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Language Research and Education in Fluid Times: The Rise of Adaptive Competencies (TISLID 26)
Date: April 22-24 2026
Location: UNED's Regional Centre in Úbeda (Jaén), Spain
Abstract Submission Opening: Oct 1st 2025
Deadline: Dec 15th 2025
This conference, now in its fifth edition, is organized by the consolidated research group ATLAS from UNED. It brings together researchers, educators, technologists, and institutional representatives from various countries to reflect on the impact of emerging technologies —including generative AI— on language education and processing. The conference is endorsed by the UNESCO Chair in Distance Education (CUED) and has been recognized as a training activity by UNED’s International Doctoral School.
The Conference will take place at UNED's Regional Centre in Úbeda, on April 22, 23, and 24, in a hybrid format, although in-person attendance is strongly recommended.
TISLID’ 26 welcomes (but is not limited to) topics in the following areas:
- Methodological Efficiency and Innovation in the Language Classroom
- Contextualized and Adaptive Language Education
- Contribution of Languages to the Sustainable Develpment Goals (SGDs)
- Languages for Specific Purposes
- Languages in Digital Communication and 21st-Century Skills
- Natural Language Processing, Large Models and Data Analytics in Language Research and Education
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Language Research and Education
- Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks for Language Education and Processing
- Digital Textualities and Transliteracy
- Digital Humanities
- Language Industry in the Digital Age: Challenges and Transformations