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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212529">Apologies for cross posting. <o:p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#212529">Dear friends and colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#212529">The deadline for abstract submission to LSPPC6 is October 31, 2020: just around the corner!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#212529">We are pleased to announce our third call for the 6th International Conference of the Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association on the theme of “</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.en.cityu.edu.hk/LSPPC6">Multimodality
and Beyond: Addressing complexity and emerging needs in LSP</a></span><em><span style="color:#212529;font-style:normal">”</span></em><span style="color:#212529">, to be held online from June 3<sup>rd</sup> to 5<sup>th</sup> 2021, hosted by the Department of
English at City University of Hong Kong. Given the importance of gesture to multimodality, this conference is being organised in collaboration with the regional hub of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS Hong Kong).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#212529">The conference will be held online<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b>Confirmed Plenary and Workshop Speakers
</b>(abstracts and bios on website)</span><span class="eop">:</span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"> </span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Professor Diane Belcher, Georgia State University</span><span class="eop"> </span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Professor Kay O’Halloran, University of Liverpool</span><span class="eop"> </span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Professor Guangwei Hu, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong</span><span class="eop"> </span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Professor Jürgen Streeck, University of Texas at Austin</span><span class="eop"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop">Professor Li Wei, University College London</span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"> </span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b>Invited Panels, Convened and Chaired by
</b>(confirmed panelists listed on website)<b>:</b></span><span class="eop"> </span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Professor Sue Starfield, University of New South Wales </span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Dr. Christoph Hafner, City University of Hong Kong <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Dr. Renia Lopez, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission of Abstracts</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lsppc6conference2021"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission of abstracts is now open: Click here to submit!</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">We invite paper presentations, poster presentations and thematic panels that address any aspect of LSP and Professional Communication research including but not exclusively limited to the following themes
of the conference:</span></p>
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<li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Multimodality/multisensoriality in language, communication and interaction <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Methods, frameworks, and theories of multimodality in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Multimodal transcription / multimodal representation of data <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Digital genres and practices in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Research methods in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Needs analysis in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Genre pedagogy in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Digital literacies pedagogy in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Course/materials design in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Testing and assessment in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Teacher training in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Language as embodied activity: gesture, languaging, and translanguaging <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Emotion and affect in LSP and Professional Communication <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">English for research publication purposes: Genres, data, resources, and platforms <span lang="EN-HK"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="color:black">Academic and professional practices: Language and genre analysis</span><span lang="EN-HK" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-HK"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Important Dates </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://easychair.org/account/signin_timeout?l=f32gDEHrx8kyyovnDJETL2"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission of Abstracts Now Open!</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">31st October 2020: Submission Deadline
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">18th January 2021: Notification of Acceptance & Early Bird Registration Opens
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">20th March 2021: Early Bird Registration closes & Regular Registration Opens
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">9th May 2021: Regular Registration Closes
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3rd – 5th June 2021: Online Conference</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212529"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The local organising committee at the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong, looks forward to seeing you online!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr Simon Harrison (Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr Christoph Hafner (Co-Chair, President of Asia-Pacific LSPPC Association)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr Becky Kwan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr Jenifer Ho<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Conference Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ms Hemans Wong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ms Cecilia Chan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Websites<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.en.cityu.edu.hk/LSPPC6"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LSPPC6: Multimodality and Beyond: Addressing complexity and emerging needs in LSP</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.lsppc.org/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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