ELT Conference Calendar

This page shows upcoming conferences, book fairs and other large-scale events of professional interest to language teachers in Japan. For past conferences, see the archive of past conferences. If you're interested in giving a workshop or presentation at one of these events, please see the calls for papers. You can also add these upcoming conferences to your calendar.

February 2019

2019 CamTESOL Conference
Dates: February 16th (Saturday) - February 17th (Sunday), 2019
Organization: Cambodia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The Tokyo ELT Expo and Book Fair in Association with JALT
Dates: February 23rd (Saturday) - February 24th (Sunday), 2019
Organization: ETJ Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Otsuma Women's University Chiyoda Campus, Tokyo

March 2019

Refining Your Professional Skills: Creating Effective Abstracts, Posters, and Slides
Date: March 9th (Saturday), 2019
Organization: West Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kyorin University, Inokashira Campus, Mitaka, Tokyo

Kyoto JALT 2nd Annual Mini-Conference
Date: March 23rd (Saturday), 2019
Organization: Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus, Kyoto

April 2019

2019 Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Conference
Date: April 20th (Saturday), 2019
Organization: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Kyungnam University, Changwon-Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

May 2019

JALT PanSIG 2019 Conference
Dates: May 18th (Saturday) - May 19th (Sunday), 2019
Organization: JALT PanSIG Conference
Location: Konan University, Nishinomiya Campus (CUBE)

4th GEN TEFL International Conference (GEN TEFL 2019)
Dates: May 18th (Saturday) - May 19th (Sunday), 2019
Organization: Global Educators Network Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Location: Bali, Indonesia

JALTCALL2019
Dates: May 31st (Friday) - June 2nd (Sunday), 2019
Call for papers due: February 17th (Sunday)
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo

June 2019

The 6th Annual Conference on Global Higher Education at Lakeland University Japan
Date: June 8th (Saturday), 2019
Organization: Conference on Global Higher Education at Lakeland University Japan
Location: Lakeland University Japan, Tokyo

2019 Okinawa JALT Summer Language Teaching Symposium
Dates: June 21st (Friday) - June 23rd (Sunday), 2019
Call for papers due: March 15th (Friday)
Organization: Okinawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okinawa Gender Equality Center (Tiruru), Naha, Okinawa

Asia TEFL 2019: ELT for Glocal Synergies across Disciplines and Multilingual Ambiences
Dates: June 27th (Thursday) - June 29th (Saturday), 2019
Call for papers due: February 28th (Thursday)
Organization: The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Location: The Ambassador Hotel Bangkok, Thailand

August 2019

GLoCALL 2019/VietCALL
Dates: August 8th (Thursday) - August 10th (Saturday), 2019
Call for papers due: March 15th (Friday)
Organization: Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Location: University of Foreign Language Studies, the University of Danang, Da Nang, Vietnam

The 5th World Congress on Extensive Reading
Dates: August 9th (Friday) - August 12th (Monday), 2019
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

The 58th JACET International Convention (2019)
Dates: August 28th (Wednesday) - August 30th (Friday), 2019
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Nagoya Institute of Technology

November 2019

JALT 2019: Teacher Efficacy, Learner Agency
Dates: November 1st (Friday) - November 4th (Monday), 2019
Organization: The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: WINC AICHI, Nagoya City, Aichi

International Communication and Community Development Conference
Dates: November 16th (Saturday) - November 17th (Sunday), 2019
Call for papers due: May 31st (Friday)
Organization: Notre Dame Seishin University
Location: Notre Dame Seishin University, Okayama