Call for Presentation Proposals: PanSIG 2025

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PanSIG2025 will be held May 16-18, 2025 at Kanda University of International Studies in Mihama Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture (see map). 

The call for presentation proposals opened on November 1st, 2024.

See the PanSIG2025 event space for details

Proposals for must be submitted by Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 11:59 pm (JST). Responses regarding your submissions will be sent via email from mid-February 2025.

Saturday: Johnmarshall Reeve

Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at the Australian Catholic University

Dr. Johnmarshall Reeve is an educational psychologist. His areas of expertise are autonomy-supportive teaching, teachers’ motivating styles, students’ agentic engagement, and the neuroscience of intrinsic motivation. Reeve was a professor in both South Korea (Korea University) and the United States (University of Iowa, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). He received his PhD from Texas Christian University (1986) and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Rochester (1990-1992). He has published 81 articles in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Educational Psychology, authored 29 book chapters and 4 books, including Supporting students’ motivation and Understanding Motivation and Emotion, 7th ed., and edited 3 books. Prof. Reeve served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Motivation and Emotion (2011-2017).

Sunday: Toshie Agawa

Professor, English Research Lab at Hoshi University in TokyoToshie Agawa’s research specializes in learner motivation, autonomy, engagement, and cooperative/collaborative learning. Recently, her work has focused on how fostering learner autonomy impacts the motivation and engagement of Japanese EFL learners, as well as scaffolding strategies to support learner autonomy in e-learning environments.

Dr. Agawa has published extensively in both international and national journals, including the Journal for Psychology of Language Learning, The Asian EFL Journal, Language Education & Technology, JACET Journal, and the Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan. She is also an accomplished author of books on second language acquisition, CLIL course materials, and English study guides for the general public.

Come see what the theme is all about in four featured speaker workshops on Friday evening. More information on this coming in the new year!

Want to attend but need someone to look after your little one while you pop into some sessions? PanSIG2025 got you covered at this family-friendly conference. Childcare will be available on Saturday and Sunday for busy parents looking to develop professionally. More details coming in the new year. 

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