2026 Conference Thread

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NameDate RangeLocationLink
Asia-Pacific Intelligent Educational Technologies Conference (APIET 2026)January 16-18, 2026Kuta, Indonesiahttps://www.clocate.com/asia-pacific-intelligent-educational-technologies-conference-apiet/109139/
Education 2.0 ConferenceJanuary 26-28, 2026Singaporehttps://www.clocate.com/education-2-0-conference/103054/
UPCEA Digital Teaching & Learning Conference (DT&L)February 4-5, 2026Virtualhttps://conferences.upcea.edu/dtl2026/
The 6th Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE2026)February 5-9, 2026Singaporehttps://www.resurchify.com/ed/confe...heast-asian-conference-on-education-seace2026
Working World Exhibition 2026February 17-19, 2026Port Elizabeth, South Africahttps://www.clocate.com/working-world-exhibition/108885/
4th Global Conference on Innovations in Education (Eduglobalconf)February 20-22, 2026London, United Kingdomhttps://www.clocate.com/global-conference-on-innovations-in-education-eduglobalconf/109141/
Training 2026 Conference & ExpoFebruary 23-25, 2026Orlando, FLhttps://www.trainingconference.com/
INTED 2026 - The 20th International Technology, Education and Development ConferenceMarch 2-4, 2026Valencia, Spainhttps://www.clocate.com/inted-the-i...-education-and-development-conference/108884/
7th European Advanced Educational Technology Conference (EAET 2026)March 27-29, 2026Oxford, United Kingdomhttps://www.eaet.org/
 
DevLearn November 4-6 2026 - Las Vegas Nevada
ITSEC November 30 - 4 December 2026 Orlando Florida
 
Thanks Kevin Owens:

2026 DoD Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Conferences

• I/ITSEC 2026
November 30 – December 4, 2026
Orlando, FL (Orange County Convention Center)
https://www.iitsec.org/

• MODSIM World 2026
May 2026 (exact dates TBD)
Location TBD
https://modsimworld.org/

• DAF M&S Summit (Air Force M&S Forum)
May 5–8, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
https://www.dafmss.org/
(2025 was cancelled – confirmed back for 2026)

• TSIS 2026 (Training & Simulation Industry Symposium)
June 17–18, 2026
Orlando, FL (Rosen Centre Hotel)
https://www.ntsa.org/
Air Force-sponsored with heavy DoD procurement presence

• IDGA Military Simulation & Training Summit
February 24–25, 2026
Orlando, FL (Celeste Hotel)
– University of Central Florida)
https://www.idga.org/events-military-simulation-training

• Military Virtual Training & Simulation Summit
No 2026 dates announced yet (2025 was Feb 5–6 in Orlando)

• Simulation & Training Community Summit
No 2026 info yet


2026 DoD-Relevant Human Factors / Human Systems Conferences

• HFES – Two events in 2026
→ Healthcare Symposium: March 22–25, 2026 – New York, NY
→ ASPIRE Annual Meeting: October 19–23, 2026 – Reno, NV
https://www.hfes.org/

• HCII 2026 (HCI International)
July 26–31, 2026
Montréal, Canada (Palais des congrès de Montréal)
https://2026.hci.international/

• AHFE 2026 (Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics)
July 20–24, 2026
Istanbul, Türkiye
https://ahfe.org/

• MORS 94th Symposium
June 8–11, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
https://www.mors.org/
 
Late-2026 refresh — earlier items on this thread have already happened. Flagging what is still ahead, plus open CFPs. Closest TLA / competency / credentials matches are marked.

Still upcoming

1EdTech Learning Impact 2027 + Digital Credentials Summit — Feb 8–10, 2027, San Antonio, TX. CFP closes Monday Aug 31, 2026. Strongest near-term match for competency definitions, learner records, and interoperability. https://www.1edtech.org/event/li/2027

CBExchange 2026 (C-BEN) — Sep 30–Oct 3, Walt Disney World, Florida. Competency-based education. CFP closed; still worth attending. https://www.c-ben.org/cbexchange/

IEEE FIE 2026 — Oct 11–14, Paphos, Cyprus. Theme: engineering/computing education in the LLM era. https://fie-conference.org/2026

AECT 2026 — Nov 3–7, Chicago. Theme: Building Bridges. https://www.aect.org/events/convention/proposals

DevLearn 2026 — Nov 4–6, MGM Grand, Las Vegas (pre-con Nov 1–3). Speaking CFP closed. https://devlearn.com/

OLC Accelerate 2026 — Nov 16–19, Orlando. https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/events/

I/ITSEC 2026 — Nov 30–Dec 4, Orlando. Best TLA / xAPI / defense-training venue this year. https://www.iitsec.org/

IEEE TALE 2026 — Dec 2–4, Pattaya, Thailand. Paper deadline passed. https://tale-conference.org/

OEB Global 2026 — Dec 2–4, Berlin. https://oeb.global/

Open CFPs / speaking

LERN Convening 2027 (ASU Learning Engineering) — Feb 2–4, 2027. Papers due Nov 1, 2026. Submit: https://learningengineering.net/index.php/LERN/

IEEE EDUCON 2027 — Apr 6–9, Timisoara, Romania. Abstracts around Oct 19, 2026 (confirm on the 2027 authors page). https://educon-conference.org/

CSEDU 2027 — Apr 16–18, Rome. Regular papers due Nov 17, 2026. https://csedu.scitevents.org/CallforPapers.aspx

OLC Innovate 2027 — Apr 20–22, virtual. CFP opens Sep 15, 2026. https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/events/

ATD27 — May 16–19, Boston. Early-bird registration open; speaking CFP already closed. https://atdconference.td.org/

IEEE ICALT 2027 — Jul 19–22, Dortmund. Papers due Jan 15, 2027. Strong IEEE learning-tech home for TLA / assessment work. https://tc.computer.org/tclt/icalt-2027/

IEEE ICICLE community call is the 3rd Wednesday; next one Sep 16.

I'll keep this thread current. Ping me if I missed one.
 
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Quick add — a few open CFPs that were not on this thread yet:

Lillehammer Lifelong Learning ICDE Conference 2027 — 15–17 Feb 2027, Lillehammer, Norway. Workplace learning, upskilling/reskilling, micro-credentials, flexible pathways. Symposia proposals due 13 Sep 2026; abstracts due 18 Sep 2026. https://www.lillehammerlll.no/contributions-2027/

LAK27 (SoLAR) — 8–12 Mar 2027, Recife. Strong learning-analytics / TLA fit. Research abstracts + workshops due 21 Sep 2026 AOE; full/short papers 28 Sep 2026 AOE. https://www.solaresearch.org/events/lak/lak27/general-call/

ISLS 2027 (ICLS + CSCL) — 12–16 Jun 2027, Mumbai. Papers/posters/symposia due 9 Oct 2026. https://2027.isls.org/icls-2027-call-for-proposals/

Also: I/ITSEC Technical Edge proposals still due 4 Sep if anyone is pitching.
 
Quick add — AECT Online Conference 2027 wasn't on this thread yet.

Virtual, week of Apr 5, 2027. Theme: Bridging theory and practice: Action research in Educational Technology. Practitioner / instructional-design / performance-improvement focus — good fit for TLA-adjacent workplace learning and credentials work. Proposals 700–1000 words; concurrent, panel, or practical-application formats.

CFP released Sep 21; proposal system opens Oct 5; proposals due Nov 16, 2026, 11:59pm PT (no extension).

(Edited Oct 5: corrected the theme.)
 
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Quick add — OLC Innovate 2027 CFP is open now (thread had it as opening today). Virtual Apr 20–22, 2027; theme Human by Design. Proposals due Nov 10, 2026 11:59pm ET. Submit from the Present page (free OLC account required). Track 4 covers micro-credentials / CBE / stackable pathways — decent TLA / credentials fit.
onlinelearningconsortium.org

Present - Online Learning Consortium

Super Early Bird registration is now open! OLC Innovate, a joint conference presented by OLC and MERLOT, provides a path for innovators of all experience levels and backgrounds to share best practices, test new ideas, and collaborate on driving forward online, digital, and blended learning.
onlinelearningconsortium.org onlinelearningconsortium.org
 
Quick add — UPCEA DT&L 2027 wasn't on this thread yet. Virtual Feb 3–4, 2027. Proposals due Wed Sep 30, 2026 (tomorrow). Digital teaching / learning design / AI / learner-success focus; has a Workforce-Relevant Learning and Credentials track (competency, skills-aligned learning — decent TLA / credentials fit). Presenters must be UPCEA members (corp proposals need an institutional co-presenter). Official CFP: https://conferences.upcea.edu/DTL2027/proposals.html
 
Quick add — Adaptive Instructional Systems (AIS) parallel session at HCII 2027. Berlin and hybrid, July 2027 (HCII is an affiliated conference; AIS is the adaptive-instruction track). Session: Trust and Learning in Adaptive Instructional Systems. Extended abstracts about 800 words, due 23 Oct 2026; review outcomes by 20 Nov 2026. Contact Jerzy Jarmasz, Defence Research and Development Canada, jerzy.jarmasz@ecn.forces.gc.ca. Direct TLA / adaptive-training fit.
 
Quick add — a few near-term deadlines that weren't on this thread yet:

LAK27 (SoLAR) — 8–12 Mar 2027, Recife, Brazil. Research papers are closed, but practitioner reports (2–4 pages), the doctoral consortium, and the AI Agents Academy are all due 13 Oct 2026, 11:59pm AOE. Posters/demos due 9 Nov. The practitioner track is the easy door for real-world learning analytics / xAPI implementation stories — good TLA fit. https://www.solaresearch.org/events/lak/lak27/general-call/

ISLS 2027 (ICLS + CSCL), Mumbai — the 9 Oct deadline is the draft (title, abstract, work-in-progress file). Final complete submissions are due 21 Oct, and you need the 9 Oct draft in EasyChair to make the final. https://2027.isls.org/icls-2027-call-for-proposals/

AECT Online 2027 — submission form is live now (Oxford Abstracts). Still due 16 Nov, 11:59pm PT, no extension. https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/83842/submitter
 
Quick add — LERN 2027 submit link
Earlier on this thread LERN Convening 2027 (2–4 Feb 2027, ASU Tempe, in person) pointed at the institute home page. The Call for Presentations submit portal is here:

https://learningengineering.net/index.php/LERN/

Papers due 1 Nov 2026 (notification 1 Dec; revisions 1 Jan 2027). Full papers (up to 6 pages), short papers (up to 3), long 1-page abstracts, and panels (3–6 pages). Full and short papers can be a talk or a poster; you choose preferred format on submit. Proceedings template (Word, APA 7).
 
Quick add — ITC eLearning 2027 (Instructional Technology Council) wasn't on this thread yet. March 4–7, 2027, Colorado Springs, hosted by Pikes Peak State College. In person only.

Proposals due Fri Oct 16 (50-min sessions, notifications in November). The Explore track calls out digital credentials, learning analytics, and emerging workforce tech by name — decent TLA / credentials fit. Mostly a community-college distance-ed crowd.

CFP: https://itcnetwork.org/events/annual-elearning-conference/
Submit (Sched): https://cfp.sched.com/speaker/r0IXkrcaYi
 
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