Ana Bocanegra-Valle and Ignacio Guillén attended the 25th International Conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE) held in Mérida (Spain), 15-16 June 2017. Ana presented a study focused on the topic “English as a lingua franca on the International Campus of Excellence: initiatives and outcomes” and Ignacio’s work dealt with “Needs analysis and competence profiling through ethnographic methods: the case of the Academic English course at the graduate school of a Spanish university”.