General Program

October 23rd | Friday - Afternoon

14:30 - 16:00

Registration and document collection

16:40 - 17:30

Plenary Session

María Luisa Sierra Huedo
San Jorge University

In the current globalized context, where certainty has started to vanish and uncertainty is the only constant element in our lives, we need to educate ethical global citizens, who are able to navigate these troubling waters. This is indeed one of the objectives of higher education institutions, but not the only ones, schools are starting to realize that this is a must. Primary and secondary education play a key role in setting the first foundations for this type of education, which is included in the International Education academic field. Bilingual programs play an important role in promoting knowledge about other cultures, helping students to start becoming comfortable in unknown settings, and helping them to communicate effectively across cultures. This is part of international education, and it helps the internationalization processes of higher education institutions.

17:30 - 18:00

Coffee Break - Sponsor Exhibition

18:00 - 18:50

Workshops

18:50 - 19:00

Break

19:00 - 20:20

Paper sessions

October 24th | Saturday - Morning

09:00 – 10:20

Paper sessions

10:20 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11:20

Workshops

11:20 – 11:50

Coffee Break - Sponsor Exhibition

11:50 – 12:40

Plenary Session

Oliver Meyer
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

In this keynote, I will present Pluriliteracies for Creative and Responsible Global Citizenship as a pedagogic approach that moves the language(s) classroom from a primary focus on proficiency towards deeper learning: learners build disciplinary ways of constructing knowledge and develop pluriliterate repertoires for communicating understanding across languages, cultures, communities, genres, and modes. In the social and political conditions of our time, this deeper learning must also include the capacity to engage with global issues and fragmented public discourse: to examine knowledge claims, consider divergent perspectives with empathy and openness, and participate in ways that are ethically responsible. Central to our approach are cognitive empathy and compassion (for self and other), which deepen understanding and help learners build bridges across echo chambers whilst sustaining ethical vigilance.

12:40 – 12:50

Break

12:50 – 13:40

Plenary panels

Room 1

Andrea Lejarza Ferrer
SEPIE
Jesús García Laborda
Universidad de Alcalá
Ana Isabel García Abellán
Universidad Católica de Murcia
Sergio David Francisco Déniz
Universidad de La Laguna
Mª Esther Rodríguez Gil
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Javier Villoria
Universidad de Granada
Virginia Vinuesa Benítez
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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Sonia Ferreirinha
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (APPI)
Josefina Tinajero
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
Esther Nieto Moreno de Diezmas
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Belén Embid Dieste
Centro Aragonés de Lenguas Extranjeras para la Educación (CARLEE)
Ramiro Durán Martínez
Universidad de Salamanca
Francisco Javier Sanz Trigueros
Universidad de Valladolid
Natalia Barranco Izquierdo
Universidad de Valladolid
Álvaro Herrera Sánchez
Universidad de Valladolid
Patricia Baños García
Universidad de Valladolid

13:45 – 15:00

Lunch

October 24th | Saturday - Afternoon

15:00 – 15:50

Workshops

15:50 – 16:00

Break

16:00 – 16:50

Plenary Session

Víctor Pavón Vázquez
University of Córdoba

The growing ambition of universities to strengthen their international profile has intensified the need to rethink language use and language management across all levels of higher education. Within the European Higher Education Area, internationalisation has become a strategic priority, leading to a significant increase in programmes and courses taught in English as a means of attracting international students, fostering academic mobility, and enhancing global competitiveness. Nevertheless, despite this rapid expansion of English-medium instruction and multilingual practices, there is still limited consensus regarding the objectives, scope, and implementation of internationalisation policies. Universities often lack a coherent and homogeneous institutional approach capable of addressing the complex linguistic, pedagogical, and organisational challenges generated by this new scenario, without establishing comprehensive language policies that ensure academic quality, linguistic inclusion, and long-term sustainability.

16:50 – 17:00

Break

17:00 – 17:50

Workshops

Room 1

17:50 – 18:20

Coffee Break - Sponsor Exhibition

18:20 – 19:40

Paper sessions

21:30

OFFICIAL DINNER

October 25th | Sunday - Morning

09:30 – 10:50

Paper sessions

10:50 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 11:50

Plenary panels

Belinda Schouten
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
María Carreira
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
Kota Kawakami
Japan CLIL Pedagogy Association (J-CLIL)
Marina Aguareles
Universidad San Jorge
Lola López Navas
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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Maureen McAllinden
British Council
Milagros Liberal Obanos
Departamento de Educación de Aragón
Javier Gimeno Fernández
Consejería de Educación de Madrid
Javier Magdaleno
Consejería Educación de Castilla y León
Begoña Ladrón de Guevara
Confederación de Padres de Alumnos (COFAPA)
Luis Barquín Flores
Federación Autonómica de Centros de Enseñanza Privada (FACEPM)
José Manuel González Guillorme
CEIP Francisco de Quevedo

11:50 – 12:10

Coffee Break - Sponsor Exhibition

12:10 – 13:00

Workshops

13:00 – 13:10

Break

13:10 – 14:00

Plenary Session

Xavier Gisbert da Cruz
Bilingual Education Association

14:00

Closing