WICAL 2025 Organising Committee

Stella Shi, Co-Chair
BA Language, Culture, and Communication
I hope to build a bridge to
give shape to what's often ignored.

Diana Wang, Co-Chair
MSc Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions
I hope to build a bridge to
unite voices from different disciplines.

Yanyan Li
Promotion & Catering
IAS Early-career Fellow
PhD in Applied Linguistics
I hope to build a bridge to
a wonderland where interactions simmer and relationships season creativity

Xinran Gao
Sponsoring & Catering
PhD in Linguistics
I hope to build a bridge to
collaborative spaces between voices and the stories they tell.

Kaiqi Yu
Promotion & Catering
PhD in Applied Linguistics
I hope to build a bridge to
where meaning-making whispers the stories we've yet to uncover.

Mingzhi Li
Submission & Registration
PhD in Applied Linguistics
I hope to build a bridge to
to connect diverse voices in applied linguistics.

Tea Tóth
Finance
MSc Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions
I hope to build a bridge to
a space where creative ideas can blossom into practical applications.

Siyu Wang
Submission & Registration & Catering
PhD in Applied Linguistics
I hope to build a bridge to
foster meaningful collaboration.

Miyuki Izuo
Promotion
MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
I hope to build a bridge to
collaboration between linguistics and educational practice.

Jing Liu
Submission & Registration
PhD in Applied Linguistics
I hope to build a bridge to
where multilingual minds shape global knowledge.

Quynh Nga Nguyen
Promotion
MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
I hope to build a bridge to
turn linguistic theories into practical teaching methods, so ‘the zone of proximal development’ is more than just a fancy phrase.

Nermen Kanj
Promotion
MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
I hope to build a bridge to
collaboration between linguistics and educational practice.

Minghao Hu
Sponsoring & Submission & Registration
MSc Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions
I hope to build a bridge to
where words become worlds.

Nusrat Gulzar
Research Clinics
PhD in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
I hope to build a bridge to
connect theories, perspectives, voices with practice.

Andri Saputra
Promotion
PhD in Applied Linguistics
I hope to build a bridge to
establish connections and build rapport within a new team.