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 In 2022, ATLAS Latin America organised a webinar and a conference. The webinar was the third one of the series started in 2021 to adapt to the restrictions derived from the CIVID-19 pandemic. It was held on March 30 2022, with the title “Tourism, Education, and Culture”. The four panelists were Clara Inés Sánchez Arcaniegas, Rosse Marie Esparza Huamanchumo, Karen Consuegra Premper, and Alda Rodriguez Dos Santos. The panelists opened a debate with the attendees on the new requirements of tourism studies in the current teaching contexts and on the role of local culture and preservation of heritage and authenticity in key Latin American tourist destinations. The 4th ATLAS Latin America Conference 2022 recovered the original idea of organising one regional conference every year or every two years. The last conference had been organised in 2019; thus, it was the first one to recover a certain normality. It was organised in a hybrid format, adapting flexibly to the different economic realities and health restrictions in Latin American countries. It was held on November 17-18 at Universidad Externado de Colombia, in Bogotá. The title of the conference was “New challenges for tourism in Latin America”. It served as an opportunity to reflect on what is most important now and in the future for travelers, now that Latin American tourist destinations have opened up after years of health and travel restrictions. More than 40 presenters participated from countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Spain. The plan for 2023 is to organise the 5th ATLAS Latin America Conference, aiming at attracting more presenters, from a wider variety of countries from the region and beyond and increasing the number of in-person attendees. up
 ATLAS Latin America conference 2020
ATLAS Latin America Conference
III ATLAS Latin America Conference, hold from 20 to 21 November 2019, was hosted by Universidad Externado Colombia and co-organized with The Ostelea School of Tourism and Hospitality.
Theme: Tourism development and social resilience in Latin America - New approaches to policy and planning.
Number of countries: 9 (Colombia, Perú, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Belgium, Canada, Brazil and Argentina).
Number of delegates: 53
Keynotes: Keynote speeches were provided by Dr. Ana Goytia Prat, member of the ATLAS Board as delegate of Latin America; Dr. Leonardo Garavito, research professor at the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Business Administration and Dr. Sairi Piñeros, co-editor and research professor at the same Faculty.
Number of abstracts: 35 papers were presented in 6 thematic workshop areas:
1. Urban spaces and tourism development;
2. Development and promotion of tourist destinations;
3. Spatial development and tourism: good practices and case studies;
4. Governance, politics and tourism;
5. Sustainability and CSR and tourism: the global agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and
6. New tourist phenomena in Europe and Latin America.
Each of these axes had the participation of national and international experts (Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, Brazil, among others) who exchanged experiences and knowledge about tourism, an issue that has gained great relevance because, according to figures, represents 7% of exports of goods and services worldwide.
News about the conference
Link https://www.uexternado.edu.co/administracion-de-empresas-turisticas-y-hoteleras/desarrollo-turistico-y-resiliencia-social-en-latinoamerica/
has been posted on:
• News page ATLAS website
• Latin America page ATLAS website
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
Plans for the future
ATLAS Latin America Coordinator
After five years in office (2015-2020), Dr. Ana Goytia Prat will not continue as Coordinator of the ATLAS Latin America Section. At the time of writing this report the place is vacant and awaiting applications.
Future ATLAS Latin America Conferences
No institutions indicated yet to be interested in hosting next ATLAS Latin America conference in 2020 nor in 2021. Externado University offered its candidacy to host another conference in 2022 or 2023. up
ATLAS Latin America conference 2019
ATLAS Latin America Conference 2019
Tourism development and social resilience in Latin America
New approaches to policy and planning?
Bogotá, Colombia
20 - 21 November, 2019
Please find an extensive report and pictures of the conference on the website of the University of Externado:
https://www.uexternado.edu.co/administracion-de-empresas-turisticas-y-hoteleras/desarrollo-turistico-y-resiliencia-social-en-latinoamerica/
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Add Content... ATLAS Latin America conferences in Brazil (2017) and Mexico (2018):
The first ATLAS Americas Conference was held from Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th June, 2017, at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Recife/Brazil.
The theme focused on Tourism and Creativity: New Opportunities for Developing Latin America. The theme selection for the conference corroborated with the emergence and significant global growth of the creative industry. Despite the effects of the world economic crisis, which started to decrease in the last couple of years, the “creative trend” worldwide has generated about US$ 8 trillion a year, with annual growth between 7 and 15%. According to the Untact/UNWTO, areas such as culture, entertainment, publicity, games, and tourism represent the core elements that hold those numbers. In Brazil, the creative GDP advanced nearly 70% in the last 10 years. Notwithstanding, tourism industry in Latin America is expected to decline by 0.5% in 2016, according to the WTM.
• Number of delegates: 55
• Number of countries: 8
• Number of communications: 32
• Book of abstracts was published by ATLAS
Following the success of the first ATLAS Latin America Conference 2017 organized by the Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, the second edition of the conference has been held from Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th September, 2018 at Autonomous University of Oaxaca “Benito Juárez” – Mexico.
The theme was: "New Challenges of Tourism in Heritage Contexts". Heritage tourism is a broad phenomenon, referring both to cultural and natural heritage and within cultural heritage including both its tangible and intangible expressions. Latin America constitutes a region where heritage tourism still represents a milestone for tourist activities. Millenary countries such as Mexico, Guatemala, Peru or Bolivia among others are worldwide acknowledged for their vast and superb archaeological record and colonial cities. Many Latin American countries also display astonishing biodiversity and natural landscapes together with a developed tourist industry as it happens in Costa Rica, Brazil or Mexico. Because of all this, heritage tourism is a priority segment in our countries in terms of number of visitors, as well as income and job creation. In addition, it plays a fundamental role in the conservation and restoration of the heritage assets of the region.
The conference has been a great success, as appears from the numbers below:
• In total 107 abstracts were received.
• Among the proposed abstracts the following countries were represented: Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Spain, The Netherlands, Romania, Turkey and India.
• There were 79 delegates present at the conference.
• Articles based on presentations at the II ATLAS Latin America Conference will be published in Journal MEC-EDUPAZ. The issue is expected for March 2019. Information for authors is on the journal's website and key dates will be announced on the conference website. The editors are Daniel Barrera Fernández, Marco Antonio Hernández Escampa Abarca, Ana Goytia Prat and Antonio Paolo Russo.
Pictures and video's from the conference can be found HERE.
Plans for the future
Third ATLAS Latin America Conference
The University of Externado in Colombia expresses its interest in hosting the III ATLAS Latin America Conference. The ATLAS Board is waiting to receive the detailed Conference pro forma.
New ATLAS Latin American members
• Autonomous University of Oaxaca “Benito Juárez” – Mexico
• Instituto Universitario da Maia, ISMAI – Portugal
• UTAD - Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Portugal up
Add Content... At the 2014 ATLAS Annual General Meeting hold in Budapest from 21st to -23th October the main aim and objectives of ATLAS Latin America were established as follows:
ATLAS Latin America seeks the constitution of a body consisting of universities, other institutions, individuals, professionals and researchers in the field of leisure tourism in Latin America. It aims to be a meeting point between academics and practitioners in the field of tourism and leisure in various Latin American countries.
Strategic Objectives
1. Identify and develop appropriate research products, services, and educational programs to position ATLAS as a key contributor to academic professional development in Latin America.
2. Increase membership with a focus on countries currently underrepresented in the membership.
3. Establish (more and better) linkages with other organizations (like OTIUM).
4. Organize an ATLAS Latin America event.
During 2015 developed actions were mainly devoted to reach objectives 2 and 3:
Action 1
ATLAS Latin America brochure
English, Spanish and Portuguese versions are created.
Action 2
Collaboration with other leisure & tourism Latin American networks
The first session of the joint work of ATLAS Networks Latin America and OTIUM took place in Montevideo on November 25th 2015. Ten institutions assisted, represented in the individuals listed below:
ARGENTINA
Universidad de El Salvador.
Lic. Lorena Villamayor
BOLIVIA
Universidad Católica San Pablo
Dr. Jorge Amonzabel.
BRASIL
Universidad de Fortaleza.
Dr. Clerton Martin on behalf of his colleague Luzia Neide Coriolano
Universidad de Paraiba
Lic. Dilma Brasileiro
CHILE
Universidad Pontificia Católica de Chile.
Dr. Andrés Ried
Lic.Manuel Gedda
COLOMBIA
Universidad Pedagógica de Bogotá
Lic. Bibiana Rodríguez
ESPAÑA
Universidad de Deusto
Dr. Manuel Cuenca
Dra. Ana Goytia
MEXICO
Universidad YMCA.
Lic. Elena Paz
PORTUGAL
Universidad de Aveiro
Dra. Maria Manuel Baptista
URUGUAY
Universidad Católica de Uruguay:
Mag. Gabriel Andrade.
Lic. Adriana Bonomo
Diplomada Rosario Bianco Burgos.
Networks that work in tourism and those that will follow are identified:
LATIN AMERICA : Latin American Association of Researchers in Tourism. Andrés Ried
BRAZIL: National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Tourism ANIPTUR ). Dilma Brasileiro
Action 3
ATLAS Latin American session for Gabernanza design and future action plan definition
To be held in Lisbon 2015 Annual General Meeting in which delegates from the following Latin American countries are registered:
(1) Brazil
(2) Chile
(3) Mexico
(4) Portugal
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La European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education: ATLAS (http://www.atlas-euro.org) propone el desarrollo de un capítulo ATLAS Latinoamerica.
ATLAS se fundó en 1991 para promover la educación transnacional en los estudios de turismo y ocio. La asociación proporciona un foro para promover el personal internacional y de intercambio de estudiantes, de iniciar la investigación, facilitar el plan de estudios y el desarrollo profesional, y para intercambiar y difundir información a través de conferencias, seminarios y talleres. En la actualidad, cuenta con más de 215 miembros en más de 70 países en Europa, Asia África, Oriente Medio y América.
ATLAS está abierta a las instituciones educativas de buena fe y a los colegios profesionales relacionados con la educación, la investigación o intereses profesionales en turismo, el ocio y las áreas relacionadas.
La cuota anual en 2014 para miembros de pleno derecho ATLAS es de 275 €. Para las organizaciones situadas en los países de Europa Central y Oriental, África, Asia y América del Sur la cuota será de 150 €. Los socios protectores pagar una cuota de 500 €. VALORES CENTRALES: Red de profesores e investigadores en ocio y turismo que opera a nivel global que: - ofrece un entorno abierto y colaborativo;
- permite tanto a los nuevos investigadores como a los investigadores reconocidos un contacto cara a cara y ayuda mutua.
ACTIVIDADES - Trabajo en red, conferencias, publicaciones proyectos conjuntos, intercambio de información;
- Grupos de Trabajo (Eventos, Volun-turismo, capitalidades culturales, turismo de negocios, etc.)
ATLAS LATINOAMÉRICA persigue la constitución de un ente conformado por universidades, otras instituciones, personas, profesionales e investigadores en el campo del turismo el ocio en Latino América. Pretende ser un punto de encuentro entre académicos y profesionales en el campo del turismo y del ocio de diversos países latinoamericanos. OBJETIVOS ESTRATÉGICOS de ATLAS Latino América: - Objetivo estratégico 1 – Identificar y desarrollar investigación, productos, servicios y programas educativos que permitan ubicar a ATLAS como un agente clave en la contribución al desarrollo académico y profesional en el turismo en Latinoamérica
- Objetivo estratégico 2 – Incrementar el número de asociados en países que actualmente están infra representados;
- Objetivo estratégico 3 – Establecer (más y mejores) relaciones con otras organizaciones (como OTIUM);
- Objetivo estratégico 4 – Organizar un evento ATLAS Latinoamérica
El PLAN DE ACCIÓN 2014-2015 para el desarrollo de la iniciativa incluye: 1. Noviembre 2014: Presentación de la iniciativa en Latino América En el marco de la “VIII Reunión de la Asociación OTIUM”, que se celebrará del 23 al 26 de Noviembre de 2014 en la Universidad Católica Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (Montevideo-Uruaguay). La Asociación Iberoamericana de Estudios de Ocio OTIUM (http://www.asociacionotium.org) es el principal organizador de la Conferencia en la que, el martes 25 de Noviembre, miembros de ATLAS y de OTIUM, trabajarán conjuntamente para la puesta en marcha del proyecto. La conferencia reunirá a centros universitarios y otras instituciones que desarrollen tareas de Formación, investigación, innovación y difusión de los ámbitos relacionados con los Estudios de Ocio (tiempo libre, cultura, turismo, deporte y recreación), entendido el ocio como factor de desarrollo social, económico, cultural, ambiental y comunitario. El tema de la Conferencia es: "Ocio y Tiempo Libre para el empoderamiento de la ciudadanía". Personas de contacto:
Ricardo Lema: rlema@ucu.edu.uy
Luis Machado: lmachado@ucu.edu-uy 2. Noviembre 2014 – Enero 2015: Mapa Iberoamericano de agentes educativos e investigadores en turismo. Persona de contacto: Ana Goytia: agoytia@deusto.es 3. Enero – Julio 2015: Contactar con agentes interesados en asociarse 4. Octubre 2015: Conferencia ATLAS 2015. En Lisboa (Portugal) bajo el título “Risk in Travel and Tourism: geographies, behaviors and strategies” Tres días de duración: del 21 al 23 de octubre de 2015 El 22 de octubre se celebrará un “Special Track sobre Turismo en Lationamerica” que tendrá dos sesiones diferentes: - Sesión académica con conferencia y comunicaciones, bajo el título “Estado de la cuestión en investigación y educación en turismo en Latinoamérica”
- Sesión de trabajo ATLAS AMERICAS para identificar responsables y plan de acción 2015-2016.
Personas de contacto:
Carlos Cardoso Ferreira: carlosferreira@campus.ul.pt
José Manuel Simoes: jmsimoes@campus.ul.pt
Ana Isabel Inácio: anaiinacio@netcabo.pt
The European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education: ATLAS (http://www.atlas-euro.org) proposes the development of a chapter ATLAS Latin America. ATLAS was founded in 1991 to promote transnational education in tourism and leisure studies. The association provides a forum to promote international exchange of students and to initiate research, facilitate curriculum and professional development, and to exchange and disseminate information through conferences, seminars and workshops staff. Currently has over 215 members in over 70 countries in Europe, Asia Africa, Middle East and America. ATLAS membership is open to bona-fide educational institutions and professional bodies with educational, research or professional interests in tourism, leisure and related areas. The 2014 annual fee for ATLAS full members is € 275. For organizations situated in countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and South America the fee will be € 150. Patron members pay a fee of € 500. CORE VALUES:
A global operating ‘network’ of lecturers and researchers in tourism and leisure which: - offers an open and supportive environment;
- allows established and new researchers to flourish side-by-side and with mutual support.
ACTIVITIES - Networking, conferences, projects, joint publications exchange of information;
- Working Groups (Event Voluntourism, cultural capitals, business tourism, etc.).
ATLAS LATINOAMÉRICA seeks the constitution of a body consisting of universities, other institutions, individuals, professionals and researchers in the field of leisure tourism in Latin America. It aims to be a meeting point between academics and practitioners in the field of tourism and leisure in various Latin American countries. STRATEGIC OBJCTIVES: - Strategic Objective 1 – Identify and develop appropriate research products, services, and educational programs to position ATLAS as a key contributor to academic professional development in Latin America.
- Strategic Objective 2 – Increase membership with a focus on countries currently underrepresented in the membership
- Strategic Objective 3 – Establish (more and better) linkages with other organizations (like OTIUM)
- Strategic Objective 4 – Organize an event ATLAS Latin America
2014-2015 ACTION PLAN for the development of the initiative includes: 1. November 2014: Presentation of the initiative in Latin America Under the "Eighth Meeting of the Association OTIUM" to be held, from 23 to 26 November 2014, at the Catholic University Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (Montevideo-Uruaguay). The American Association of Leisure Studies OTIUM (http://www.asociacionotium.org) is the main organizer of the conference at which, on Tuesday, November 25, members of ATLAS and OTIUM will work together for commissioning the project. The conference will bring together universities and other institutions to develop training tasks, research, innovation and dissemination of fields related to Leisure Studies (leisure, culture, tourism, sport and recreation), defined leisure as a factor in social development, economic, cultural, environmental and community. The conference theme is: "Leisure and Recreation for the empowerment of the citizens" Contact persons:
Ricardo Lema: rlema@ucu.edu.uy
Luis Machado: lmachado@ucu.edu-uy 2. November 2014 - January 2015: Map of Latin American researchers and educators in tourism. Contact person: Ana Goytia: agoytia@deusto.es 3. January-July 2015: Contact with interested in partnering agents. 4. October 2015: ATLAS Conference 2015 in Lisbon (Portugal) under the heading "Risk in Travel and Tourism: geographies, behaviors and Strategies” Three-day: from 21 to 23 October 2015 On 22 October there will be a "Special Track on tourism Latin America" incuding two different sessions: - Academic Session with conference and communications, entitled "State of the art in research and education in tourism in Latin America"
- ATLAS Work Session AMERICAS responsible for identifying and Action Plan 2015-2016
Contact persons:
Carlos Cardoso Ferreira: carlosferreira@campus.ul.pt
José Manuel Simoes: jmsimoes@campus.ul.pt
Ana Isabel Inácio: anaiinacio@netcabo.pt up
La European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education: ATLAS (http://www.atlas-euro.org), en colaboración con la Asociación Iberoamericana de Estudios de Ocio OTIUM (http://www.asociacionotium.org), proponen el desarrollo conjunto de una sede Americana de la Red ATLAS y una rama turística de la Red OTIUM
Esta iniciativa se iniciará en el marco de la “VIII Reunión de la Asociación OTIUM”, que se celebrará del 23 al 26 de Noviembre de 2014 en la Universidad Católica Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (Montevideo-Uruaguay).
Personas de contacto:
Ricardo Lema: rlema@ucu.edu.uy
Luis Machado: lmachado@ucu.edu-uy
OTIUM es el principal organizador de la Conferencia en la que, el martes 25 de Noviembre, miembros de ATLAS y de OTIUM, trabajarán conjuntamente para la puesta en marcha del proyecto.
La conferencia reunirá a centros universitarios y otras instituciones que desarrollen tareas de Formación, investigación, innovación y difusión de los ámbitos relacionados con los Estudios de Ocio (tiempo libre, cultura, turismo, deporte y recreación), entendido el ocio como factor de desarrollo social, económico, cultural, ambiental y comunitario. El tema de la Conferencia es: "Ocio y Tiempo Libre para el empoderamiento de la ciudadanía".
ATLAS coordina la iniciativa OTIUM-TURISMO/ATLAS AMÉRICAS que persigue la constitución de un ente conformado por universidades, otras instituciones, personas, profesionales e investigadores en el campo del turismo el ocio en Latino América. Pretende ser un punto de encuentro entre académicos y profesionales en el campo del turismo y del ocio de diversos países latinoamericanos.
OTIUM
La Asociación Iberoamericana de Estudios de Ocio se propone como plataforma de encuentro académico que posibilite a la educación superior hacer frente a problemas y oportunidades globales comunes en materia de Estudios de ocio, a través de la formación, la investigación, la información y ayuda mutua, la coordinación y la puesta en marcha de proyectos que superen la capacidad de cada institución individualmente.
OTIUM desea fomentar los siguientes valores:
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Apuntamos a la integración del saber, que presupone pensar y actuar a nivel global y local, promoviendo la convergencia de distintos centros universitarios de Iberoamérica en una reflexión crítica e interdisciplinar sobre el fenómeno del ocio.
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Destacamos el compromiso de las universidades para buscar respuestas a las necesidades sociales, como interprete crítico que interviene con su reflexión y su propuesta en la creación de mejores condiciones para el bienestar humano.
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Entendemos el ocio como una experiencia humana integral, un derecho humano fundamental y un factor de desarrollo personal, social y comunitario.
ATLAS
Se fundó en 1991 para promover la educación transnacional en los estudios de turismo y ocio. La asociación proporciona un foro para promover el personal internacional y de intercambio de estudiantes, de iniciar la investigación, facilitar el plan de estudios y el desarrollo profesional, y para intercambiar y difundir información a través de conferencias, seminarios y talleres. En la actualidad, cuenta con más de 220 miembros en más de 69 países en Europa, Asia, América del Norte y África.
The European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education: ATLAS (http://www.atlas-euro.org), in collaboration with the American Association of Leisure Studies OTIUM (http://www.asociacionotium.org) propose joint development of an American ATLAS headquarters and tourist branch of the Red OTIUM.
This initiative will begin in the framework of the "VIII OTIUM Association Meeting" to be held from 23 to 26 November 2014 in Damaso Antonio Larranaga (Montevideo-Uruaguay) Catholic University.
OTIUM is the main organizer of the conference at which, on Tuesday, November 25, members of ATLAS and OTIUM, work together for the implementation of the project.
Contact persons:
Ricardo Lema: rlema@ucu.edu.uy
Luis Machado: lmachado@ucu.edu-uy
The conference will bring together universities and other institutions to develop training tasks, research, innovation and dissemination of fields related to Leisure Studies (leisure, culture, tourism, sport and recreation), defined leisure as a factor of social development, economic, cultural, environmental and community. The conference theme is: "Leisure and Recreation for citizenship empowerment".
ATLAS coordinates OTIUM-TURISMO/ATLAS AMERICAS initiative that seeks the establishment of an entity formed by universities, other institutions, individuals, professionals and researchers in the field of tourism activity in Latin America. It aims to be a meeting point between academics and practitioners in the field of tourism and leisure in various Latin American countries,
OTIUM
The American Association of Leisure Studies is proposed as academic meeting platform that enables higher education to address common global challenges and opportunities in leisure studies, through training, research, information and mutual assistance, coordination and implementation of projects that exceed the capacity of each individual institution.
OTIUM wishes to encourage the following values:
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We aim at the integration of knowledge, which presupposes think and act globally and locally, promoting the convergence of different universities in Latin America in a critical and interdisciplinary reflection on the phenomenon of leisure.
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emphasize the commitment of universities to seek answers to social needs as a critical interpreter involved with his reflection and his proposal on the creation of better conditions for human welfare.
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understand leisure as an integral human experience, a fundamental human right and a means of personal, social and community development.
ATLAS
It was established in 1991 to promote transnational education in tourism and leisure studies. The association provides a forum to promote international staff and student exchange, to initiate research, to facilitate curriculum and professional development, and to exchange and disseminate information through conferences, seminars and workshops. Currently, ATLAS has over 220 members from over 69 countries in Europe, Asia, North America and Africa.
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The development of the ATLAS Americas chapter is moving slowly, but the goal is to organise a conference in 2014. The idea is to work together with another network called OTIUM. OTIUM was set up at the University of Deusto about 10 years ago, to provide a platform for teachers in Latin America, who would like to come to Europe for exchange/learning/etc. The main focus was on leisure and now it is a good time to reposition OTIUM with ATLAS as the tourism branch. This new cooperation/network OTIUM-ATLAS could be the starting point to develop ATLAS Americas. There are plans for an OTIUM conference in Mexico in 2013 and also it is aimed to organise an OTIUM-ATLAS conference in El Salvador, Argentina in 2014. It should be taken into account that this conference will be bilingual or even trilingual.
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