粤北土话及周边方言国际研讨会于２０００年１１月６－９日在韶关学院召开。这次研讨会是由全国汉语方言学会和韶关学院联合主办，韶关学院具体承办的。来自中国大陆、香港特区和法国、韩国、日本的方言学者共５２人，出席了会议。开幕式由本次会议召集人、韶关学院方言研究所 The International Conference on Dialect and Cantonese Dialects in Northern Guangdong Province was held at Shaoguan University from November 6 to November 9, 2000. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Chinese Association of Chinese Dialects and Shaoguan University, and was hosted by Shaoguan University. A total of 52 dialect scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and France, South Korea and Japan attended the meeting. The opening ceremony convened by the meeting, Institute of Shaoguan Dialect Institute