ELT) was created at the beginning of February, 2018. Its aim is to recognize both gender and highly proficient speaker parity in keynotes and plenaries in ELT conferences and events worldwide.
Featuring:
- Plenary Speakers: Daniel R. Isbell (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) and Yui Suzukida (Juntendo University in Tokyo)
- Invited speaker Yuichi Nakagaichi
Yuichi Nakagaichi will join the GILE SIG's forum, titled "English for Sports and International Communication", on Saturday, May 25th (13:10 ~ 14:40). - Special performance during the Opening Ceremony by a local hula dance troupe
- Special performance during Saturday's lunch by the Drummers of YATSUSUGI
- Social events are planned for the weekend.
For presenters
- Call for papers (PanSIG Journal): All vetted presentations and forum presentations at PanSIG 2024 will be invited to submit a paper based on their presentation for publication in the 2024 PanSIG Journal. (Initial draft submission deadline: August 31, 2024)
Theme: Getting Back to Basics
The theme for PanSIG 2024 is "Getting Back to Basics". The pandemic propelled us, virtually overnight, into a brave new world of online, hybrid environments, and we now have seen the dawn of A.I. and its instant proliferation around the globe. As many of us may be feeling overwhelmed, let us take this opportunity to gather our thoughts, reflect on what we have gained, what might have been lost, and try to connect theory to practice.
By getting back to basics, we hope next year’s conference will be a welcome forum for young teachers and researchers to join the JALT community and we wish to encourage newer speakers to participate actively. We aim to foster a comfortable environment where new research and practical workshops can be shared in an accessible manner which will bring people together and enable mentoring and nourishing of fresh talent.
About Fukui:
PanSIG 2024 will be held from Friday, May 24 to Sunday May 26, 2024 at Fukui University of Technology in Fukui. The campus is easily accessible by bus (approx. 10 mins.) from JR Fukui Station, where the Hokuriku Shinkansen will begin running from April 2024. The nearest airport is Komatsu Airport (Ishikawa). The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and Daihonzan Eiheiji Temple are major tourist destinations, and visitors can enjoy the majestic beauty of Fukui from the mountains of Katsuyama to the shores of Suishohama. The conference team will be planning recreational events in addition to the conference’s academic itinerary.
