Three plenary presenters will speak at our Tenth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence, the theme of which is Intercultural Competence in a Rapidly Changing World: Supporting Sustainable Futures for All.
➣ Read their biographical statements and abstracts on the ICC website.
Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti
Dr. Andreotti is Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria, where she leads transformative conversations about education in complex times. Her presentation is entitled When Intercultural Competence Isn’t Enough: Hospicing Modernity and the Limits of Translation.
Irina Golubeva
Dr. Irina Golubeva is Professor of Intercultural Communication and Linguistics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA). She will speak on Intercultural Communication in Action: Exploring Conflict Styles and Fostering Empathy through Virtual Exchange.
Ricardo Römhild
Dr. Ricardo Römhild is a teacher educator and scholar in the field of English language education, currently at the University of Passau, Germany. His presentation is Building Cultures of Hope: On the Transformative Power of Critical Hope and Eco-cosmopolitanism in Cultural Learning.
Join our invited speakers at the conference! Proposals for papers (in-person or virtual), symposia (in-person or virtual), posters (virtual), and workshops (in-person or virtual) are due on July 21, 2025. See the Call for Proposals here: https://icc.cercll.arizona.edu/cfp26/.