Business Communication (BizCom) SIG of JALT Archive

This is an archive of all of the past events of The Business English Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching on ELT Calendar.

October 30th (Saturday) 2021
Open Mic 3.0: Business Concepts
Speaker: Steve Quasha and Daniel Mills; Cathrine-Mette Mork; Oliver Rose; Glen Hill
Location: Online, Online Events

September 25th (Saturday) 2021
Open Mic 2.0: Business Concepts
Speaker: Mike Hadas (ThinkLish), Tamanna Patel (EssayJack), Philip Riccobono (sportsEnglish.org), Christopher G. Haswell (Lost in Citations) and Jonathan Shachter
Location: Online, Online Events

June 19th (Saturday) 2021
Entrepreneurial Ideas for Teachers
Speaker: Todd Beuckens
Location: Online, Online Events

June 21st (Sunday) 2020
JALT PanSIG 2020 Conference Online (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: See the PanSIG website for details
Location: Online, Online Events

June 20th (Saturday) 2020
JALT PanSIG 2020 Conference (ONLINE)
Speaker: See the PanSIG website for details
Location: Online, Online Events

April 9th (Thursday) 2020
Mediation, Interaction and Pluricultural Competence: How can the new CEFR help English teachers?
Speaker: Kirsten Waechter
Location: Online, Online Events

September 21st (Saturday) 2019
2019 JALT CUE and BizCom ESP Symposium
Speaker: Winnie Cheng (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Judy Noguchi (Kobe Gakuin University), Laurence Anthony (Waseda University)
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

May 19th (Sunday) 2019
PanSIG 2019 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due December 22, 2018
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

May 18th (Saturday) 2019
PanSIG 2019 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due December 22, 2018
Location: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

September 9th (Sunday) 2018
The JALT Business Communication SIG 2018 Annual Conference: The Spark: Igniting Innovations in Communications for Global Businesses (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Charlie Browne (Meiji), Evan Frendo (IATEFL BESIG), Rab Paterson (Toyo U), Ron Morrain (Language Learning Center), Andrew O'Brien (Kyoritsu), Lalitha Murthy (Consultant), Valerie Honda (Consultant)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 8th (Saturday) 2018
The JALT Business Communication SIG 2018 Annual Conference: The Spark: Igniting Innovations in Communications for Global Businesses (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Andy Boon (Toyo Gakuen U), Dana Poklepovich (IATEFL Co-cordinator), Caroline Tan (Tsukuba U), Tish Robinson (Hitotsubashi U)
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 20th (Sunday) 2018
PanSIG 2018 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due January 15, 2018
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

May 19th (Saturday) 2018
JALT PanSIG 2018 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Call for papers due January 15, 2018
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

September 16th (Saturday) 2017
CUE ESP Symposium
Speaker: Sue Starfield (UNSW), Barbara DuBabcock (City Uni HK), and Masako Terui (Kindai). Call for posters due June 30th
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis

July 2nd (Sunday) 2017
Summer Seminar: Business and Intercultural Negotiation (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Chris Bates (Interfas management consulting company, Taiwan), Kumiko Murata (Waseda University), Tim Craig (Doshisha University)
Location: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture

July 1st (Saturday) 2017
Summer Seminar: Business and Intercultural Negotiation
Speaker: Chris Bates (Interfas management consulting company, Taiwan), Kumiko Murata (Waseda University), Tim Craig (Doshisha University)
Location: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture

June 26th (Monday) 2017
2nd IATEFL BESIG Online Symposium (continued late into the night)
Speaker: BESIGs around the World
Location: Online, Online Events

June 25th (Sunday) 2017
2nd IATEFL BESIG Online Symposium
Speaker: BESIGs around the World
Location: Online, Online Events

May 21st (Sunday) 2017
PanSIG 2017 Conference (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Many great speakers!
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

May 20th (Saturday) 2017
PanSIG 2017 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Speaker: Many great speakers!
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture

June 26th (Sunday) 2016
The Evolution of Business Language Training in Japan (day 2 of 2)
Speaker: Michael Handford, Andrew Vaughan and Hiromasa Tanaka, plus 13 more
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

June 25th (Saturday) 2016
The Evolution of Business Language Training in Japan
Speaker: Michael Handford, Andrew Vaughan and Hiromasa Tanaka, plus 13 more
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

May 22nd (Sunday) 2016
PanSIG 2016 Conference (day 3 of 4)
Speaker: Many presenters
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture

May 21st (Saturday) 2016
PanSIG 2016 Conference (day 2 of 4)
Speaker: Many speakers
Location: Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture

June 5th (Saturday) 2010
JALT Business English SIG Inaugural Mini-Conference
Speaker: To be decided
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis