Interpreting and Translation Linguists Collective Conference & Celebration of International Mother Language Day 2026

Programme

UNESCO Theme "Youth voices on multilingual education" & Endangered Languages

08:30 Hrs. - 11:00 Hrs.

Archiving Sylheti Manuscript and How Young People Are Revitalising Minority Languages

Abdullah Barbhuiya

Exploring 'dangerous', 'hegemonic' and 'celebratory' multilingualism: Language Policy & the United Nations

Lisa McEntee-Atalianis

The Sacred Inspection: An Igbo Framework for Digital Safety

Dennis Kelechi Okpara

Sign Languages’ Endangerment – Lack of Intergenerational Transition and Recommendations for Reversing Language Shift.

Jill Jones

Linguistic diversity in the UK

Raisa McNab

Minority and Minoritised Languages with a Focus on Kîîtharaka, the Mother Tongue of the Atharaka People in Eastern Kenya

Professor Vasiliki Chondrogianni

Exploring Ways to Use AI to Preserve Disappearing Songs and Poetry of Endangered and Near-Extinct Languages

Amita SANGHAVI

Refugee children and mother tongue loss

Monika S. Schmid

Interactive Training for Linguists with Networking and Peer Learning

14:00 Hrs. - 17:00 Hrs.

From Mother Tongue to Public Service Interpreter: Pathways into Professional Practice in the UK

Marta Leigh

Presentation Skills for Linguists

Sarah Lockett

Interpreters in film: an insight into the training of diplomatic interpreters

Muhammad Y Gamal

Linguist Hour: Language, Culture & Connection

19:30 Hrs. - 23:00 Hrs.

Every Little Helps: Valuing, Using and Improving Our Languages

John Worne

From digging in to diversifying - a potted history of an unlikely linguist

Mark Thompson

Writing minoritised, endangered and indigenous languages

Professor Philippa M. Steele

Using Large Language Models in Linguistic Research

Melanie Bell

Using the Predictive Mode in Smartphones for Writing: Bad Effects, Recommendations and Solutions

Dr. Sabaah Abd Alhassan Sabit

Translation of Prose Fiction: Style Matters

Dr. Suhair Eyad Jamal Al-Alami

Current Update of Public Sector Language Services

Mike Orlov

The Importance of Education

Carmen Álvarez-Mayo