Announcement From: Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning

• 𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 

  𝟱𝗧𝗛 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦, 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗬

  DATE: 20–21 August 2026 (Thursday & Friday)

  MODE: Hybrid (Onsite at UMS Library & Online)

  ORGANISED BY: The Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning (PPIB), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

   

  🎯 Theme: “Languages in Action: Linguistic Diversity, Accessibility, and Social Inclusion”

  📌 Sub-Themes include:

  • Language and Power
  • Multilingualism in everyday life
  • Language, education and accessibility
  • Digital communication and linguistic access
  • Language, mobility and migration
  • Language policy, planning and social inclusion
  • Language, identity and belonging
  • Researching language and society

   

  ✨ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫:

  1️⃣ 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: before or by 30 May 2026 (Saturday) 

  Submit via: https://upc.ums.edu.my/e/iclalis2026

  2️⃣ 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: On a rolling basis until 30 June 2026 (Tuesday)

  3️⃣ 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 

  🐦 Early Bird Rate: before or by 10 July 2026 (Friday) 

  📅 Regular Rate: before or by 31 July 2026 (Friday) 

  (We have included special rates for PPIB, pls check the poster for the updates!)

  4️⃣ 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 20–21 August 2026

   

  ✨ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭:

  • Go directly to the official website, register, and proceed to payment by the deadlines mentioned above.

   

  For more details, please visit:

  🌐 WEBSITE: https://upc.ums.edu.my/e/iclalis2026 

  📜 POSTER: https://bit.ly/Iclalis2026poster 

  📧 CONTACT: The ICLALIS 2026 Organising Committee, PPIB, UMS.

   

  Best regards,

  The Organising Committee 

  5th International Conference on Languages, Linguistics and Society (ICLALIS 2026)

  📢 Kindly forward this message to your colleagues, staff, students, or anyone who might be interested in this conference. Thank you.