<div dir="ltr"><div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px;line-height:1.50545;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent">ICCA26: CALL FOR SUBMISSION</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px;line-height:1.50545;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px;line-height:1.50545;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent">ICCA26 will be held at University of Alberta, Canada (June 26-29, 2026), see <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://icca2026.org/" title="https://icca2026.org" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://icca2026.org</a>. The conference theme is "Diversities, Language, Interaction." </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px;line-height:1.50545;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent">Submissions of panel proposals, posters, and papers for ICCA26 started in February, and will end June 30, 2025. Please note that panel proposals and individual papers/posters have the same submission deadline of </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent">June 30, 2025 (11:59pm, Edmonton local time/MT).</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent"> Panel proposals and individual paper/poster abstracts can be submitted via the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.xcdsystem.com/icca/member/index.cfm" title="https://www.xcdsystem.com/icca/member/index.cfm" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Abstract Submission Portal</a></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent">. Notification of panel and paper acceptance is scheduled for the second half of August 2025. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px;line-height:1.50545;margin-top:0pt;marg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