<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Apologies for cross posting</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Asia-Pacific Virtual Exchange Association (APVEA) 2015 <</span><a href="http://apvea.org" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">http://apvea.org</a><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">></span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Muroran, Japan, July 18-19, 2015</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">The inaugural APVEA conference will be held at the Muroran Institute of Technology in</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Japan, July 18-19, 2015.</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">The program will include individual papers, symposia, workshops,</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">presentations, and posters.</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">The theme for the inaugural conference is "Borderless Communication Now - Theory and Practice"</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Proposals addressing the theme are particularly welcome. Submissions may include, but are not restricted to:</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""> Virtual exchange best practice</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""> Virtual exchange research design</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""> Showcasing of virtual exchange activities</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""> Virtual exchange with language learning as the focus</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""> International relations via virtual exchange</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""> Designing virtual exchanges</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""> Intercultural exchange</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""> Synchronous and/or asynchronous virtual exchange</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""> Virtual exchanges for specific contexts and purposes</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">All those dedicated to developing virtual exchange are invited to contribute their expertise.</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Proposals for Papers, Symposia, other presentations, Workshops and Posters</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">must be submitted online via the APVEA submission system which is open now. </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">The submission system will close on 16th February 2015.</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Important dates:</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">APVEA inaugural conference</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">July 18-19, 2015. Muroran Institute of Technology</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Abstract Submission</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">10th December, 2014 - 16th February, 2015</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Mar 1st 2015 - Presenters notified of acceptance or rejection of papers</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Registration</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">March 1st, 2015 - Online registration opens</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">31st May 2015 - Deadline for presenters to confirm attendance and register.</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Program</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">7th June 2015 - Draft program available on the website</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">19th June 2014 - Full conference information available to participants</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">On behalf of APVEA and the local organizing committee,</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Eric Hagley</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Local organizer</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">College of Liberal Arts</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Linguistic Science and International Relations Research Unit</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Muroran Institute of Technology</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">27-1, Mizumoto Cho, Muroran</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class="">Hokkaido, 050-8585, Japan</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;" class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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