Past Events

Here are some of the past events we have organized.

You can find recordings and resources shared from our past events on the IATEFL website under "My resources". Please check this page for a step-by-step explanation of how to access them.

IATEFL BESIG Annual Conferences

IATEFL BESIG runs a number of events each year, our biggest being our Annual Conference, which takes place every November.

2023 Stuttgart

"Business Intelligence"

2022 Gdansk

"Business English Now"

2021 Online

"Business as Usual"

2020 Online

“Challenge and Change”

2019 Berlin

“Back to Basics”

2018 Iasi

“Exploring the frontiers of business English”

2017 Malta

In cooperation with ReSIG

Online Symposia

2024: 4th IATEFL BESIG Online Symposium

Creating Customized Content with the Help of AI Tools

2019: 3rd IATEFL BESIG 

Online Symposium

2017: 2nd IATEFL BESIG

Online Symposium

2016: 1st IATEFL BESIG

Online Symposium

IATEFL Annual Conferences

We also play a very active role in IATEFL’s Annual Conference, which takes place in the UK every April or May. There we often organize a Pre-Conference Event, as well as a full business English programme day, the Showcase, comprising talks and workshops on a wide range of business English topics and an Open Forum for members to get to know each other.

2023 Showcase at the IATEFL 55th International Conference in Brighton


2022 Pre-Conference Event, Showcase and Open Forum at the IATEFL 55th International Conference in Belfast

2020 Pre-Conference Event at the IATEFL Annual Conference in Manchester

2019 Pre-Conference Event at the IATEFL Annual Conference in Liverpool

2018 BESIG Showcase at the IATEFL Annual Conference in Brighton

2017 IATEFL BESIG Pre-Conference Event at at the IATEFL Annual Conference in Glasgow

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