This was a interesting conference, the first time I have attended this conference. Valencia is a beautiful and small city in Spain and is certainly worth a visit. The weather was also lovely - which added to the atmosphere! The conference was truly international with participants from all over the world - only just one person from Hiroshima! Each presentation was limited to 15 minutes which in truth didn't give a lot of time to go into specifics - but did allow for quite a varied number of presentations. If these things are important the buffet lunches were outstanding! I'll happily attend this conference in the future.

The conference is organised by IAFOR ( International Academic Forum) and was an enjoyable experience with an eclectic and varied number of presentation topics. As the number of conference attendees was around 150 it also enabled for more in-depth discussion with other presenters / attendees. The conference venue is a short walk / bus ride from the main Waikiki area and it is the first time I have presented with indoor palm trees! In summary a nice relaxing, but engaging conference.

​Obviously I am making a crucially important point here!
(It was 2nd presentation on a Saturday morning...and the night before had been the Conference dinner. The odd beer and wine may have been consumed by presenter and audience...)

Jaime Selwood and Joe Lauer both used different podcasts during the length of this project. Each of them used four different podcasts and we are both happy to report that none of them were hated by the students! Also, we should admit that three of the podcasts used are produced at Hiroshima University. Jaime surveyed his students at the end of the course and their answers will also be presented below.