Dept. of Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University

Topic of Speech: On the Incommensurability of the Zone of Proximal Development and Scaffolding: A Theoretical Argument

Head of the Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Topic of Speech: What Does It Mean to Be Internationalised? Educating 'Self' and 'Other' in Cross-Cultural Activity Groups

Professor of Dept. of English, National Taiwan Normal University; and Professor of Dept. of Applied English, Ming Chuan University

Topic of Speech: "Developing Taiwan into a Bilingual Nation by 2030": Policy Goal vs. Harsh Reality

Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics, National Taipei University; and Senior Advisor and Featured Lecturer, Center for International Negotiations and Interpretations (CINI)

Topic of Speech: Teaching Negotiation English through Etic and Emic in Intercultural Communication Context

Associate Professor of the School of Education, University of New South Wales Australia; and Journal Editor of System

Topic of Speech: Language Teachers in Technology-Enhanced Language Education