Time flies. ESEA Conference is 13 years old already!
Next year, Manila will be the host and the year after next will be Hong Kong (HKIEd).
After the conference, I was involved in the committee business meeting representing Hong Kong institution. In the meeting, several points were raised such as length of individual paper presentation, hosting institution of 2012, inviting other interesting institutions to join ESEA.
Actually, the Chairperson proposed New Zealand to chair the 2012 conference. However, we all considered the expenses incurred and whether the event could attract any local participants as the context of this conference is about English(es) in South East Asia.
In addition, the Northeastern Normal University located in Jilin Province showed interest to join ESEA committee as one of the professors there said the university is able to organize international conferences since the capacity of holding international conferences is the prerequisite of joining ESEA.
There were few more good suggestions concerning how to make the conference a success and I learnt a lot from the meeting and get acquainted with the representatives of University of Malaysia, Sakina and the institutional representative of New Zealand, Roger. He was so kind to offer me a ride to my hotel!
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What a wonderful experience! Was it the same conference Dr. Paul Sze attended?
The photos are marvellous!
So you're representing HKIED and that means the whole trip was sponsored by HKIED? Would you treat it as kind of business or 'bonus'? Teaching in a tertiary Institution is totally another 'level'. So far, you've enjoyed your work at HKIED, right? Would like to know more about the job nature of the teaching post you hold.
Chat later,
Becky
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