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 2026

PIE SIG: Okinawa STEAM Conference
Date: February 21st (Saturday), 2026
Organization: Performance in Education Special Interest Group (formerly known as the Speech, Drama and Debate SIG), Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okinawa

Kyushu English Language Teaching Convention
Date: February 22nd (Sunday), 2026
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

May 2026

PanSIG 2026
Dates: May 23rd (Saturday) - May 24th (Sunday), 2026
Organization: JALT PanSIG Conference
Location: Chukyo University, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

June 2026

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

JALTCALL 2026: Prevail or Fail?
Dates: June 12th (Friday) - June 14th (Sunday), 2026
Organization: Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Konan University, Hirao School of Management "CUBE" (Nishinomiya Campus)

The 8th JANET Conference on Nursing English
Dates: June 20th (Saturday) - June 21st (Sunday), 2026
Call for papers due: March 1st (Sunday)
Organization: Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching
Location: Eikei University of Hiroshima

November 2026

JALT2026 Conference
Dates: November 20th (Friday) - November 22nd (Sunday), 2026
Call for papers due: March 8th (Sunday)
Organization: The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: WINC Aichi, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture