Conference Programme

Conference Programme

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.

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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 keynote presentations. Following the official opening, leading figures in the field of Easy Language will deliver welcome addresses. Four plenary presentations will take place later in the day. In addition, the KLAARA Prize for the best research publication by a young researcher in the field of Easy Language will be awarded during the session. The editors will also present the proceedings volume of KLAARA 2027.

The opening day will take place as a hybrid event: the plenary session will be streamed and will be open to everyone.

Specialised sessions and workshops, offering in-depth exploration of specific topics, will take place on 29 and 30 May 2027. These sessions will be held in person on Saturday and online on Sunday. An on-campus public viewing of the online sessions will be offered at the Bühler Campus for participants attending in person. On Sunday, rooms can also be booked for collaborative project work.

Detailed information on the schedule and the full programme will be published regularly on this website.

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 Fioravanti)

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

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

  • 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)

 

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.