3rd TESOL BD-DIU International Conference 2025
Bridging Divides: Human-Centred Language Education in the Age of AI and Social Transformation
Programme: December 05–06, 2025 · Dhaka (BST)
Conference Day 1 — Friday, December 05, 2025
BST
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival & Check-in
Registration for participants, speakers, and guests.
09:00 – 10:00
Opening Ceremony
Sadhinota Sommelon Kendro
Welcome speech, inaugural speech & Lifetime Achievement Awards:
Professor Dil Afroze Qader, Professor Rubina Khan, Professor M Shahidullah.
10:00 – 11:00
Keynote Address
Sadhinota Sommelon Kendro
Digital Technologies in Language Education — Dr Gary Motteram (UK).
11:00 – 11:15
Tea Break
3rd floor, AB4
11:15 – 12:00
Presentation
International Conference Hall, 3rd Floor
Shamresh Saha — British Council
12:00 – 12:35
Plenary Session
International Conference Hall, 3rd Floor
Lived Experience in the Age of AI — Prof Muhammed Shahriar Haque.
12:35 – 13:35
Paper Presentations
12th Floor Rooms
1202
1203
1204
1211A
1211B
1214
1215A
1215B
13:35 – 14:30
Lunch & Jumma Prayer Break
DIU Mosque & Food Court
14:30 – 15:05
Featured Session
Prof Aminul Islam Conf. Hall
Collaboration Between Human Imagination & Machine Intelligence — Dr J Karthikeyan.
14:30 – 15:15
Workshop
International Conference Hall
US Embassy / RELO — Roger Cohen & Bishwa Gautam.
15:15 – 16:15
Paper Presentations
12th Floor Rooms
15:15 – 15:45
Workshop
12th Floor
Crafting AI Prompts — Timothy Janda.
16:15 – 16:50
Plenary Session
International Conference Hall
Decolonising AI — Prof Mashrur Shahid Hossain.
16:50 – 17:35
Panel Discussion
International Conference Hall
Students & Teachers in Dialogue — Moderator: Rabeya Binte Habib.
17:35 – 17:45
Closing & Tea
Conference Day 2 — Saturday, December 06, 2025
BST
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival & Check-in
09:00 – 10:00
Keynote Address
International Conference Hall
Centring Humans in AI — Dr Lilian W Mina.
10:00 – 10:35
Plenary Session
Human-AI Collaboration — Prof Dr Mohammad Azhar.
10:35 – 11:10
Featured Session
Humanising AI — Prof AMM Hamidur Rahman.
10:35 – 11:10
Invited Colloquium
Design Thinking to LXDT — Dr Mohammad Shams Ud Duha & Prof Amy Bradshaw.
10:30 – 11:10
Workshop
The 24/7 Mentor — Imran Saifur (British Council).
11:10 – 11:25
Tea Break
11:25 – 12:25
Paper Presentations
12th Floor Rooms
12:25 – 13:00
Plenary Session
Use of AI & English Studies in Bangladesh — Professor Sabiha Huq.
13:00 – 13:45
Lunch Break
13:45 – 14:45
Paper Presentations
12th Floor Rooms
14:45 – 15:20
Plenary Session
Locating Human Voices in AI Algorithms — Prof Shamsad Mortuza.
15:20 – 15:55
Invited Colloquium
Human-Centred AI Futures — Dr Taslima Irine Ivy & Team (Manchester).
15:55 – 16:30
Panel Discussion
Rethinking & Reimagining Language Education with AI — Moderator: Prof Raihan Sharif.
16:30 – 16:40
Vote of Thanks
Dr Ehatasham Ul Hoque Eiten
16:40