KARACHI, Nov 1: The 23rd annual travelling conference titled “Opening New Vistas” commences here on Friday under auspices of the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT).

According to a statement issued on Thursday, the two-day conference is being held at the Habib Public School before travelling with its key speakers to Abbotabad, Multan, Rawalpindi and Lahore.

The idea is to replicate the event in different cities so that language teachers around Pakistan could meet and benefit from international and national ELT experts.

This year’s keynote speaker, Jane Hoelker from the Qatar University (Doha), will present a paper on “multicultural literature”.

The British Council-sponsored Sandie Mourao from Portugal, Marc Helgeson from Japan, Fatama Atamon from Turkey, Dr Richard Smith and Brian Shields from the UK and Margaret Early from Canada will all share up to date teaching strategies.

The conference comprises presentation of over 85 papers, workshops and demonstrations, in addition to panel discussions.