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5th International Conference on Academic and Professional Communication
University of Botswana
Private Bag 0022
Gaborone, Botswana
Gaborone, BW
July 16, 2025 – July 18, 2025
The Communication and Study Skills Unit (CSSSU) of the University of Botswana is excited to announce a call for proposals for the 5th International Conference on Academic and Professional Communication (ICAPC) slated for 16th -18th July 2025. The ICAPC is a biennial academic event and is a response to the growth of academic literacy and professional communication as research areas. The theme for the 2025 conference is: Shaping the future: Trends and Approaches to academic and professional communication in a digital era. This year's conference theme focuses on how contemporary and emerging theoretical and methodological issues in Academic and Professional Communication research navigate the digital era and how these operate in academics, and the real world to foster knowledge, and promote educational and professional practices for a better future. As the sub-themes for this conference depict, Academic Literacy and Professional Communication are key areas of research across a wide range of disciplines, both academic and industry. Thus, the 5th International Conference on Academic and Professional Communication provides a platform for researchers, educators, scholars, early career researchers, Masters and Doctoral students, and industry professionals and practitioners from across the world to share their perspectives, and findings on how communication operates within disciplines, institutions, and organizations, particularly in the digital era. Furthermore, the conference is a forum for participants to dialogue and in the process foster research partnerships and collaborations with peers. It is noteworthy to mention the growth that the conference has experienced as it successfully published selected papers from the last conference in the institution’s peer reviewed Lonaka Journal. This is a tradition we intend to continue.
4th International Conference in Academic and Professional Communication
University of Botswana
University of Botswana
P/bag 0022
Corner of Notwane and Mabutho Road
Gaborone
Gaborone, BW
July 9, 2018 – July 11, 2018
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN FROM JANUARY 23 - MAY 30 2018
Theme:
Advances in Academic and Professional Writing Research, Pedagogy and Practice in Education: The Past, the Present and the Future.
sub-themes:
I. New forms of academic writing
ii. Writing in the disciplines-
iii. Multi lingualism and academic writing
iv. Academic writing Practice and pedagogy
· Academic literacies
· Advancing academic writing through corpora
· Multi-modality and academic writing
· Collaborative academic writing
· Teaching academic writing to large groups
· Feedback in academic writing
· Metadiscourse
· Influencing institutional policies
v. Professional Writing
· Pragmatic approaches to technical writing
· Discursive approaches to professional writing
· Representations, identity and power in professional writing
· Ethics and morals in professional writing
THE 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
University of Botswana
P. Bag 0022
University of Botswana
Gaborone
Botswana
Gaborone, BW
July 15, 2015 – July 17, 2015
The 3rd International Conference in Academic and Professional Communication will expatiate on Communication for Change, Innovation, Excellence, Advancement and Glocalisation.
Keynote speakers:
- Srikant Sarangi
- Sinfree Makoni
- Sue Wharton
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