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Conference Programme

Participants travelling to the venue are advised to arrive in Hildesheim on 27 May 2027. There will be opportunities for informal networking and professional discussion as early as that day.

The conference will open on 28 May 2027 at the Bühler Campus of the University of Hildesheim. The first day of the conference is designed as a joint plenary session and provides a comprehensive framework for key presentations. Following the official opening of the conference, there will be welcoming addresses from key figures in the field of Easy Language, as well as two keynote speeches. Later in the day, the section heads will present their thematic priorities and provide an insight into the focus of their respective sections. In addition, the KLAARA Prize for the best doctoral thesis in the field of Easy Language will be awarded during the plenary session. The opening day will be a hybrid event: the plenary sessions will be streamed and made accessible to all.

On 29 and 30 May 2027, the specialist sessions and workshops will take place, during which specific topics will be explored in greater depth. These sessions will be offered both in person and, in some cases, online, allowing for a variety of ways to participate.

Detailed information on the schedule and the full programme will be published on this website on an ongoing basis.

 

Sessions and workshop programme @ KLAARA 2027

As part of KLAARA 2027, a diverse and internationally oriented programme of sessions and workshops will be offered, examining key topics in Easy Language and Accessible Communication from a range of disciplinary perspectives. The aim is to bring together current research approaches, practice-oriented developments and interdisciplinary perspectives, and to promote dialogue between research and practice.

The sessions and workshops will be led by recognised national and international experts and will provide a forum for in-depth discussions, methodological reflection and the presentation of new empirical and theoretical findings. They will cover a wide range of topics, encompassing both established and innovative fields of research and practice.

 

Sessions featuring research presentations

The following sessions are part of the KLAARA 2027 programme and will be held in-person at the conference venue in Hildesheim:

  • Leichte Sprache und Heilpädagogik (Prof. Dr. Heinrich Greving and Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Maaß)

  • Easy Language and Artificial Intelligence (Dr. Paolo Canavese)

  • Easy Language in Specialised Communication (legal and administrative communication) (Dr. Sarah Ahrens and Dr. Chiara Fiorivanti)

  • Easy Language in Health Communication (Dr. Dirk Bruland)

  • Easy Language and Accessible Communication: Research Methods (Prof Dr. Silvia Hansen-Schirra)

  • Easy Language from the perspective of Translation Studies (Prof. Dr. Silvana Deilen)

  • Easy Language in Culture and Museums (Prof. Dr. Karolina Ruta-Korytowska)

  • Easy Language in Audio-visual Media and Audio-visual Translation (Prof. Dr. Anna Matamala)

  • Easy Language Literature (Dr. Leealaura Leskelä)

  • Recent developments in Easy Language Research (Dr. Velga Polinska)

Workshops

In addition to the aforementioned sessions, workshops are offered which explore specific methods, tools and areas of application in greater depth and facilitate the transfer of knowledge between research and practice:

  • Easy Language and Participation (Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Maaß, Alea Stephan, Lebenshilfe Braunschweig)

  • Inclusive universities: Studying with (intellectual) disabilities (Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Reich)

  • Network and Support Centre for Inclusive Higher Education in Lower Saxony (Netzwerk- und Servicestelle inklusiv studieren in Niedersachsen - NESIS)

  • Easy Language and Accessible Communication: Research Methods (Prof Dr. Silvia Hansen-Schirra)

 

Online options

We are looking forward to welcoming you to Hildesheim! In addition to the in-person programme, we have also planned some digital options that offer you the chance to join in from anywhere. The following sessions will be held in-person and online:

  • Recent developments in Easy Language Research

  • Easy Language and Participation

 

The detailed programme and further information on the individual sessions and programmes will be published on this website on an ongoing basis.