Dear FIPLV Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the Semmelweis Medical Linguistics Conference (SMLC2025), scheduled to take place on May 23–24, 2025, in Budapest, Hungary. Following the conference, participants are also invited to submit their manuscript to Semmelweis Medical Linguistics Investigations, published by Peter Lang, where it will be automatically considered for indexing. Please find the call for papers below.

The SMLC has become a cornerstone of academic discourse in healthcare communication. Last year, the conference welcomed participants from all continents, providing a global platform for the exchange of knowledge and innovative ideas. This year, we aim to further broaden participation, both in-person and online, to foster an even more inclusive and diverse academic dialogue. The hybrid event, allowing for both in-person and virtual participation, is designed to bring together scholars, researchers, and educators working in healthcare communication, with thematic emphases on patient-centred communication, medical translation and interpreting, terminology, pragmatics, artificial intelligence, metaphors, speech analysis, medical documentation, and languages for specific purposes.

We invite presentations, poster sessions, and workshops addressing these themes. Special attention is given to fostering collaboration between senior and junior researchers, PhD candidates, and students. A highlight of this year’s program is the unique opportunity for participants to engage directly with leading experts in the field through workshops, facilitating exchanges that bridge academic and professional practice.

For additional details, including submission guidelines and key dates, please visit our website!

We would greatly appreciate it if you could disseminate our call for papers and/or share our Facebook post within your national and international networks.

We look forward to welcoming you to Budapest.

Sincerely,
Organising Committee

SMLC 2023 program

SMLC 2024 program