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.

June 2025

The 7th JANET Conference on Nursing English
Dates: June 14th (Saturday) - June 15th (Sunday), 2025
Organization: Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching
Location: Hamamatsu Social Welfare and Exchange Center in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

July 2025

International Summit on the Use of AI in Learning and Teaching Languages and Other Subjects (AIinLT)
Dates: July 4th (Friday) - July 7th (Monday), 2025
Organization: The Department of English and Communication at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Location: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

23rd AsiaTEFL International Conference
Dates: July 10th (Thursday) - July 12th (Saturday), 2025
Organization: The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Location: The Education University of Hong Kong

The 9th HAAL (Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics) Conference (2025)
Date: July 12th (Saturday), 2025
Organization: Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics
Location: The Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

JALTCALL 2025 Conference
Dates: July 18th (Friday) - July 20th (Sunday), 2025
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Tokyo University of Science, Katsushika Campus

August 2025

Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2025
Date: August 2nd (Saturday), 2025
Call for papers due: June 15th (Sunday)
Organization: Critical Thinking Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Setsunan University, Neyagawa Campus, Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture

September 2025

Extensive Reading World Congress 7 (Sapporo)
Dates: September 5th (Friday) - September 9th (Tuesday), 2025
Organization: Extensive Reading Foundation
Location: Hokusei Gakuen University, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan

October 2025

JALT2025: 51st Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning
Dates: October 31st (Friday) - November 2nd (Sunday), 2025
Organization: The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: National Olympics Memorial Center, Yoyogi, Tokyo

November 2025

2025 APLX, ETA and TESPA International Conference
Dates: November 7th (Friday) - November 8th (Saturday), 2025
Organization: English Teachers Association--Republic of China (ETA-ROC)
Location: GIS Taipei Tech Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan