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- PIE SIG on Lake Nojiri Conference 2026
PIE SIG is proud to announce the Third PIE SIG on Lake Nojiri Conference, to be held 31 August to 3 September 2026 on Lake Nojiri in Nagano.
Dates: Monday, August 31 to Thursday, 3 September
Venue: Shinanomachi, Nagano: Furuma Chiiki KoryushitsuCall for Papers
Registration Link
Please register using the Registration Link if you would like to attend, regardless of whether you have submitted a Call for Papers or not.
PIE SIG on Lake Nojiri Conference 2026 Information
The weather has been cool in the morning and evening and warm in the afternoon. Lately it has been rainy and so bring a raincoat and umbrella.
Hotel Information
If you haven’t already reserved a hotel room yet, we recommend two hotels:
- Nojiri Lake Resort (because of lake view)
- Elan Hotel Lake Nojiri
Venue Information
This week Wednesday, I visited the site and it is a great venue for our conference, a reformed elementary school with beautiful facilities, free parking, and a slope entrance:
Room #1, Second floor (accessible by elevator)
- Empty room with tables and chairs in a storage area in the room
- Air conditioning available
- Maximum Capacity: 30, Expected Attendance 8-10
- Large room with space for tables and workshop area as desired
- Has whiteboard and 2 chalkboards
- Provides a screen and projector for rent
- The building has free wifi with access posted on the room wall
- Bathrooms on both floors, one barrier-free on the First floor
Conference Programme
Schedule (Live Schedule)
31 August (Monday):
- Bicycle Tour around Lake Nojiri has been cancelled –Replaced by optional local museums or souvenir shopping on demand
- Recommended souvenirs: Soba cha (Shinano-machi sourced, not China sourced), jams, wine, wood or wickerware, sweet corn and peaches (shipping available)
- Lunch and/or dinner by choice
1 September (Tuesday):
- 9:00 Doors Open
- 9:00-9:30 Room Set-up
- 9:45-9:55 Welcome by Kevin Bergman & David Kluge
- 10:00-10:45 “Life Lessons: A PIE SIG-based English Textbook” by David Kluge with Takahiro Iida
- 11:25-11:35 Break
- 11:35-12:00 Morning Discussion
- 12:00-14:00 Lunch at Lumberjack Lakeside Restaurant or Capitan Italian Restaurant
- 14:00-14:50 “JOEE to the World” by Ruth Gilmore Ingulsrud
- 15:00-15:45 DISCUSSION: Theatre vs. Drama by Kevin Bergman & David Kluge
- 15:45-16:40 Afternoon Discussion
- 16:40-17:00 Room clean-up
2 September (Wednesday):
- 9:00 Door opens
- 9:00-9:20 Room set-up
- 9:20-9:30 Welcome Message
- 9:30-10:15 “Down the Rabbit Hole: The Superpower of Multimodality” by David Kluge
- 10:20-11:10 “Perform or Die: The Argumentative Performance of Werewolf in ELF Classrooms” by Michael McGehee
- 11:15-11:40 “Doodles in the Margins: Art as Performance, Participation, and Meaning-Making” by Ariel Taback
- 11:40-12:00 Room Clean-Up
- 12:00-12:15 Transport to restaurant and short tour of the facilities
- 13:00-14:30 Lunch at Winery Restaurant St.Cousair — A-la-carte ordering (760- 1,650 yen)
3 September (Thursday):
- Conference Team Feedback Meeting
This post will be updated with more details soon!
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