Conseil Européen pour les Langues / European Language Council
2025 Annual Conference
President:
Maria Teresa ZANOLA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Accademia della Crusca
Scientific Committee:
Vilma BIJEIKIENĖ, Vytautas Magnus University
Manuel Célio CONCEIÇÃO, Universidade do Algarve
Silvia GILARDONI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Roma KRIAUČIŪNIENĖ, Vilnius University
Javier MARTOS, Universidad de Sevilla
Elena PĂCURAR, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai
Kris PEETERS, University of Antwerp
Piet VAN DE CRAEN, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Maurizio VIEZZI, Università di Trieste
4th of December 2025
Room 2
13.30-14.00 Registration
14.00-14.30 Welcome addresses
14.30-15.30 Plenary address: Tracing the Evolution of Language Policies: Continuity and Change in the Multilingual University
Piet VAN DE CRAEN, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Roma KRIAUČIŪNIENĖ, Vilnius University
15.30-16.30 Panel 1: Reports on innovative research projects and institutional solutions
Chair: Kris PEETERS, Antwerp University
15.30-15.45 Victoria VAN OSS, Jill SURMONT, Esli STRUYS, Brussels Research Institute for Teacher Education (BRITE), Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Exploring tensions between language policies and multilingual practices: preliminary findings from the Pluridentities project
15.45-16.00 Annalisa ZANOLA, Università degli Studi di Brescia: Beyond Nativeness: Rethinking HE Multilingual Oral Skills Assessment in the Age of AI
16.00-16.15 Tunde SZECSI, Florida Gulf Coast University: Using Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) to Facilitate Interaction across Languages in Higher Education: A Case Study in Florida
16.15-16.30 Q&A
16:30-16.45 Coffee break
16.45-17.30 Panel 2: Rethinking language policies in the multilingual HE landscape
Chair: Manuel Célio CONCEIÇÃO, Universidade do Algarve
16.45-17.00 Vilma BIJEIKIENĖ, Nemira MAČIANSKIENĖ, Vytautas Magnus University: Implementation of HE Language Policy: the VMU Case
17.00-17.15 Silvia GILARDONI, Silvia CALVI, Klara DANKOVA, Maria Vittoria LO PRESTI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: Plurilingualism in Italian Universities: A Case Study on French and Italian as L2
17.15-17.30 Q&A
17.30-18.15 General Assembly
18.15 Cocktail
5th of December 2025
Room 2
9.00-10.00 Panel 3: Multilingualism and Language Policy in the Age of AI: Innovation and Identity in Higher Education
Chair: Elena PACURAR, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai
9.00-9.15 Katie MANSFIELD, University of Westminster: Celebrating, embracing and strengthening multilingualism at a London University
9.15-9.30 Sara DAHER, President of the Académie de langue arabe in Lebanon: Language Policies in the Age of AI: Multilingual Professional Communication
in Higher Education9.30-9.45 Elena BONETTO, Michael ENNIS, Dietmar UNTERKOFLER, Università degli Studi di Bolzano: Schein und Sein: Tensions between a language policy framework and its implementation at a trilingual university
9.45-10.00 Q&A
10.00-10.15 Coffee break
10.15-11.00 Panel 4: Theory vs. Practice: the challenges of implementing (multi-) plurilingualism and language diversity
Chair: Vilma BIJEIKIENĖ, Vytautas Magnus University
10.15-10.30 Aurélie JOUBERT, University of Groningen: Multilingualism, English as a Medium of Instruction and Student Wellbeing in European Higher Education in the Netherlands
10.30-10.45 Nina TSVETKOVA, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski: The Challenges of Doing a PhD in Another Language and Culture. “Scenarios” from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
10.45-11.00 Q&A
11.00-11.15 Coffee break
11.15-11.45 Kris PEETERS, University of Antwerp: AI for Translation and Interpreting. A roadmap for users and policy makers. Report of the Special Interest Group on AI in Translation and Interpreting
11.45-12.30 Closing: Manuel Célio CONCEIÇAO, Universidade do Algarve, Maria Teresa ZANOLA, CEL/ELC President, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Accademia della Crusca
