Contact between English and other languages in the rich multilingual contexts of our world has always been a key area of World Englishes theory, practice, and research. It is in these contexts where language ecologies of English and other languages develop and evolve. It is out of the fluid nature of language contact and change that this year's conference focuses on the theme of "World Englishes and Multilingual Realities: Evolutions, Interfaces, and Trajectories."