The 18th International Pragmatics Conference was held in Brussels, Belgium, from 9 to 14 July 2023. Svenja Kranich organised a panel called "English address terms in a globalized world: Socio-cultural impact on recent language variation and change". Additionally, Svenja Kranich held a talk with Hanna Bruns titled "Democratization effects on nominal address terms – Sir and Guys in 20th and 21st century American English".  Hanna Bruns also presented on her own a talk called "Connecting socio-cultural developments and language change: Recent variation in gender-inclusivity in the USA and the UK"