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Conference topicsSubmissions are welcome in (but not limited to) the following areas:Language policyLess widely taught languagesIssues in minority language educationLanguage teaching methodology in multilingual and multicultural environmentCultural challengesChallenges for IdentityMultilingualism for business and in businessMultilingualism and educational mobilityNon-formal and informal development of plurilingual competenceInnovations in language educationContent and Language Integrated LearningLiterature and multilingualismIssues in translation in multilingual environmentSubmission guidelinesYou are invited to contribute and submit your abstracts in both formats:In person: oral or poster presentationsVirtually: if you cannot attend in personRegistration and abstract submission open: 1 November, 2016Deadline for registration and abstract submission: 1 mars, 2017Notification of acceptance: 7 February, 2017Conference language is English.Parallel sessions will be held in English, Lithuanian, German, French and Russian.PublicationThe selected papers will be published in the international scientific journal Sustainable Multilingualism (www.uki.vdu.lt/sm), indexed in MLA, C.E.E.O.L., Google Scholar.As of 2017, Sustainable Multilingualism will be published by De Gryuter Open.Print copy: ISSN 2335-2019. Online copy: ISSN 2335-2027Journal website: http://uki.vdu.lt/smAuthors of accepted conference contributions may submit their full papers to be considered for publication in Sustainable Multilingualism, 10/2017.Deadline for manuscript submissions is 1 April, 2017.Scientific CommitteeNemira Mačianskienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Chair of the ConferenceVilma Bijeikienė, Vytautas Magnus UniversityAsta Balčiūnaitienė, Vytautas Magnus UniversityAnne-Marie Barrault-M&#233;thy, University of Bordeaux, FranceBeatrice Boufoy-Bastick, West Indies University, Trinidad and TobagoServet &#199;elik, Karadeniz Technical University, TurkeyAurelija Dauk&#353;aitė, Vytautas Magnus UniversityKenan Dikilitaş, Bahcesehir University, TurkeyRoma Kriaučiūnienė, Vilnius UniversityUlrike Kurth, Westfalen-Kolleg Paderborn, GermanyIrena Mikla&#353;evič, Vytautas Magnus University, LithuaniaJavier Martos Ramos, University of Sevilla, SpainAlida Samusevica, Liepaja University, LatviaOrganizing CommitteeVytautas Magnus UniversityJūratė Andriu&#353;kevičienėEdita BartnikaitėJovita Dauk&#353;ytėGintarė Gelūnaitė-MalinauskienėAu&#353;ra jankauskaitėDaina KazlauskaitėVitalija LanzaSigitas LūžysAlmantė Me&#353;kauskienėDaiva PundziuvienėMartynas PrūsaitisJurgita &#352;erniūtėŽieda Tama&#353;auskaitėVigilija Žiūraitė