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.

December 2025

IMPACT 2025 Integrating Multimodal Projects with Art and Critical Thinking
Date: December 20th (Saturday), 2025
Organization: Art, Research, and Teaching Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo

January 2026

Topics in TBLT 1: Materials Design in Task-Based Language Teaching
Dates: January 17th (Saturday) - January 18th (Sunday), 2026
Organization: Task Based Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okinawa Prefecture Gender Equality Center, in Naha, Okinawa

Osaka English Language Teaching Convention
Date: January 18th (Sunday), 2026
Call for papers due: December 12th (Friday)
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: One World International School, Osaka

45th Thailand TESOL International Conference 2026
Dates: January 30th (Friday) - January 31st (Saturday), 2026
Organization: Thailand TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Location: Swissotel Ratchada Bangkok, Thailand

February 2026

22nd Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching
Dates: February 6th (Friday) - February 8th (Sunday), 2026
Organization: Cambodia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Tokyo English Language Teaching Convention
Date: February 8th (Sunday), 2026
Call for papers due: December 31st (Wednesday)
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Otsuma Women's University, Tokyo

Asian Conference for Innovation in Education (ACIE 2026)
Dates: February 9th (Monday) - February 10th (Tuesday), 2026
Organization: Asian Conference for Innovation in Education
Location: Landmark Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

Sixth International Symposium on Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
Date: February 14th (Saturday), 2026
Organization: Nagoya University
Location: Nagoya University, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Nagoya English Language Teaching Convention
Date: February 15th (Sunday), 2026
Call for papers due: December 31st (Wednesday)
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya

Kyushu English Language Teaching Convention
Date: February 22nd (Sunday), 2026
Call for papers due: December 31st (Wednesday)
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Location: Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka

Fukuoka JALT at the Kyushu English Language Teaching Convention
Date: February 22nd (Sunday), 2026
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka City

June 2026

TBLT in Asia 2026
Dates: June 5th (Friday) - June 7th (Sunday), 2026
Call for papers due: February 15th (Sunday)
Organization: Task Based Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Waseda University, Tokyo