Conferences of Interest to ESP Specialists

The following conferences are devoted in whole or in part to English for Specific Purposes.

• TESOL 2005
  San Antonio, Texas, USA
  March 30-April 2, 2005
  
  
  
• TESOL 2004
  Long Beach, California, USA
  March 30-April 4, 2004

• 3rd Conference on Languages & International Business Communication
  April 26-28, 2004
  Radisson SAS Hotel, Dusseldorf, Germany

• International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 04)
  IEEE Professional Communication Society
  September 29-October 2, 2004
  Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  Call for Papers (Deadline: January 15, 2004) NOTE: Conference specializes in English for science, engineering, technology, and business

• Conferences posted on The Linguist List
• Language Conferences Worldwide, upcoming events in language, linguistics, speech and hearing therapy, translation, TESOL, and related fields
• Worldwide Calendar of Events posted on the TESOL website

TESOL Convention ESP Academic Sessions

Academic Sessions at the annual TESOL convention are premiere 2 3/4 hour colloquiums of specially invited speakers sponsored by TESOL's Interest Sections. The following is a list of Academic Sessions sponsored by TESOL's English for Specific Purposes Interest Section.

• TESOL 2004, Long Beach
  Addressing Culture in ESP.
  Lee (Chair); Bryant, Chamberlain, Connor, Ramsfield (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 2003, Baltimore
  Reaching Every Voice with ESP.
  Freiermuth (Chair); Brinton, Godfrey (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 2002, Salt Lake City
  ESP Building Bridges to the Professions.
  Swartley (Chair); Chiswick, Dulfano, Gerdy, Hanau, Manning, Misak (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 2001, St. Louis
  Interdisciplinary Approaches to ESP.
  Lockwood (Chair); Hyland, Nickerson, Sengupta, Sheerer, Solomon (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 2000, Vancouver
  Rethinking ESP for the New Century.
  Orr (Chair); Benesch, Bhatia, Douglas, Dudley-Evans, Johns, Lomperis, van Naerssen (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 1999, New York
  ESP and Distance Education.
  Gordon (Chair); Borbely, King, Robinson, Staczek, West (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 1998, Seattle
  Part 1 - History of ESP: Strategies and Methods.
  Part 2 - ESP Across the Curriculum: Political and Organizational Issues.
  Olsen (Chair); Early, Huxur, Johns, Liang, Mohan (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 1997, Orlando
  Part 1 - Workplace Literacy Programs Worldwide.
  Part 2 - Content-Based ESL and ESP: Definitions and Boundaries.
  Friedenberg (Chair); Hellman, Westerfield, Brinton, Folinsbee, Reel, Wise (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 1996, Chicago
  Part 1 - Best Practices in EOP: Programs, Individual Qualifications, Teacher Training.
  Lomperis (Chair); Calderon, Stuart, Wiley, Stiebel, Hellman, Downie, Archer, Martin, Charner (Invited Speakers)
  Part 2 - Technical Writing and Professional Communication: A Field Overview.
  Lomperis (Chair); Olsen (Invited Speaker)
• TESOL 1995, Long Beach
  The Common Core of ESP in Different Contexts.
  van Naerssen (Chair); Brindley, Corbel, Dudley-Evans, Olsen (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 1994, Baltimore
  ESP Around the World.
  Westerfield, Carreon, Tammelin, Zikiri, Dudley-Evans, Celani (Invited Speakers)
• TESOL 1993, Atlanta
  ESP Around the World.
  Huckin, Shaban, Woolley, Raheem, Miller, Teemant, Zhang (Invited Speakers)