The eighteenth edition of AELINCO's International Conference on Corpus Linguistics (CILC2027) will be held at the University of Ferrara, 19-21 May, following the AELINCO three-day schedule. The conference is organised locally by the University Language Center (CLA-UNIFE) and the Department of Humanities. 

This edition of CILC will have as its theme ‘Exploring the future of Corpus Linguistics: cultural and social impact of technological innovations’.The conference intends to open a space for discussion along different lines of inquiry: rethinking traditional teaching methods through new technologies, corpora in language acquisition, multimedia teaching materials, using corpus analysis to foreground linguistic diversity, corpus-based methods for inclusive language teaching, corpus-assisted research on language inclusivity, corpora approaches to social issues (e.g., health, gender and sexuality, education, media, technology, politics), corpus compilation of social media, new media and hybrid text types, corpora and figurative language, corpora and translation studies. Following the tradition of AELINCO conferences, CILC2027 will take place over three days, from 19 to 21 May. Along with contributions from participants, who will share the latest advances in their respective areas of expertise, there will be plenary lectures by internationally renowned specialists and thematic roundtables.

On this occasion, in line with previous conferences, we will have the unique contribution of the following specialists:

• Niall Curry (Manchester Metropolitan University)

• Federica Formato (University of Brighton)

• Stefania Maci (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice)

The fourth keynote speaker will be announced soon.

We encourage all interested participants to start preparing their proposals.