Don’t miss out! There’s only two weeks left to submit your proposal for the IATEFL 2027 Conference.

Not sure where to start? Here’s a checklist of everything you will need to do before hitting that ‘submit’ button.

• Check your IATEFL membership:
  In order to submit a proposal, you must be a paid member of IATEFL, this is different from having an IATEFL account. To check your membership status, login to your IATEFL Dashboard at www.iatefl.org and click the “My Membership” option on the left-hand side.
  Don’t have an active membership? Click on “Join IATEFL or renew membership”, complete the form and make your payment. For most membership types, once payment reaches us your membership will be automatically activated. However, we do need to verify Student and Early Career Teaching memberships so please allow up to 2 working days for this process to take place.
• Check your idea:
  Have you run your session idea past a colleague or two? You need to make sure it’s a session that people are going to want to attend and that your ideas are new and can be applied to multiple contexts.
• Read the Speaker Proposal Guidelines:
  You can download the Speaker Proposal Guidelines from our dedicated conference website. As well as setting out some general rules, they will take you step-by-step through the proposal form.
• Take a look at our helpful videos:
  – Webinar recording: how to write an effective IATEFL Conference proposal
  – Step-by-step tutorial: how to submit a proposal via your IATEFL Dashboard
  – Webinar recording: how to present at an international conference
  – A short video from the IATEFL Conference Committee: Sanja Bozinovic provides guidance on how to submit a proposal
• Draft your proposal:
  Using the information from the guidelines, draft a version of these to share with some friends or colleagues, perhaps the same ones that helped you develop your idea. They can help you spot any typos and edit your proposal to make it the best it can be.
• Submit your proposal:
  On your IATEFL Dashboard, click on ‘Conference proposals’. Using the guidelines, work your way through the form. At the end you can choose to save your proposal as a draft, or submit your proposal. Please note, any proposals still in draft form at the deadline will not be sent for consideration.
• One final tip:
  Do not leave all of this until the last minute and remember, the deadline for proposal submissions is 4pm (UK time) Wednesday 9 September 2026.
  We will not be able to accept any proposals after this time.

We very much look forward to receiving your proposal and welcoming you to Birmingham next year!