Booking information

Booking for the 2025 IATEFL International Conference is now open!

Conference prices

Full conference - Early bird (until 16.00 (UK time) Wednesday 8 January 2025)
IATEFL member £205
IATEFL student member £129
Non-member £281

Full conference - Standard (from 16.00 (UK time) Wednesday 8 January 2025)
IATEFL member £249
IATEFL student member £172
Non-member £324

Single day - Tuesday to Thursday
IATEFL member £110
IATEFL student member £74
Non-member £147

Final day - Friday
IATEFL member £50
IATEFL student member £33
Non-member £65


Did you know?

You can save money by joining IATEFL and registering for the conference as a member, rather than to registering for conference as a non-member. You also have all the other benefits of IATEFL membership for a whole year as another bonus! For more information on the different membership types, the membership benefits, and to join, visit the IATEFL website

How to book

Group bookings and payments

If you would like to make a group booking, please email conference@iatefl.org.

To make payment for your group, each member of the group must have a booking in place. Once that has been organised, please follow one of these four options:

If you pay in advance of the conference, each member of the group will need to visit the Registration desk to collect their delegate badge individually.

Employer justification letter

With over 500 conference sessions, five world class plenaries, practical 'How To' sessions, a vibrant evening programme, and an Exhibition showcasing the latest resources, courses, materials and goods from the ELT world; we think it seems fairly obvious why you should attend our Annual Conference.

We appreciate though that sometimes it can be difficult to convince your place of work that you should be allowed the time off or even secure some funding from them to be able to attend. We have therefore translated our document about the professional development benefits our conference offers into a number of different languages.

Download the Employer Justification Letter in English
Download the British Council Professional Development supporting letter

The Employer Justification Letter can also be downloaded in multiple other languages:
Arabic |  العربية
Bulgarian |  български език
Chinese | 中文
Czech |  Český Jazyk
Dutch | Nederlands
Farsi |  فارسی
French |  Français
German | Deutsch
Greek |  Ελληνικά
Hebrew |  עברית
Hindi |  हिन्दी
Italian |  Italiano
Japanese |  日本語
Korean |  한국어
Macedonian | Mакедонски
Polish |  Polski
Portuguese |  Português
Russian |  Русский
Serbian |  Српски
Slovak | Slovenčina
Slovene | Slovenščina
Spanish |  Español
Thai |  ภาษาไทย
Turkish |  Türkçe
Ukrainian | Українська

Visa information and invitation letters

IATEFL is not able to provide any visa advice to our delegates. We recommend that you visit www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa to find out if you require a visa and which one is most appropriate for you.

Delegates who require an invitation letter in order to make visa arrangements should first make a conference booking online. Under the Personal Information section, tick the ‘invitation letter required’ box and fill in your passport number where indicated. Please ensure you have filled in your full name, postal address, nationality, passport number, and your email address carefully in the correct fields.

As invitation letters are sent out manually there may be a delay in receiving your letter during busy times, please allow up to two weeks from the time of your booking for your letter to arrive by email.

Please note that invitation letters are only for overseas delegates who require an invitation to assist with their travel visa application. Delegates who require a letter for their place of work to secure time off or funding should instead download an Employer justification letter (see above).


Certificates of attendance

All delegates and speakers will be emailed a copy of their certificate after the event. Please note, it may take up to a week after the Conference for you to receive your certificate. This delay may be longer if you register onsite.

Organising your accommodation

For information on booking your accommodation in Edinburgh for the conference please click here.