- Thursday 27 November 2025 | 12:00 – 19:30
- Cripps Court, Magdalene College, Cambridge
The Cambridge Language Sciences (CLS) Annual Symposium is an annual meeting of minds, bringing together language scientists of all disciplines from the University of Cambridge for an afternoon of talks, poster presentations and informal networking.
The theme of this year’s Symposium is ‘Ambitions for Language Science in 2050’.
The registration portal will open on Tuesday 14 October 2025. Please check back here for the link.
Event Programme
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12:00 - 12:30 | Registration & Lunch
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12:30 - 12:35 | Welcome and Introductions
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12:35 - 14:20 | Research Dialogue 1: Enhancing Language Assessment and Rehabilitation: Using AI to model and support aphasia recovery
Speakers:
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Professor Matt Lambon-Ralph: Unit Director, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (Cambridge)
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Dr Fatemeh Geranmayeh: Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Brain Sciences (Imperial College London)
Session Chair: TBC
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14:20 - 14:55 | Poster Slam (Part 1)
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14:55 - 15:40 | Poster Exhibition & Refreshments
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15:40 - 17:25 | Research Dialogue 2: Finding Meaning with Brains and Machines: Past, Present, Future
Speakers:
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Professor Tim Rogers: Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Dr Guy Emerson: Departmental Early-Career Academic Fellow & Co-Director, Cambridge Language Sciences (Cambridge)
Session Chair: Dr Matt Davis (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge)
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17:25 - 18:00 | Poster Slam (Part 2)
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18:00 - 18:15 | Closing Remarks
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18:15 - 19:30 | Posters and Drinks Reception
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Cambridge University Press & Assessment in making this event possible.
For any queries, contact:
Cambridge Language Sciences – events@languagesciences.cam.ac.uk
Note: The call for posters has now closed
Poster Session Organisers: Sammy Weiss-Cowie (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit): sammy.weiss-cowie@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk, Shanshan Hu (Theoretical and Applied Linguistics): sh2194@cam.ac.uk,Suchir Salhan (Computer Science & Technology): sas245@cam.ac.uk