Tromsø International Conference on Language Diversity

The TromSlang conference will be opened by President of the Norwegian Saami Parliament, Aili Keskitalo, Wednesday 6 November at 09.30 in Auditorium 1 on the main campus of University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway. (See this map for details.)

All plenary sessions in Auditorium 1 at Campus Breivika will be open to everyone (no registration required) and most sessions will be live streamed over the internet!

Live streams

Opening with Saami President Aili Keskitalo, rector Anne Husebekk and artist Katarina Barruk (Wednesday 6, 09:30)

Keynote speaker Raphael Berthele (Wednesday 6, 10:00)

Keynote speaker Kenneth R. Beesley (Thursday 7, 09:00)

Keynote speaker Ellen Bialystok (Thursday 7, 13:30)

Panel debate on ‘Language diversity and education (Thursday, 15.00)

Keynote speaker Mikel Forcada (Friday 9, 09:00)

Keynote speaker Elana Shohamy (Friday 9, 15:30)

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The program features six internationally renowned keynote speakers, three invited workshops, two accepted thematic workshops, two panels, a panel debate, and almost 40 exiting general session papers on a wide range of topics drawing on a variety of languages and language situations across the globe!

Keynote speakers:
Kenneth R. Beesley, SAP Labs, Salt Lake City, USA
Raphael Berthele, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Ellen Bialystok, York University, Canada
Mikel Forcada, Universitat d'Alacant
Kendall King, University of Minnesota, USA
Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Invited thematic workshops:
‘Bilingualism, Biliteracy, and Cognition’
– organized by Antonella Sorace and Yulia Rodina
‘The Impact of Language Technology on Society’
– organized by Giellatekno – Center for Saami Language Technology
‘Standardising Minority Languages – policy and practice‘
– organized by Pia Lane

Tromsø

The conference is one of seven main events in the Norwegian Language Year, Språkåret 2013.

The conference has been made possible through generous financial support from UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Språkåret 2013, Fritt Ord and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for Culture, Public Diplomacy and Protocol, Section for Cultural Affairs.

The Tromsø International Conference on Language Diversity (#TromSlang) was organized 6-8 November 2013. This page is maintained for documentation purposes.