At the meeting of the ICA Executive Board in October 2021, the themes for the Annual Conference in Rome (19-23 September 2022) were confirmed. The linking theme will be “Bridging the gap”, and among the sub-themes will be “Bridging the cultural gap”. A number of the projects undertaken by SLA and by the Diasporic Literary Archives Network would fit well with this topic, and the SLA Committee would be keen to consider ideas and proposals from SLA members.