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From https://dene2019.ucdavis.edu/

Each year, specialists gather at the Dene Languages Conference (DLC) to share their research and insights into the language family (and its Na-Dene congeners Eyak and Tlingit). Attendees typically include linguists representing both theoretical and descriptive paradigms, with presentations drawn from a variety of linguistic sub-disciplines. Moreover, one of the strengths of the DLC is that it attracts expertise from neighboring disciplines in the social sciences and humanities such as Linguistic Anthropology, Comparative Literature and Native American/Indigenous Studies. Importantly, there is typically robust participation of members of the Dene speech communities whose languages are the focus of the conference: tribal linguists, language teachers, elders and master speakers of the languages, cultural preservation officers, and others who support the well-being of Dene-speaking communities through language-centered activities. The DLC is thus strongly cross-disciplinary and presents many opportunities not only for language practitioners to be exposed to ideas emanating from the field of linguistics, but also for linguists to gain a better understanding of the needs of the communities whose languages they study.

The 2019 iteration of the conference will be hosted at the University of California, Davis on July 6-7, in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute. In addition, a pre-conference workshop focused on the Pacific Coast Dene languages of California and Oregon will take place on July 5, hosted by the Native American Language Center. 

Visit the conference website to learn more: https://dene2019.ucdavis.edu/