Plenary Speaker

Professor Kingsley Bolton
Stockholm University, Sweden

Keynote Speaker

Dr. K.K. Luke
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Focus Lecture Speakers

Professor Ravinder Gargesh
University of Delhi, India

Professor Andy Kirkpatrick
The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR

Professor Shikaripur N. Sridhar
State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

Professor Tam Kwok Kan
The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Special Thematic Panel Chairs

Professor Eyamba G. Bokamba
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
(Topic: WE in Africa: Controversies and Identities)

Professor Kingsley Bolton
Stockholm University, Sweden
(Topics: World Englishes and International Call Centres,
Linguistic and Literary Creativity in Hong Kong and China)

Dr. Andrew Moody
University of Macau, Macao SAR
(Topic: World Englishes and Pop-Culture: Contexts and Creativity)

Professor Cecil L. Nelson
Indiana State University, USA
(Topic: Intelligibility, Hybridity and Discourse)

Professor Rajeshwari Pandharipande
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
(Topic: World Englishes in World Religions)

Professor Kamal K. Sridhar
State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
(Topic: Twenty-four Hour @ Call Centers: Myths and Reality)

Dr. Stanley van Horn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
(Topic: World Englishes in Business)

Professor Jonathan Webster
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
(Topic: World Englishes in World Religions)

Ms. Xu Xi
Vermont College, USA
(Topic: Linguistic and Literary Creativity in Hong Kong and China)

Official Symposium Chair

Professor Vijay Bhatia
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Workshop Organizers

Professor Margie Berns
Purdue University, USA
(Topic: World Englishes: Theory and Methodology in the Classroom)

Professor Andy Kirkpatrick
The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR
(Topic: 'Informations is confusing us' Variation in World Englishes- Implications for the Classroom)

Dr. Aya Matsuda
Arizona State University, USA
(Topic: World Englishes: Theory and Methodology in the Classroom)

Dr. Andrew Moody
University of Macau, Macao SAR
(Open Fourm)

Professor Edwin Thumboo
National University of Singapore, Singapore
(Topic: Creativity in World Englishes)