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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08:30 – 08.50 ISTConference InaugurationClick to Join
08:50 – 09.40 ISTLinguistics 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
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09:50 – 10.50 ISTTurning Old Content into Learning Gold with Generative AI

Sara Davila (English Language Specialist Consultant, U.S. Department of State)
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11:00 – 11.50 ISTThe Cambridge Perspective: AI in Language Testing

Ian Cawley, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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12:00 – 14.00 ISTParallel Paper Presentations – Day 1
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14:30 – 15.30 ISTFrom Chalkboards to Chatbots: Reimagining Language Education in a GenAI-Enabled Era

Dr Huahui Zhao, University of Leeds, UK
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15:30 – 16.30 IST14 Steps to Building Your Research Paper: Developing Tentative Ideas Today

Eric H. Roth, University of Southern California, USA
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Saturday, May 24, 2025 (Day 2)

07:40 – 08.30 ISTAI in Academic and Professional Writing: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Ethics

Richard Jones, University of Southern California, USA
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08:30 – 09.20 ISTAI for Faculty Development

Dr. Ilka Kostka (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
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09:15 – 10.00 ISTEmpowering Educators with Digital Tools: Harnessing Technology for Language Learning

Jennifer Burton, Concordia University, Canada
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11:00 – 11.50 ISTGenAI Tools for Independent Learning

Joanna Szoke, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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12:00 – 14.00 ISTParallel Paper Presentations – Day 2
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14:30 – 15.00 ISTNetworking SessionClick to Join
15:00 – 15.30 ISTConference Feedback & Valedictory SessionClick to Join