ELT SUMMIT 2026
The ELT Summit 2026 virtual international conference schedule will be announced in the second week of June 2026.
Here is the ELT Summit 2025 conference schedule for reference.
Friday, May 23, 2025 (Day 1)
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| TIME | PROGRAM | Links |
| 08:30 – 08.50 IST | Conference Inauguration | Click to Join |
| 08:50 – 09.40 IST | Linguistics and Poetics as an Antidote to the Virtual: A Morning Dose of Shakespeare Speaker: Kristin Hanson, Department of English at the University of California, Berkeley | Click to Join |
| 09:50 – 10.50 IST | Turning Old Content into Learning Gold with Generative AI Sara Davila (English Language Specialist Consultant, U.S. Department of State) | Click to Join |
| 11:00 – 11.50 IST | The Cambridge Perspective: AI in Language Testing Ian Cawley, Cambridge University Press & Assessment | Click to Join |
| 12:00 – 14.00 IST | Parallel Paper Presentations – Day 1 (Click here to access the schedule) | Schedule |
| 14:30 – 15.30 IST | From Chalkboards to Chatbots: Reimagining Language Education in a GenAI-Enabled Era Dr Huahui Zhao, University of Leeds, UK | Click to Join |
| 15:30 – 16.30 IST | 14 Steps to Building Your Research Paper: Developing Tentative Ideas Today Eric H. Roth, University of Southern California, USA | Click to Join |
Saturday, May 24, 2025 (Day 2)
| 07:40 – 08.30 IST | AI in Academic and Professional Writing: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Ethics Richard Jones, University of Southern California, USA | Click to Join |
| 08:30 – 09.20 IST | AI for Faculty Development Dr. Ilka Kostka (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA) | Click to Join |
| 09:15 – 10.00 IST | Empowering Educators with Digital Tools: Harnessing Technology for Language Learning Jennifer Burton, Concordia University, Canada | Click to Join |
| 11:00 – 11.50 IST | GenAI Tools for Independent Learning Joanna Szoke, Cambridge University Press & Assessment | Click to Join |
| 12:00 – 14.00 IST | Parallel Paper Presentations – Day 2 (Click here to access the schedule) | Schedule |
| 14:30 – 15.00 IST | Networking Session | Click to Join |
| 15:00 – 15.30 IST | Conference Feedback & Valedictory Session | Click to Join |