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<span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Dear friends and colleagues,<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<b><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">The deadline for LSPPC6 has been extended till November 9, 2020! We hope this helps those of you who are interested in our conference but very busy at this point in the year!

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<span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">We are therefore pleased to announce our final call for the 6th International Conference of the Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association on the theme of “</span><a href="https://www.en.cityu.edu.hk/LSPPC6">Multimodality

 and Beyond: Addressing complexity and emerging needs in LSP</a><em><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-style: normal;">”</span></em><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">, 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>

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<span class="normaltextrun"><b>Confirmed Plenary and Workshop Speakers </b>(abstracts and bios on website)</span><span class="eop">:</span><o:p> </o:p></p>

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<span class="normaltextrun">Professor Diane Belcher, Georgia State University</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p> </o:p></p>

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<span class="normaltextrun">Professor Kay O’Halloran, University of Liverpool</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p> </o:p></p>

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<span class="normaltextrun">Professor Guangwei Hu, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p> </o:p></p>

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<span class="normaltextrun">Professor Jürgen Streeck, University of Texas at Austin</span><span class="eop"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<span class="eop">Professor Li Wei, University College London</span><o:p> </o:p></p>

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<span class="normaltextrun"><b>Invited Panels, Convened and Chaired by </b>(confirmed panelists listed on website)<b>:</b></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p> </o:p></p>

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<span class="normaltextrun">Professor Sue Starfield, University of New South Wales </span><o:p> </o:p></p>

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<span class="normaltextrun">Dr. Christoph Hafner, City University of Hong Kong <o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<span class="normaltextrun">Dr. Renia Lopez, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong </span><o:p> </o:p></p>

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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:

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<li>Multimodality/multisensoriality in language, communication and interaction <span lang="EN-HK" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-HK"> <o:p> </o:p></span></li><li>Methods, frameworks, and theories of multimodality in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-HK"> <o:p> </o:p></span></li><li>Multimodal transcription / multimodal representation of data <span lang="EN-HK" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-HK"> <o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>

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<li>Digital genres and practices in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-HK"> <o:p> </o:p></span></li><li>Research methods in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-HK"> <o:p> </o:p></span></li><li>Needs analysis in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-HK"> <o:p> </o:p></span></li><li>Genre pedagogy in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-HK"> <o:p> </o:p></span></li><li>Digital literacies pedagogy in LSP and professional communication <span lang="EN-HK" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-HK"> <o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">Dr Simon Harrison (Chair)<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">Dr Christoph Hafner (Co-Chair, President of Asia-Pacific LSPPC Association)<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">Ms Hemans Wong<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<a href="https://www.en.cityu.edu.hk/LSPPC6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">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;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<a href="https://www.lsppc.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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