VAKKI ry has arranged the annual VAKKI Symposium since 1980. Below is a list of the previous symposia from the year 2000 onwards, and some information of the most recent ones.
2026: “Human(e) Communication”
XLVI International VAKKI Symposium
February 12–13, 2026 in Vaasa, Finland
Keynote speakers:
Amanda Lagerkvist (Uppsala University, Sweden and Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies)
The Wildness of Human(e) Communication: Perspectives from Existential Media Studies
Kristine Ask (Norwegian University of Science, Norway and Technology and University of Vaasa)
“Only vibes” on TikTok? layering information for emotional expression in algorithmic media
2025: “Communicational Relations”
XLV International VAKKI Symposium
February 13–14, 2025 in Vaasa, Finland
Keynote speakers:
Johanna Arnesson (Umeå universitet, Sweden)
Influencer Relations: Navigating People and Platforms
Joëlle Basque (Université TÉLUQ, Canada)
Exploring Identity Matters in the Communicative Constitution of Organization
2024: “Diversity in Communication”
XLIV International VAKKI Symposium
February 8–9, 2024 in Vaasa, Finland
Keynote speakers:
Christiane Maaß (University of Hildesheim, Germany)
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Ellen Nathues (University of Twente, the Netherlands)
Differences in Dialogue: The Many Voices We Can Encounter in Communication
2023: “Communicating with Purpose”
XLIII International VAKKI Symposium
February 9–10, 2023 in Vaasa, Finland
Keynote speakers:
Oana Brindusa Albu (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Managing visibilities through communication: The shades and shadows of activism in repressive contexts
Anastasia Kavada (University of Westminster, UK)
Communicating (with) care: Vulnerability and communication for social change
2022: “Responsible Communication”
XLII International VAKKI Symposium
February 10–11, 2022 in Zoom
Keynote speakers:
Martin Hultman (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Three decades of obstruction. How to analyze, understand and change communication patterns to avoid being stuck in the knowledge-action gap of climate change?
Nina Janich (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)
Science Communication under the Condition of Uncertainty from the Perspective of Applied Linguistics
2021: “Workplace Communication IV”
XLI International VAKKI Symposium
February 11–12, 2021 in Zoom
Keynote speakers:
Emma Christensen (Roskilde University) and Lars Thøger Christensen (Copenhagen Business School)
Examining the (Re)presentational Voice
Samantha Warren (University of Portsmouth)
Using Instagram in a participant-led field study: Reflections on the politics of organizational communication and identity
2020: “Workplace Communication III”
XL International VAKKI Symposium
February 6–7, 2020 in Vaasa, Finland
Keynote speakers:
Crispin Thurlow (University of Bern, Switzerland)
The (Grubby) Business of Words: What ‘George Clooney’ Tells Us
Dorien van de Mieroop (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Exploring narrative dimensions: The case of stories told in institutional contexts
2019: “Workplace Communication II”
XXXIX International VAKKI Symposium
February 7–8, 2019 in Vaasa, Finland
Keynote speakers:
Cornelius Puschmann (Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research, Hamburg, Germany)
The Enron email dataset as a window into workplace communication
Andrea Whittle (Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom)
Consequential categories: How categories in interaction work to get work done
2018: “Workplace Communication”
2017: “Voices”
2016: “Text and Textuality”
2015: “Borders under Negotiation”
2014: “Democracy”
2013: “Point of View as a Challenge”
2012: “Languages in Motion”
2011: “Language and Ethics”
2010: “XXX Jubilee Symposium: Language and Emotion”
2009: “Language and Power”
2008: “Language and Diversity”
2007: “Language and Lifestages”
2006: “Norms and normlessness”
2005: “XXV Jubilee Symposium”
2004: “LSP & Translation – A Multilingual Point of View”
2003: “Diachrony in Synchrony”
2002: “LSP and Translation – Focus on Teaching”
2001: “Understanding and Intelligibility”
2000: “Anniversary Symposium”