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What shall we talk about
Day 1
09:00 - 10:00 Kyiv time
JOE RIOS
Teaching What AI can't
As AI becomes more fluent, the real value of language teachers lies in what cannot be automated: creativity, psychological safety, and human connection. This session explores human-centered teaching that replaces fear with curiosity and play, helping learners take risks, remember more, and use language authentically. Participants will leave with practical classroom ideas and a renewed sense of why language teaching remains a deeply human practice.
10:30 - 11:30 Kyiv time
ANNA PLAKSIIENKO
Grammar with No Hammer
(work in breakout rooms)
How to teach grammar without making your students cringe?
This practical, interactive workshop explores how grammar can be taught naturally through lexis, patterns, and meaningful communication. Instead of “teaching rules first,” we’ll look at how learners notice, practise, and reuse grammar as part of real language.
Participants will rethink the role of grammar in their lessons and leave with a toolkit of adaptable activities and techniques that make grammar more engaging, communicative, and memorable.
12:15 - 13:45 Kyiv time
NATALIYA DYACHUK
The Art of Seeing: Visual Literacy (work in breakout rooms)
A highly practical workshop on using visuals to boost learning, assessment, and engagement. You’ll explore how to select, analyse, adapt, and even generate images (including with AI) to make lessons clearer, richer, and more memorable.
What shall we talk about
Day 2
10:00 - 11:30 Kyiv time
DANIELLA DE WINTER
Reading Despite Dyslexia
Based on over 40 years of experience, this session shows how dyslexic learners can achieve real reading fluency when taught in line with how their brains process language — making reading logical, accessible, and achievable.
12:00 - 13:00 Kyiv time
EUGENIA KOVTUN
Encouraging Active Lexis Use: 7 Practical Steps
Struggling to get students to actually use new vocabulary? This hands-on workshop shares seven simple, classroom-ready techniques to help learners activate lexis naturally — with micro-tasks, prompts, and low-prep speaking frames you can use the very next day.
13:15 - 14:45 Kyiv time
GEORGIA K. PAPAMICHAILIDOU Bringing Culture Through Intercultural Activities
Culture isn’t something we add at the end of a lesson — it’s already present in how students speak, listen, agree, disagree, or stay silent. It lives in the small classroom moments we often overlook.
In this session, we’ll explore how to build intercultural awareness through simple, practical activities that focus on interpretation, choice, and meaning — not stereotypes or facts about countries. You’ll reflect on how culture shapes communication in your classroom and how learners interpret language differently based on experience and context.
You’ll leave with ready-to-use speaking and interaction activities that help learners notice differences, question assumptions, and communicate more thoughtfully.
All activities are adaptable across levels and teaching contexts and support inclusion, engagement, and real communication.
15:00 - 16:00 Kyiv time
GEORGE KOKOLAS
Positive Education For Beginners
Negative feelings and demotivation are a daily part of our classroom lives. Positive Education is not simply a bunch of theories asking people to "feel great against adversity" but a thoroughly scientific, long-implemented educational framework in which teachers and students can flourish and find encouragement when they feel stuck or demotivated. The speaker will provide "the why to use positive education, " demonstrate some PοsEd activities, and try to communicate that Positive Education is something caught and not taught!
16:30 - 17:30 Kyiv time
HUGH DELLAR
Motivating Students: A 10-Step Guide
Many learners see English as a chore. This talk offers ten practical steps to boost motivation, especially with tired after-work or after-school students — helping you re-energise classes and transform learner engagement.
Conference partner
Ready-To-Teach: ESP and Business English lesson plans for A2-C1 professionals. Authentic materials. Flexible frameworks ( from PPP to TBL).Trending topics that are in news.
Available in Canva, Miro, and PDF. Our Teacher's Notes show you how to adapt every task to your students' needs in minutes — not just what to teach, but how to make it work.
Conference partner
Express Publishing: years ago Express Publishing started with a single grammar book and a simple goal: to support teachers with practical, reliable materials. Now, it is creating materials for real classroom experience and their resources help learners build strong communication skills, essential life skills, and become confident language users.
“Today, our mission remains the same: to deliver meaningful, real-world learning and help you teach it, your way! We provide a wide range of printed and digital resources for schools, independent teachers and tutors, online and hybrid learning, English for work and specific purposes, and communication-focused classes”
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What Your Certificate
Will Look Like
All conference participants will receive an official personalised digital certificate of attendance.
The certificate will include:
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participant’s full name
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conference title
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number of academic hours
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date of the event
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organisers’ signatures
Hugh Dellar
Motivating Students: a 10-Step Guide
Bachelor in English Literature, Masters in TESOL, CELTA, DELTA (Double Distinction)
Hugh Dellar — Experience
- a teacher and teacher trainer with over twenty-five years' experience in the field;
- the co-founder of the online school and training company Lexical Lab;
- co-authored two five-level General English series, Outcomes and Innovations, both published by National Geographic Learning, as well as one level of the high-school series Perspectives;
- the author of Teaching Lexically (Delta Publishing, 2016);
- has worked on two levels of the new Pearson General English series, Roadmap.
Anna Plaksiienko
Grammar with no Hammer: Teaching Grammar Lexically
MA in the Theory and Methodology of TESOL, CELTA, TKT (Module1,2,3 Band 4), CAE (A).
Anna Plaksiienko - Experience
- is a Cambridge-certified English language teacher and teacher trainer with over 15 years of experience in ELT;
- has been actively involved in conducting professional development courses, sessions, and workshops for a diverse array of institutions and companies;
- Anna’s expertise spans several key areas, including Education for Sustainable Development, smart and strategic usage of technology in education, and teaching lexically to enhance increased learners’ outcomes;
- as the founder and owner of English Studio, she provides consultancy services for ESL teachers globally;
- a conference speaker, frequently presenting at CPD events worldwide.
Nataliya Dyachuk
The Art of Seeing: Elevating Learning and Teaching English Through Visual Literacy (Work in breakout rooms)
CPE, TKT, TKT CLIL, CELTA
Nataliya Dyachuk - Experience
- an active conference presenter, materials writer, and dedicated member of professional organisations within the field of language education;
- the founder of the multi-dimensional educational Agency of Foreign Languages RUNA®, focused on innovative and high-quality foreign language instruction;
- a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Lviv Ivan Franko National University, with research interests in media methodology and linguodidactics, aphoristic utterances, and materials development;
- the author of over one hundred academic and professional publications, contributing extensively to the advancement of language teaching theory and practice.
Eugenia Kovtun
How To Encourage Students To Use New Lexis: 7 Practical Steps
CELTA, DELTA (Modules 1,2,3), CAE (C2)
Eugenia Kovtun - Experience
- an English teacher since 2006;
- a teacher trainer since 2022, having extensive experience in delivering professional development sessions as well as training teachers individually;
- running own teacher development courses as well as General English groups for teacher learners
Georgia K. Papamichailidou
Bringing Culture Through Intercultural Activities
MA in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language from the University of Birmingham, UK
Georgia K. Papamichailidou — Experience
- an EFL English teacher since 2005;
- a teacher trainer teacher training, having an extensive experience in delivering professional development sessions publicly across Europe and online;
- a Principal at Kaplan International English Bournemouth;
- awarded with the Kaplan Way Leadership award for creating and delivering a new high-quality course based on CLIL Teaching Methodology;
- specialising in teacher training course design and materials writing.
Daniella De Winter
Reading Despite Dyslexia
Education Certificate at Levinsky College of Education
Daniella De Winter - Experience
- a dyslexia specialist, educator, and methodologist with over 40 years of experience supporting learners of all ages in overcoming reading difficulties;
- the founder of SoftEnglish and the creator of the SoftRead Method, an innovative approach that trains the brain to recognise reading and spelling patterns, rewires ineffective reading pathways, and develops genuine fluency, particularly for dyslexic and ESOL learners;
- having extensive experience working with children, teenagers, adults, and SEND students across a wide range of educational contexts;
- specialising in the development of materials and programmes that make reading accessible, logical, and achievable for every learner;
- dedicated to opening new possibilities for learners who have long felt excluded from the world of reading.
Joe Rios
Teaching What AI can't
BA at UC San Diego
MA in International Studies, Economic Development East Asia at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
PhD in International Comparative Education: Anthropology of Human Communication at Stanford University
Joe Rios - Experience
- Education leader, pedagogy specialist, and communication strategist with over 20 years’ experience across K–12, higher education, corporate, and technology sectors.
- Former Director of Education in the United States, leading vision, programme development, and faculty training for linguistically and culturally diverse learners.
Global workforce development project lead at Intel, conducting ethnographic research worldwide and co-creating the company’s first standardised global English language assessment across eight countries.
- Pedagogy Lead for AI Language Learning at Google, shaping theoretical frameworks and learning content for an AI-powered English learning tool piloted in six countries.
- Programme lead at Columbia Business School (Venture for All Asia), facilitating entrepreneurship bootcamps from ideation to investor pitch and serving as an ongoing competition judge.
- Founder and CEO of Dakodit and creator of Brave Speak — a flagship communication programme preparing global professionals for leadership in an AI-driven workplace.
- An advocate for people-centred, culturally aware communication, helping leaders build clarity, confidence, and influence where human skills matter most in an AI-enhanced world.
George Kokolas
Topic: Positive Education For Beginners (80 words)
BA in English Language and Literature/Letters at The American College of Greece
Advanced Neurolanguage Coach ® (US and European trademark in the name of Rachel Marie Paling), Neurolanguage Coaching
The TEFL Academy - Leading EFL Teacher Trainer Provider (Qualified Level 5 Certified ESL Teachers, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor)
Diploma of Education, Positive Psychology Fundamentals
George Kokolas - Experience
- International academic leader and business development strategist with over 25 years’ experience in ELT, publishing, teacher education, and professional training.
- Former International Academic Director and Academic & Business Development Director at Express Publishing, overseeing global academic strategy, product development, partnerships, and large-scale teacher support across multiple markets.
- Senior teacher trainer and experienced international conference speaker, delivering keynotes, plenaries, and professional development programmes worldwide on speaking skills, methodology, leadership, and 21st-century competencies.
- Specialist in leadership development, instructional design, education management, and public speaking for educators, with a strong focus on teacher voice, confidence, and professional presence, including work with Equal Voices ELT.
- Certified Positive Psychology Practitioner for Education (ELT) and Advanced Neurolanguage Coach®, integrating wellbeing, motivation, and neuroscience-informed learning into language education and teacher training.
- Academic Associate with Universal Learning Systems Ltd, Vice President of TESOL Greece (2022–2025), Editor-in-Chief of Neurolanguage Collective® Magazine, and host of Teacher’s Coffee Radio Show.
- Former supervisor for FCE and CPE examinations, responsible for exam integrity and centre management.
WinWin TTC And Be_Superteacher
In Cooperation:
years
11
of teaching experience;
113+
organized seminars and workshops for teachers;
1200
effective and creative ideas;
1010+
inspired attendees;
425
happy owners of TKT certificates;
Feedback from our participants
Sigita Magyar-Žilinskaitė
I absolutely loved the conference. The discussed topics were very interesting and useful, I really appreciate that. To improve in the future maybe it would be nice to hear more speakers from different countries and to hear about their experience in teaching.
Olha Vnuk
I really enjoyed this conference. Also, this was my first time, but frankly speaking, it was such a pleasure! Bravo❤️
