The event, hosted at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Brescia, will bring together scholars, researchers, and experts from major European universities to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping linguistic and communicative competencies in both professional contexts and international academic training.

Topics will include:

• The evolving role of AI in linguistic preparation
• Emerging communicative skills essential for future professionals
• The impact of AI on university-level language education
• Language policies across European universities, student mobility, attraction of international students, and the development of bilingual or multilingual programs

Coordinated by Prof. Maria Teresa Zanola, the conference provides a key opportunity to understand which linguistic and communicative competencies will become essential in the coming years and how institutions and territories can prepare.

This event marks an important moment for reflecting on the future of language education within a rapidly changing multilingual landscape.

Date: 12 June 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (CET)
Format: Online (free access, no registration required)

Our guest speaker will be Dr. Luca Lantero, Associate Professor at the European Law & Governance School (ELGS) and Director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance (IHELG), part of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO).

Dr. Lantero also serves as General Director of CIMEA, Italy’s national center for academic recognition and mobility. With extensive expertise in international education systems, the regulation of bogus diplomas and accreditation mills, and the digitalization of academic recognition—including the use of blockchain and AI—he is a leading voice in shaping the future of higher education. He currently holds high-level roles within the European Higher Education Areaand Council of Europe initiatives.

This promises to be an insightful and thought-provoking session for anyone interested in the evolving landscape of higher education.

 It is a free-access event, no previous formal registration is required. Click here to participate.

The CELEC Board would like to express its sincere gratitude to Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB) for its warm hospitality and support in hosting this event, and to the speakers, whose insightful presentations contributed to a valuable discussion on these topics.

Should you need any additional information, please contact us at celelc@unicatt.it.

Please reach us out at celelc@unicatt.it for any further information.

The title of the Conference is the following: “MULTILINGUALISM IN HIGHER EDUCATION – current perspectives and emergent issues”. The Conference raises the need to rethink the role of a dominant contact language in the multilingual framework of an internationalized Higher Education setting, to ensure a truly equitable distribution of linguistic resources; it also aims at highlighting the coexistence of multiple languages used in negotiating meaning and in the processes of communication and knowledge creation.

Further information about the venue and the organisation will follow soon.
For any questions, please contact the CELELC Secretariat at celelc@unicatt.it.

Conseil Européen des Langues/European Language Council (CELELC) KBC Bank Belgium (Antwerp)
IBAN: BE91 7340 4873 9576
BIC: KREDBEBB

SWIFT: KREDBEBB022
Reason: First name, last name, 2023 CELELC Conference registration

Registration is now open. You can register at this link.
The deadline for in-person registration is 2 November 2023.

Attendance fees (both in presence and remote) for non-members are set as follows:

• Conference fee for professors, researchers, technical and administrative staff : € 50
• Conference fee for PhD students: € 30

Please note that for participants from CEL/ELC member institutions with up-to-date membership fees, all conference fees are waived. Fees are also waived for institutions who send their applications to become CELELC members to celelc@unicatt.it by 2 November.

For any further information, please contact the Secretariat at celelc@unicatt.it. 

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