The 2018 EDU, ELT/ELL and EDTECH Conference Calendar for Canım Türkiyem…Ver 2.1

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Sevgili Hocalarim,

Took a bit longer to update this one…just not enough hours in the bloody day of late!

Neyse, we’ve wrapped up all the events for 2017! Let’s focus on the remaining gigs of 2018…don’t forget to let me know, if you hear before I do…

Let’s look at our events across canım Turkiyem first:

JANUARY 2018

EVENT: XVII. Annual Education Symposium

• LOCATION: Kaya Palazzo Hotel – ANTALYA
• DATE: 31 January – 02 February 2018
• THEME: Generic Educational Symposium
• INFO: https://antalya.tozok.org.tr/  and  info@tozok.org.tr

 

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FEBRUARY 2018

EVENT: 3^rd ELT Conference

• LOCATION: Defne College Conference Hall – HATAY
• DATE: 03 February 2018
• THEME: New Ideas, New Secrets!
• INFO: info@defnecollege.com

EVENT: 5th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences (INTCESS 2018)

• DATE: 05-07 February 2018
• LOCATION: TBC – İSTANBUL
• THEME: Generic Education Issues
• INFO: http://www.ocerint.org/intcess18/ (Further info: intcess18@gmail.com)

EVENT: 2^nd ELT Symposium

• LOCATION: Hasan Kalyoncu University – GAZİANTEP
• DATE: 15 February 2018
• THEME: Connecting Theory to Practice
• INFO: http://elt.hku.edu.tr/Bolum/ingilizce-Ogretmenligi/3

EVENT: 15^th Annual ELT Conference

• LOCATION: İTK (Bahattin Tatış Campus) – İZMİR
• DATE: 17 February 2018
• THEME: From gen X Teachers to Gen Z Teachers
• INFO: http://www.ozelturkkoleji.com/elt15/  and  deniz.gurbuz@itk.k12.tr

EVENT: 14^th ELT Conference

• LOCATION: Cevre College – Erenköy / İSTANBUL
• DATE: 24 February 2018
• THEME: The Road Not Taken In ELT
• INFO: http://www.eltcevre.com/  and  ysakka@cevrekoleji.k12.tr

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MARCH 2018

EVENT: 5. Eğitim Teknolojileri Zirvesi (ETZ18)

• DATE: 03 March 2018
• LOCATION: Radisson Blu Hotel, Şişli – İSTANBUL
• THEME: TBC
• INFO: http://www.egitimteknolojilerizirvesi.com/

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EVENT: 13^th ELT Conference

• LOCATION: Gaziantep College Foundation Department (GKV) – GAZIANTEP
• DATE: 17 March 2018
• THEME: Generic
• INFO: http://elt.gkv.k12.tr/default.asp

EVENT: 2^nd GELTUS Conference

• LOCATION: Gazi University (Beşevler Campus, Block C) – ANKARA
• DATE: 23 March 2018
• THEME: New Perspectives in English Language Education
• INFO: https://www.facebook.com/GeltusCON/  and  http://geltus.org/

APRIL 2018

EVENT: 4th Cukurova International ELT Conference (CUELT 2018) 

• DATE: 05-06 April 2018
• LOCATION: Çukurova University, Faculty of Education – ADANA
• THEME: Generic ELT Issues
• INFO: https://www.cueltconferences.org/ (Contact: Ali Ceyhun Müftüoğlu)

EVENT: 2^nd International Conference on Education and Learning 

• DATE: 27-28 April 2018
• LOCATION: Nippon Hotel, Taksim – İSTANBUL
• THEME: Generic Education Issues
• INFO: https://www.dakamconferences.org/education (Contact: Özgur Öztürk)

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MAY 2018

EVENT: The 13th METU International ELT Convention

• DATE: 03-04 May 2018
• LOCATION: METU Convention Centre – ANKARA
• THEME: Teaching Beyond Boundaries
• INFO: http://www.dbe.metu.edu.tr/convention2018/ and https://www.facebook.com/metuelt2018/

EVENT: Sabancı School of Languages Conference

• DATE: 04-05 May 2018
• LOCATION: Sabancı University SL – İSTANBUL
• THEME: Pathways That Inspire Us
• INFO: http://schooloflanguagesconference.sabanciuniv.edu

EVENT: 4th International Conference: Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond

• DATE: 9-11 May 2018
• LOCATION: Palm Wings Hotels & Resorts – EPHESUS / İZMİR
• THEME: Fostering Academic Integrity Through Consistent and Transparent Approaches
• INFO: https://plagiarism.pefka.mendelu.cz/

EVENT: Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education

• LOCATION: Bandirma 17 Eylul University – BANDIRMA/BALIKESİR
• DATE: 11-12 May 2018
• THEME: Trends and Best Practices in Quality and Accreditation
• INFO: dstaub@bandirma.edu.tr (website in progress)

EVENT: ScOLa 1^st ELT Conference

• LOCATION: Özyeğin University (Çekmeköy Campus) – İSTANBUL
• DATE: 26 May 2018
• THEME: How to do the ‘right things’ by doing ‘things right’.
• INFO: https://scolaconference.ozyegin.edu.tr/ and scolaconference@ozyegin.edu.tr

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SEPTEMBER 2018

EVENT: 2nd International Black Sea Conference on Language & Language Education

• LOCATION: Sinop University
• DATE: 21-22 September 2018
• THEME: Emerging Horizons in Language Teaching
• INFO: https://www.blacksealanguageconferences.com/ and blackseaconferences@gmail.com

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Then, we add some ‘sauce’ – for those of you with a half-decent ‘conference fund’ and a School operational plan that covers ‘foreign jollies’:

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FEBRUARY 2018

EVENT: ELT Ireland – 4th Annual Conference

• DATE: 17-18 February 2018
• LOCATION: Griffith College – DUBLIN
• THEME: Improving Outcomes in ELT
• INFO: https://www.elt-ireland.com/annual-conference

 

MARCH 2018

EVENT: Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching Conference

• LOCATION: Zayed University – DUBAI / UAE
• DATE: 08-10 March 2018
• THEME: Language Teaching and Learning in a Globalised World
• INFO: http://www.allt-uae.org/index.php  and  ALLT@mci-group.com

EVENT: The 53rd RELC International Conference

• DATE: 12-14 March 2018
• LOCATION: SINGAPORE
• THEME: 50 Years of ELT and Assessment – Reflections, Insights and Possibilities 
• INFO: http://www.relc.org.sg/Conference2018/ (Contact: Dr Alvin Pang)

EVENT: TESOL 2018 International Convention & English Language Expo

• DATE: 27-30 March 2018
• LOCATION: CHICAGO, USA
• THEME: General Issues in ELT and ESL
• INFO: http://www.tesol.org/convention-2018

 

APRIL 2018

EVENT: The 52nd IATEFL Conference

• DATE: 10-13 April 2018
• LOCATION: BRIGHTON, UK
• THEME: Generic Issues in ELT / EFL
• INFO: https://conference.iatefl.org/conference.html

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MAY 2018

EVENT: 5^th International Language in Focus Conference

• DATE: 03-05 May 2018
• LOCATION: THESSALONİKA / GREECE
• THEME: Comtempory Means and Methods in ELT and Applied Linguistics
• INFO: http://www.languageinfocus.org (Further info: lif2018@languageinfocus.org)

EVENT: GlobELT 2018: An International Conference on Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language

• DATE: 10-13 May 2018
• LOCATION: 88 Rooms Hotel – BELGADE / SERBIA
• THEME: Generic Issues in EAL
• INFO: http://www.globeltconference.com/

 

JUNE 2018

EVENT: The European Conference on Language Learning 2018 

• DATE: 29June – 01 July 2018
• LOCATION: BRIGHTON, UK
• THEME: Surviving and Thriving: Education in Times of Change
• INFO: http://ecll.iafor.org (Contact: Kiyoshi Mana)

Till Ver 3.1…