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.

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

2019 Meisei University International Studies Center Professional Development Forum
Date: November 16th (Saturday), 2019
Organization: Meisei University International Studies Centre
Location: Hino City, Tokyo

International Communication and Community Development Conference
Dates: November 16th (Saturday) - November 17th (Sunday), 2019
Organization: Notre Dame Seishin University
Location: Notre Dame Seishin University, Okayama

JASAL 2019 Annual Conference: New Beginnings
Dates: November 30th (Saturday) - December 1st (Sunday), 2019
Organization: The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning
Location: Otemon Gakuin University in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture

December 2019

7th British Council New Directions in English Language Assessment Conference
Dates: December 8th (Sunday) - December 9th (Monday), 2019
Organization: The British Council Tokyo Centre
Location: Pacifico Yokohama

January 2020

Thailand TESOL 2020 and the Pan-Asian Consortium (PAC)
Dates: January 30th (Thursday) - February 1st (Saturday), 2020
Organization: Thailand TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

February 2020

2020 JALT Hokkaido Winter Language Teaching Conference
Dates: February 1st (Saturday) - February 2nd (Sunday), 2020
Call for papers due: October 17th (Thursday)
Organization: Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hokusei Gakuen University, Sapporo

Second Annual Performance in Education SIG in Sapporo Conference
Dates: February 1st (Saturday) - February 2nd (Sunday), 2020
Call for papers due: October 27th (Sunday)
Organization: Performance in Education Special Interest Group (formerly known as the Speech, Drama and Debate SIG), Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hokusei Gakuin University, Sapporo

2020 CamTESOL Conference
Dates: February 7th (Friday) - February 9th (Sunday), 2020
Organization: Cambodia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia