Sustainable Multilingualism 2025
The Institute of Foreign Languages of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU IFL), in cooperation with the Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania (LTAL), is organising the 8th international scientific conference “Sustainable Multilingualism 2025”, which will take place in Kaunas, Lithuania, on May 29-31.
AIM & THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE
The conference aims to provide a common platform for researchers, language policy makers, language teachers, students, and anyone interested in discussing and sharing their expertise in the key issues of multilingualism, including but not limited to:
- Language Policy Implementation
- Language Preservation, Revitalization, and Revival
- Plurilingual Competence Development and Assessment
- AI in Applied Linguistics
- Innovative and Technology-based Approaches to Language Education
- Language Teacher Professional Competence Development
- Multilingual Issues in Translation and Interpreting
- Multilingual Issues in Literature
- Contemporary Lithuanian Language Studies
LANGUAGES
Conference languages: English & Lithuanian
Presentation session languages: English, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Spanish, Ukrainian
IMPORTANT DATES
Registration & abstract submission by February 17
Notification of acceptance within 2 weeks
CONFERENCES FEES*
*2 days – 2 conference days, May 29 and 30, 3 days – 2 conference days and a cultural trip in Lithuania on May 31
General payment: 150 Eur (2 days), 200 Eur (3 days)
Early bird payment by April 1: 130 Eur (2 days), 180 Eur (3 days)
For LKPA members (become a member): 80 Eur (2 days), 130 Eur (3 days)
For participants without presentation, co-authors, VMU staff/alumni: 50 Eur (2 days), 100 Eur (3 days)
VMU students: free of charge (2 days), 50 Eur (3 days)
BANK NAME: AB SEB bank, SWIFT Code: CBVILT2X
ACCOUNT NUMBER: LT91 7044 0600 0310 5370
PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: SM2025 Conference fee
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstract Guidelines. Accepted abstracts will be published in the online conference Book of Abstracts with ISBN.
Requirements for oral & poster presentations.
FULL PAPER SUBMISSION
We invite you to submit a full (unpublished, original) article to the journal SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM, indexed in SCOPUS. Manuscripts are accepted all year round.