We are delighted to announce that our new Deputy Chief Executive for Professional Services, Huan Japes, will be joining us in February, leading English UK's work on quality assurance and professional development.

Taking place on the 2 and 3 March at St Anne's College, Oxford, the English UK ELT Management Conference is a prestigious and important event on the ELT calendar and is the UK's leading event for practising ELT managers.

The ELT Marketing Conference is an important forum for professionals who are involved in the sales and marketing of English language and other courses to international students. In addition to our keynote and plenery speakers, we are pleased to announce that Ms Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Kurdistan Regional Government's High Representative to the UK, will now be joining us to lead a market information session on Kurdistan.

Please note that the English UK office will be closed for the holidays from Friday 23 December 2011 and re-open on Tuesday 3 January 2012.

The English UK ELT Marketing Conference is a forum for professionals who are involved in the marketing of English language and other courses to international students.In addition to the keynote and closing plenary speakers already announced we're pleased to be able to release further details of the full line-up.