Speaker information

The call for proposals for will close at 16.00 (UK time) Wednesday 11 September 2024

Click here to download the 2025 Speaker Proposal Guidelines

Eligibility for submitting a proposal

• You must have a current IATEFL membership at the time of submitting your proposal. This membership must be paid for and activated before you can access the proposals form. For assistance with your IATEFL membership, please contact membership@iatefl.org or visit www.iatefl.org/membership. 

• Speaker proposals must be submitted via your own IATEFL Dashboard. We cannot accept submissions via email, nor is it possible to submit a proposal on behalf of someone else.

• Members may only submit ONE proposal. No one may be involved in more than one presentation, either as a main or joint speaker.

• You must not have given this session, or a version of this session, at a previous IATEFL Conference.

• All presenters must be at the conference to present; remote presenting is not permitted.

How to write an effective IATEFL conference proposal

How to submit

Once you are certain you meet the eligibility criteria and have read the guidelines, follow these steps to submit your proposal:

1. Log into your IATEFL Dashboard at www.iatefl.org.

2. Click on the 'Proposals' block.
   If you can't see this block, please check your membership is active by looking at the 'Membership info' section of your Dashboard.

3. Complete the proposals form, following along with the information from the proposal guidelines.

4. Click 'Submit'.
   You can also choose to click 'Save Draft' if you'd like to come back to finish it at a later time.

5. You will receive an email confirmation containing the details of your submission. Please keep this email for future reference.