The 20th AULP annual conference to open in Macao

The 20th annual conference of the Association of Universities of Portuguese Language (AULP) will be held in Macao from 6 September to 9 September 2010. University of Macau (UM), Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) and Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) form the local organizing committee for this conference. The conference, whose theme is “China, Macao and Portuguese-speaking countries”, will serve as an important platform for China and Portuguese-speaking countries to communicate and cooperate with one another. Approximately 150 representatives from Portuguese-speaking universities will attend the conference and have in-depth discussions on five topics, namely “economy, commerce and development”, “problematics of the Portuguese language in the world”, “linguistic unity and normative plurality”, “some challenges of the Portuguese-speaking world”, and “networks of cooperation in higher education”.