LSPNG Conference 2025

The University of Goroka (UoG) is a university in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It provides teaching in four schools (Postgraduate Studies, Education, Science & Technology, and Humanities) and in two institutes (Technical Vocational Education & Training and Distance & Flexible Learning). he university was originally established in 1965 as a primary teachers' college. In 1967, it became a secondary teachers' college, and in 1992, a campus of the University of Papua New Guinea. In January 1997, the campus was independently established as the University of Goroka. 

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The Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea (LSPNG) is the oldest active academic association in Papua New Guinea and the publisher of the "Language and Linguistics in Melanesia" journal. It brings together linguists and linguistic research on languages on Melanesia from all over the world. ​​​