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button BESIG Webinar: Intercultural communication in business & the classroom

Following the success of BESIG's first ever online event in June (click here to see recordings of that event) we are very happy to announce the second in this series of popular webinars, which this time has been organised to explore and discuss intercultural communication in business and the business English classroom. A team of leading business English and intercultural communication professionals has been invited to share their considerable expertise in this increasingly important, many would argue crucial, aspect of our work. Please click here for further information.

 

button Annual Conference 2010: Bielefeld, Germany

The 2010 Annual Conference will be held in Bielefeld, Germany over the weekend 19 - 21 November. Please click here for further information about this return to the venue for the very first BESIG Conference held in 1988.

The new BESIG committee, which was elected at the AGM in Poznan, met up for a very productive committee meeting in Bielefeld, and here are some of their reactions to the meeting and the venue:

"This was a really useful meeting. The new committee blended well and we now have a comprehensive and strategic lists of tasks based on our individual inputs as well as the positive feedback we received from the membership at the AGM and subsequently. An added bonus was that we met in the excellent venue provided by VHS Bielefeld for 2010. We are all now thoroughly familiar with the building and surrounding area and this will stand us in very good stead as we plan the details for the conference."

Duncan Baker (Treasurer)

"This is a great venue - the 2010 conference is going to be well worth the visit!"

Paul East (Joint Coordinator)

"The committee got to tour the building which has impressive architecture, wonderful spaces for our Friday evening reception and Saturday plenary as well as a fantastic exhibition hall for delegates to spend time in looking at the latest materials available in our field. The seminar rooms are welcoming and well-equipped so that both presenters and delegates should feel very much at home."

Marjorie Rosenberg (Joint Coordinator)

And here is a sneak preview of the the venue together with some glimpses of the committee at work in this historic building:

button Conference updates

Dates to remember

  • early-bird registration ends on 10 September
  • speaker registration end on 10 September
  • on-line registration ends on 31 October

Conference Fees

  • IATEFL members
    Early Bird (from early July to 10 September: £ 80.00; after 10 September: £ 105.00
  • Non-IATEFL members
    Early Bird (from early July to 10 September): £ 130.00; after 10 September: £ 155.00
  • IATEFL-member speakers: £ 80.00
  • Non-IATEFL member speakers: £ 130.00
  • Pre-conference seminar on Friday afternoon additional £ 15

Conference times

  • Friday 19 November 14.45 to 18.00 pre-conference seminars
  • Friday 19 November 19.00 to 22.15 opening of conference and reception
  • Saturday 20 November 09.00 to 18.15 conference sessions
  • Saturday 20 November 18.30 to 19.30 BESIG annual general meeting
  • Sunday 21 November 09.45 to 13.35 conference sessions

For details of the conference structure click here: Conference structure document (.pdf)

Registration

To register please click here to visit the conference page: 2010 Annual Conference

Travel information

Conference accommodation

  • For the convenience of conference participants, IATEFL BESIG has arranged with Bielefeld Marketing a centralised booking service for the various Bielefeld hotels . Details of this service can be downloaded by clicking here.

Further information

  • Please click here for further conference information

button Pre-Conference Event 2011

As part of the annual IATEFL conference 2011, BESIG are holding a full-day Pre-Conference Event (PCE). The theme for this event is

Professional English Trainers: Where Are We Now? Where Should We Be Tomorrow?

For further preliminary details, please click here: Pre-Conferernce Event 2011

button International Business English Summer Conference 2010

IATEFL BESIG is now accepting proposals for presentations and workshops for a summer conference, which will take place in Rome, Italy from 25 (afternoon) to 26 (morning) June 2010. Please click here for further details concerning registration and speaker proposals.

button BESIG at the IATEFL 2010 Conference

As part of the IATEFL 2010 Conference, BESIG held a full-day Pre-Conference Event and a full Programme Day. To find out more about these events and view recordings of many of the talks please click here: BESIG in Harrogate

button Annual Conference 2009: Poznan, Poland

The 2009 Annual Conference was held in Poznan, Poland over the weekend 20 - 22 November. For details of the 2009 scholarship winners, an overview of the sessions, conference photos and much more please click here.

button Events calendar

All forthcoming events organised or co-organised by BESIG are announced on this website, and archives of previous events are available via the links on the right. In addition we have an Events Calendar into which members can enter details of other events of interest to the BESIG community. Click here for details and to view the Calendar.

button Wiki on previous conferences

In the run-up to this year's conference we are gathering information about previous conferences on our wiki. A wiki is a webpage which anyone can edit. So if you have any information about any of the previous 19 conferences please contribute it to our wiki!

button Conference archives

For archives of annual conferences and other previous events please follow the links on the right.