Sep 13 – 14, 2025
Hitotsubashi University
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Call for Abstracts

  • Opening day
  • Submission deadline

2025 CUE SIG Conference - Bridging Divides: Japan’s Role in Language, Commerce, and Peace

During these days of strained international relations and breakdowns in long-standing political and business relationships, this year’s conference brings an exciting collaboration among three organizations involved in tertiary education (CUE), business communication (BizCom), and international peace (PGL). The theme of this conference asks how universities can foster experts in international communication who can tend to peaceful international relations and take their place as captains of industry. Experts in language and communication research and instruction are invited to share their vision for modern international and business communication.

  • Date: September 13-14, 2025
  • Venue: Hitotsubashi University
  • Submission Deadline: August 1, 2025


Call for Proposals
The CUE Conference with BizCom SIG and PGL welcomes submissions of presentation and poster proposals in English or Japanese on:
- topics related to Tertiary Education
- topics related to Business Communication
- topics related to Global Peace and social awareness, and socially aware teaching practices (through Peace as a Global Language Group)
- or other related topics of interest

Submissions are to include the following information:
(In the Title section:Maximum=12 words)
(In the Content section: Affiliation, email address, and your abstract)
(In the Author section: Your name)
(In Contribution Type section: Choose between "25-minute presentation" or "Poster presentation"

Attach a Word document with the following information:
- Name, Affiliation, email address on top
- Presentation/Poster title: Maximum 12 words
- Presentation/Poster summary: Maximum 75 words - for use on the website only
- Extended abstract: Maximum 200 words - to be included in the conference handout
- Presenter biography: Maximum 50 words

For those presenting poster presentations, please use A0 or A1 portrait poster sizes. Presenters are discouraged from using multiple A4 size sheets instead of a poster at the conference.

Successful poster presenters should submit their poster as a PDF on or before September 13, 2025.

Presenters are also encouraged to contribute to a post-conference publication. A detailed guideline is forthcoming..

The call for abstracts is open
You can submit an abstract for reviewing.