1994 Ideological Practices in EFL Pedagogical Materials. Critical Discourse Analysis Symposium, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
1995 Foreign Language Textbook Discourse and the Pedagogisation of the Learner. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, Washington D.C., USA
1995 The Silencing of Women. Onassis Centre of Greek Studies, New York University, N.Y., USA
1996 Planning Foreign Language Education: Planning Hegemony. International Symposium on Critical Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Society of Portugal, University of Lisbon, Portugal
1996 The discourse of ELT as ideological practice. International Symposium on Critical Discourse Analysis, Department of Linguistics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
1998 Linguistic Racism in European Foreign Language Education Discourse. International Symposium on Critical Discourse Analysis, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Vienna, Austria
1998 Ideologically Positioning EFL Learners via Instrumental Texts. 6th International Pragmatics Conference, Reims, France
1998 Developing Alternative Modes of Foreign Language Literacy in the European Union. International Conference on the “Loss of Communication in the Information Age”, organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences
1999 Language Education to Meet the New Social Challenge: Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Europe. European conference on “Strategies for the Promotion of Linguistic Diversity in Europe” organized by Stichting Promotie Talen in the Netherlands, with the support of the European Commission
2000 Plurilinguisme et heteroglossia en Europe : Le dėfi pour des modes alternatifs d’enseignement des langues. Symposium on the “Lesser widely spoken and taught languages in Europe” at the “Expolangues” in Paris.
2001 Critical assessment of the devalued role of the “Non-Native Speaker” in the Teaching of English as a Foreign language. Invited speaker at the international conference, entitled “The pedagogic discourse of ELT and the discursive construction of the NNS’ professional value” organized by the Dept. d'Angles i Linguistica, Universitat de Lleida, Catalunya, Spain.
2001 Linguistic ecology or linguistic ‘eulogy’ in the framework of the Gannett lectures on “Citizenship in the New Millennium” at the Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y., USA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gOuJIz2wro)
2002 The marketisation of (counter)discourses of English as a global(ising) Language. World Congress on Literacy organized by the Australian Literacy Society “Learning for the Future: New Worlds, New Literacies, New Learning, New People”
2002 The value of bilingual education in a globalized world. Event organized by the University of Massachusetts in Boston, USA, on occasion of a referendum calling for sanctioning against bilingual education in Massachusetts. Invited panelist along with Jim Cummins and Jim Crawford
2004 Glocal practices for foreign language literacy: Forms of resistance to global paradigms of foreign language teaching and assessment. International conference on “Literacy Education: Local Perspectives in a Globalised World” organized by the Centre for the Greek Language, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education (at the Goulandris-Horn Foundation)
2006 English as a pluricentric language in glocal examination systems. At the European conference on “Pluricentric Languages in Multilingual Europe”, organized by EFNIL and the Royal Academy of Madrid
2007 The gendered discourse of women academics with regard to career options. At Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York
2007 The language policies of Greece. At the European conference on National and European Language Policies organized by EFNIL and the Latvian Ministry of Culture, in Riga, Latvia
2008 Multilingualism and multiliteracies in new learning contexts. At the European Symposium for the Celebration of Multilingualism, organized by the Accademia della Crusca in Florence, Italy.
2010 The global English language proficiency testing industry and counter hegemonic local alternatives. As part of the special panel entitled “British ELT in existential crisis?” held at the 43rd International Conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) on “Applied Linguistics: Global and Local” organized by the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/baal2010/programme/)
2011 Social meanings in global and glocal language proficiency exam systems at the 1st International Conference on Language Testing and Assessment, entitled “Language Testing and Assessment round the Globe: Achievements and Experiences” organized by the University of Cyprus (http://www.iclta2011.com/cms)
2011 Monolingual practices in mainstream (foreign) language teaching, learning and testing in Europe, at the 11th European Conference of EFNIL, hosted by the British Council in London, U.K. (http://www.efnil.org/conferences/london-2011/)
2011 Language and language education policies: Challenges for Greece. At the EUNIC conference entitled “Language Rich Europe: Trends in Language Policies and Practices Across Europe,” organised by the Goethe Institute in Athens
2012 Making the shift from monolingual to multilingual teaching and testing: policies and practices, presented at the Poliglotti4.eu Expert Seminar on Early Language Learning, hosted by the Mercator Research Centre of Multilingualism and Language Learning, Fryske Akademy Leeuwarden, Fryslân, the Netherlands, 9-10 Feb, 2012 (http://www.mercator-research.eu)
2012 Evaluating the outcomes of the “Language Rich Europe” EU funded project, at the European Conference for the British Council and National Partners at the British Academy in London
2012 Digital practices in foreign language education: Projects and actions. Leader of thematic session at the 15th International Conference of Applied Linguistics, by the Greek Applied Linguistics Association, hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2012 The Mission of the Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism. Conference entitled “One continent, many tongues: Spotlight on Europe’s linguistic wealth” organised by the EU funded project, Poliglotti4.eu, in Parma, Italy.
2013 The politics and conditions of foreign language courses for Young Learners of English. First Hellenic Conference on Early Language Learning on “Early Steps to Multilingualism: The Greek Programme of English for Young Learners
2013 Managing societal heteroglossia, polyphony and multilingualism. Honoured speaker at the event organised by the Linguistic Society of Cyprus and the European Commission Office in Cyprus, on occasion of the European Day of Languages (Delivered in Greek)
2013 The Benefits of Multilingualism. Invited contribution representing the Multilingualism Unit of the Directorate of Education and Culture of the European Commission at the London Language Show and the event entitled “No Island is an Island: European Perspectives on Language Learning in Britain” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyXUe5D0kB0)
2014 Greek projects aiming at plurilingual education. Key-note speaker at the conference organized by the Ministry of Education, entitled “The road to a multilingual Europe: Supporting foreign language education in primary school”
2014 Relating the KPG exams with the Common European Framework. Invited presentation at the European Commission
2015 The KPG Exams: Social and Political Aspects of the Greek Multilingual Examination Suite in Times of Economic Crisis. Panel with Bessie Mitsikopoulou, Maria Stathopoulou. At the “Rethinking Language Diversity” International Conference organized by the University of the Aegean, in Rhodes, Greece
2015 Multilingualism in the EU on the decline. EFNIL conference hosted by the Institute for the Languages of Finland. Helsinki, Finland
2015 Global economy and the urgent need for languages. American and European responses to foreign language learning urgencies. Invited talk sponsored by the Dept of Applied Linguistics of the University of Massachusetts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEHIn9eucG8)
2015 Languages in Multicultural Europe: Challenge and Opportunity. Invited discussant in the event organised by the European Commission on occasion of the European Day of Languages, at the Charlemagne Conference Centre, Brussels
2016 Multilingual in the EU: Language Education and Plurilingual Competence. Invited speaker for the Summer Course organized by the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Madrid, as part of the Jean Monnet Module “MIDLE: EU Multilingualism, Intercultural Dialogue and Language Education
2017 Gender and STEM studies in institutions of higher learning in Greece. Representative of the NKUA at the Berlin, Gender Equality Congress concentrating on STEM, organized by the Frei Universität Berlin
2017 Invited participant in the Salzburg Global Seminar: session 586 “Springboard for Talent: Language Learning and Integration in a Globalized World” along with 60 other language experts from all 5 continents, who collectively produced the Salzburg Statement for a Multilingual World, originally in English (www.salzburgglobal.org/go/586), and translated later into more than 30 languages
2018 Developing intercultural awareness and pluricultural competence in young children. Invited speaker at the conference entitled “Towards a multilingual society: the value of teaching and learning heritage, home, regional languages at an early age” organized by the Network for Promoting Linguistic Diversity, in collaboration with the Government of València in Spain
2018 Creating Space for Plurilingual and Mediatory Literacies in Heterogeneous European Societies: Paradigm Shift in Language(s) Education. Invited plenary at the 25th annual ICC conference (in Santorini, Greece)
2019 Multilingual testing and assessment in different educational contexts. Keynote speaker at the 26th annual ICC conference (Berlin, Germany)
2019 Learning and Using Language Creatively: Creating Meanings and Opportunities for Language Learners, Keynote speech at the Fifth Saarbrücken Conference on FLT, entitled “The Magic of Language Productivity in Linguistics and Language Teaching”
2020 Mediation as an essential element of curricula for plurilingual education, at the conference on “The CEFR: a roadmap for the future research and development” organised by EALTA & UKALTA, hosted by the British Council, London, 7-8 February 2020.
2021 Linguistic Human Rights and Language Pedagogy – in honour of Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson, the James E. Alatis Honorary Plenary, 42nd TESOL-Greece Convention, 6-7 March 2021.
2021 Multilingual testing and assessment: Paths to achieving social and pedagogic goals, at the “Assessment in Multilingual Contexts” Online Colloquium, organised by the Department of English Language and Literature, in collaboration with the International Language Testing Association (ILTA), 15 May 2021.
2021 Multilingual educational policies and practices in Europe. Online seminar in the context of the course on “Monolingualism, Multilingualism and Plurilingualism: policies for language education in Europe and in Italy” for the MA programme in Linguistic Sciences and Intercultural Communication, at the University for Foreigners in Sienna, Italy, April 2021.
2021 The multilingual turn in language teaching, testing and assessment. Lecture (delivered online) in the context of the Interdepartmental MA Programme on Second/Foreign Language Education of the University of the Aegean, May 2021.
2021 Part of a panel responding to the papers on “Multilingualism, multiliteracy, EMI, multilingual pedagogies, language-in-education policy” by Jeanine Treffers-Daller, Theodoros Marinis, and Ianthi Tsimpli, at the International Symposium on Bilingualism ISB13, University of Warsaw, Poland, July 2021
2021 Introduction to multilingualism and multilingualism studies. Seminar delivered online, in the context of the seminar series offered by the CIVIS Multilingualism Network (CMN) of the CIVIS university consortium, November 2022.
2022 EU language policies and practices. Seminar delivered online, in the context of the seminar series, offered by the CIVIS Multilingualism Network (CMN) of the CIVIS university consortium, November January 2022.