CALL FOR PAPERS
22nd LAKMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2025
FROM CHALK TO CHAT: AI AS A LEARNING COMPANION
17–18 October 2025
Šiauliai Didždvaris Gymnasium
Vilniaus g. 188, Šiauliai, LITHUANIA
The conference aims to explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence in language learning and teaching. Building on our 2017 conference, “With and Without Technologies,” we return to a topic that continues to evolve and inspire. While technology has long played a vital role in education, the rapid development of AI has shifted the conversation. The question is no longer whether technology belongs in language learning, but how we can harness its potential to enrich teaching and empower our students.
We warmly invite English language educators, researchers, and technology experts to submit proposals on any aspect of utilising AI in teaching and learning English.
SESSION FORMAT
- Workshops (60 minutes incl. questions)
- Oral presentations (30 minutes incl. questions)
IMPORTANT DATES
September 15th – deadline for submitting speaker proposals
September 18th – notification of acceptance of papers
September 29th – deadline for speaker registration and payment
October 9th – deadline for non-speaker registration and payment
FEES
- Speaker and non-speaker fees are the same.
- Teacher Fee: 40 EUR for LAKMA members / 80 EUR for non-members
- Student Fee: 5 EUR for LAKMA members / 10 EUR for non-members
BANK TRANSFER
Please transfer the fee before completing the online registration form.
LAKMA bank account: SEB Bank LT977044060004578304.
Bank address: Gedimino pr. 12, Vilnius, Lithuania / SWIFT code: CBVILT2X.
Advance payment invoice issued by e-mail upon request.
SPEAKER PROPOSALS:
https://forms.gle/sJZfKaCuNYbr2seHA
More information at lakmaonline.lt
NON-SPEAKER REGISTRATION
https://forms.gle/fLRXtRDytbm4G7hV9
E-mail asociacija.lakma@gmail.com
PLENARY SPEAKERS

Angela M. DADAK
Angela M. Dadak has worked with English language students, teachers, and professionals across four continents. Currently, Dr. Dadak is teaching courses in academic, legal, and professional English at the European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithuania. She also conducts English sessions for the American Space Vilnius and American Center Minsk. Her teaching and research interests include second-language writing, linguistic landscapes, curriculum design, and faculty development. She has a passion for critical language awareness and intercultural exchanges.
Grzegorz Śpiewak
Grzegorz Spiewak is an English teacher with nearly 30 years of experience as an academic consultant, ELT project manager, teacher trainer, international conference speaker, and author. Spiewak is a former academic lecturer and deputy director for English Teaching and CLIL at the Department of English of Warsaw University and an on-line tutor in the MA TESOL programme, at The New School for Social Research in New York City, USA. He is currently affiliated with Macmillan Education, as Head ELT Consultant for Central and Eastern Europe and a key teacher trainer, and with DOS-ELTea, an independent teacher development centre, as its co-founder & president. Spiewak serves as an Honorary President and advisory board member of IATEFL Poland.


Mantas Vičius
Mantas Vičius is a Board member at EdTech, Lithuania, and a co-founder and
CEO at BBright, an educational technology startup based in Lithuania that
created the AIpowered learning platform “Elicėjus” to help students strengthen
their math skills. The idea for BBright originated from his own challenges with
mathematics during school, and the platform today serves thousands of
students across Lithuania. Under his leadership, BBright was selected for the
Google.orgbacked Grow AI accelerator. Currently, Mantas leads a mission-
driven team of ten at BBright and actively contributes to Lithuania’s
educational transformation.
Marie WILLOUGHBY
Marie Willoughby has been an English language teacher since 2000 and a teacher trainer since 2006 and has worked on CELTA, DELTA and bespoke training courses in the UK, Peru and China. She has also been a lecturer in the MA TESOL and the MA Applied Linguistics and ELT at King’s College London. Her current role is Teacher Portal Manager; running International House London’s online teacher development platform and working to support teachers to experiment and develop with confidence. She is fascinated by teacher identity and agency, particularly in the light of emerging technologies.

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