March

• •  SIG's Opening Event

• •  New SIG: Mindfulness. This SIG was created with the aim of exploring what mindfulness is, the changes occurring in our brains when we practise it and for all those looking for new ways to develop awareness and gain insight into the choices we make in class and life.

April

Workshop "Mindful Teaching" by Prof. Ricardo Cavallini (APIBA member), organised by APIBA's Mindfulness SIG. 120 attendees!

May

Diplomatura en Capacitación en Inglés de Negocios (UB-APIBA). APIBA and Universidad de Belgrano signed an agreement to jointly deliver this course, which is starting in April 2017.

June

APIBA Drama Club. It opened with the objective of learning about drama techniques, improvising, interacting and practising English in a very relaxed atmosphere, all of which involves a unique bodily experience. A successful project that we hope will keep on growing in the years to come!

July

APIBA On Tour. This innovative project was launched last July, its aim being to reach teachers in the suburbs and all over the province of Buenos Aires where there are no local associations, to support their initiatives of continual professional development, to encourage collaboration with teacher training institutions and to spread the word and share our mission.

August

APIBA On Tour: Lomas de Zamora at I.S.P. “Pbro. Antonio Sáenz”. Workshop "Mind full or Mindful?" by Prof. Ricardo Cavallini.

September

• •  APIBA Annual Seminar 2016. With Silvana Richardson (keynote speaker) and APIBA members Leonor Corradi, Florencia Perduca & team, Cristina Banfi, Silvia Iummato & team, Mónica Gandolfo, Gustavo Paz, Ana Verdelli, María José Gandini.
• •  Talk "Know Your Impact" by Silvana Richardson, delivered at I.N.S.P.T. UTN, I.E.S. en L.V. “Juan R. Fernández” and I.S.P. “Joaquín V. González” teacher training colleges.
• •  "Taller Introductorio a la Práctica de Mindfulness" at C.E.C.I.E. N°19 by Prof. Ricardo Cavallini.

October

• •  APIBA On Tour: Chivilcoy at I.S.F.D. N° 6. With APIBA members Gonzalo Rosetti, Mercedes Foligna and Luciana Fernández (sponsored by APIBA) and APIBA member Cecilia Sassone (sponsored by The Spiderweb Method).
• •  Workshop "Exploring the Richness of ICT Tools” organised by APIBA's E-TL SIG.
• •  APIBA On Tour: Pergamino at I.S.F.D. y T. N° 5. With APIBA member Luciana Fernández.
• •  APIBA's 45th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Fellowship Lunch for members

November

"Reading ourselves: Anglophone texts about Argentina - A discussion of the images that construct our identity in literary texts in English about our country". APIBA's Literature SIG organised an open session coordinated by Claudia Ferradas, PhD.

December

• •  APIBA SIGs' Closing Event 2016
• •  APIBA Drama Club Showcase
• •  End-of-Year Toast
• •  Annual General Meeting 2016

March

• •  March 4: APIBA Business English Annual Conference (March 4). Register HERE! APIBA is very proud to invite you to the first BE Annual Conference organised in cooperation with Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros, Universidad de Belgrano. As a result of the productive work done by our BE SIG since 2015, we are organising this high quality professional development event, the only one of its kind both locally and regionally. We are to have the IATEFL BESIG in our opening plenary plus four presentations by leading BE trainers in Buenos Aires.

• •  March 18: SIG's Opening Event 2017