Find out about ELT conferences and events taking place across East Asia in the coming months as well as deadlines for submitting papers, abstracts and presentations.
At the top of the page you'll find events with open calls for papers or presentations, ordered by the date the call will be closing. Below that you'll find upcoming events where the calls for papers/presentations have closed, arranged in date order.
Please note that as the majority of these events are not organised by the British Council, use the contact details on the website for each event if you have any questions.
Calls for papers and proposals
13th Language and Development Conference (LDC) and the 6th Multilingual Education Conference
- Inclusion, Mobility, and Multilingual Education
- 24 - 26 September 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
- Organised by: British Council and Asia Pacific Multilingual Education Working Group
- Call for papers deadline: 28 Februay 2019
17th Asia TEFL International Conference and the 6th FLLT International Conference
- ELT for Glocal Synergies across Disciplines and Multilingual Ambiences
- 27 - 29 June 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
- Organised by: Asia TEFL and Language Institute, Thammasat University
- Abstract submission deadline: 28 February 2019
The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2019
- Independence & Interdependence
- 16 - 18 May 2019, Tokyo, Japan
- Organised by: IAFOR
- Abstract submission deadline: 12 March 2019
The Singapore Learning Design and Technology Conference 2019
- 1 - 2 Aug 2019, Singapore
- Organised by: East Asia Research and the Siam University
- Abstract submission deadline: 15 April 2019
Rethinking Learning - Contemporary Learning Summit
- 9 – 11 May 2019, Singapore
- Organised by: United World College of South East Asia and 21st Century Learning International
- Call for presentations: Open - deadline n/a
International Conference on Language and Education and the Language and Development Conference
- Inclusion, Mobility, and Multilingual Education
- 24-26 September 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
- Organised by: TBC
- Call for papers deadline: 3 March 2019
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Upcoming events
11th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching
- Teachers as Learners
- 16-17 February 2019, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Organise by: IDP Education
Education and Development Conference 2019
- 5 - 7 March 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
- Organised by: Tomorrow People Organization
54th RELC International Conference & 5th Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association Conference
- Teaching and Learning of English for Academic, Professional and Other Purposes in the Digital Era
- 11 - 13 March 2019, Singapore
- Organised by: SEAMEO Regional Language Centre
TESOL 2019 International Convention & English Language Expo
- 12 - 15 March 2019, Atlanta, USA
- Organised by: TESOL International Association
The English Linguistic Society of Japan 12th International Spring Forum 2019
- 11 – 12 May 2019, Tokyo, Japan
- Organised by: ELSJ
JALT PanSIG Conference
- 18 - 19 May 2019, Nishinomiya, Japan
- Organised by JALT PanSIG
GEN TEFL 2019
- 18 -19 May 2019, Bali, Indonesia
- Organised by: Global Educators Network - TEFL
2nd International Conference on Education Research and Policy and
4th International Conference on Distance Education and Learning
- 24-27 May 2019, Shanghai, China
- Organised by: Asia Society of Researchers
ELTU Conference 2019
- Alternative Approaches to English Language Learning and Teaching
- 27-28 May 2019, Hong Kong
- Organised by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2019 5th International Conference on Learning and Teaching
- 27-29 May 2019, Seoul, South Korea
- Organised by: IEDRC
16th International Pragmatics Conference
- Pragmatics of the Margins
- 9-14 June 2019, Hong Kong
- Organised by: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The International Society for Language Studies
- Disrupting and Recreating Beliefs in Language Studies
- 20-22 June 2019, Hong Kong
- Organised by: The Open University of Hong Kong
International Conference on Multilingual Acquisition and Multilingual Education
- 22 - 24 June 2019, Hong Kong
- Organised by: CRLLS and Linguistics and Modern Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong
Inaugural Conference on Language Teaching and Learning
- Cognition and Identity
- 28-29 June 2019, Hong Kong
- Organised by: The Education University of Hong Kong
International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
- Endangered Languages, and Major Language Varieties
- 5-9 August 2019, Melbourne, Australia
- Organised by: Arinex Pty Ltd and Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association
The Fifteenth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
- Crosslinguistic perspectives on cognitive linguistics
- 6-11 August 2019, Nishinomiya, Japan
- Organised by: ICLA and The Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association
5th World Congress on Extensive Reading
- 9-12 August 2019, Taichung, Taiwan
- Organised by: The Extensive Reading Foundation
The 58th JACET International Convention (Nagoya, 2019)
- Beyond ‘Borderless’: English Education in a Changing Society
- 28 - 30 August 2019, Nagoya, Japan
- Organised by: The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
New Sounds 2019: The 9th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech
- 30 August - 1 September 2019, Tokyo Japan
- Organised by: Waseda University
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