ALTAANZ Conference 2025 - Conference information
Online, 11-13 November 2025
Theme: Balancing innovation and tradition in language assessment
The 2025 ALTAANZ conference will be held fully online. While sessions will mostly be scheduled during the typical/normal work day for Australia/New Zealand time zones, there will also be sessions available at convenient times for delegates living in other parts of the world. We are excited to have presenters from many different countries featured at the conference.
Conference Program
The conference program can be found here.
The conference booklet with abstracts can be found here.
Tim McNamara lecture
The 2025 Tim McNamara lecture will be presented by Dr Xiaoming Xi from the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority on the topic: Reimagining what we measure: How AI is challenging the tradition of language assessment.
The full abstract can be found here.
Plenary address
Professor Luke Harding will present a plenary address with the title 'Imagined interlocutors and 'authentic' chatbots: What can corpus linguistics reveal about constructs in computer-mediated assessment?
The abstract can be viewed here.
Roundtables
The conference includes three roundtable sessions.
The invited roundtable session put together by Haeun (Hannah) Kim will focus on the topic 'Assessing oral communication using GenAI'.
The second roundtable led by Peter Davidson is entitled 'Reconceptualizing the traditional provision of student feedback with AI innovation'.
The third roundtable is led by Cath Hudson and is entitled 'Airing and sharing: Responses to challenges for English language learner assessment in school policy in Australia, New Zealand, United States and England/UK'
The abstract and speakers can be found here.
Penny McKay Award presentation
The winner of the Penny McKay award, Susanne Stanyer, will present her work entitled 'Teacher Assessment Literacy: The relationship between language awareness and writing assessment behaviour'.
Conference registration
Information about conference registration can be found here.
The 2025 ALTAANZ conference will be held fully online. While sessions will mostly be scheduled during the typical/normal work day for Australia/New Zealand time zones, there will also be sessions available at convenient times for delegates living in other parts of the world. We are excited to have presenters from many different countries featured at the conference.
Conference Program
The conference program can be found here.
The conference booklet with abstracts can be found here.
Tim McNamara lecture
The 2025 Tim McNamara lecture will be presented by Dr Xiaoming Xi from the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority on the topic: Reimagining what we measure: How AI is challenging the tradition of language assessment.
The full abstract can be found here.
Plenary address
Professor Luke Harding will present a plenary address with the title 'Imagined interlocutors and 'authentic' chatbots: What can corpus linguistics reveal about constructs in computer-mediated assessment?
The abstract can be viewed here.
Roundtables
The conference includes three roundtable sessions.
The invited roundtable session put together by Haeun (Hannah) Kim will focus on the topic 'Assessing oral communication using GenAI'.
The second roundtable led by Peter Davidson is entitled 'Reconceptualizing the traditional provision of student feedback with AI innovation'.
The third roundtable is led by Cath Hudson and is entitled 'Airing and sharing: Responses to challenges for English language learner assessment in school policy in Australia, New Zealand, United States and England/UK'
The abstract and speakers can be found here.
Penny McKay Award presentation
The winner of the Penny McKay award, Susanne Stanyer, will present her work entitled 'Teacher Assessment Literacy: The relationship between language awareness and writing assessment behaviour'.
Conference registration
Information about conference registration can be found here.