Your guide to editing conferences in 2026

Our annual conference round-up is back. Whether you’re looking for professional development from the comfort of your home office or excited to travel to a new destination, there’s lots to choose from.

At a time when travel budgets may be shrinking and online meeting technologies certainly make it easy to connect across time zones, is it still worth attending an in-person conference? For many of us, the answer is yes.

Nothing beats the casual conversation and networking during conference sessions for building relationships and trust—and for finding serendipitous solutions to problems you didn’t even know you had! Virtual chat rooms and breakout groups just aren’t the same, even when the setting is relaxed and everyone has a beverage in hand.

In-person meetings are also better for helping people focus and engage with the topics. Think about the times you have come home from a conference brimming with ideas and fired up to put them all into practice.

The reality today, however, is that many of us are attending more virtual conferences. The chance to connect with like-minded professionals who understand the work you do day to day, empathize with its challenges, and suggest tips and tricks to improve your productivity can be priceless. And there’s no more efficient and effective way to connect with a large and diverse audience of colleagues around the world than online.

Here are this year’s options, ordered by date.

Indexing Society of Canada (ISC)

Sorting It Out

April 10–11, 2026

Online

https://conference.indexers.ca/

Pricing:*

• Member: CA$100 (early bird), CA$125 (regular)
• Non-member: CA$125 (early bird), CA$150 (regular)
• Student: CA$50 (early bird), CA$62.50 (regular)

*Pricing includes access to recordings of the conference sessions for one year. Member rates also apply to partner organizations.

Early bird registration closes March 15, 2026.

Highlights: Two pre-conference sessions are offered as add-on options: Networking for New Indexers and demonstrations of indexing software.

 

ACES: The Society for Editing

ACES 2026: Atlanta

April 23–25, 2026

Atlanta, Georgia

https://aceseditors.org/conference/aces-2026-atlanta

Pricing:

• Member:* US$575
• Student member: US$199
• Non-member: US$775
• Student non-member: US$299

*Member rates also apply to members of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association.

Schedule: https://aceseditors.org/conference/aces-2026-atlanta/schedule-at-a-glance-2026

Highlights: Ask the Editing Experts Roundtable, ACES Education Fund Spelling Bee, Peer Connection Coffee Chats, Silent Auction, and Pun Slam.

 

Council of Science Editors (CSE)

2026 CSE Annual Meeting

May 3–5, 2026

Durham, North Carolina

https://cse.memberclicks.net/annual-meeting

Pricing:

• Individual member: US$892 (early bird), US$961 (regular)
• Student member: US$329 (early bird), US$404 (regular)
• One-day pass member: US$493 (early bird), US$643 (regular)
• Individual non-member: US$1259 (early bird), US$1328 (regular)
• Student non-member: US$329 (early bird), US$404 (regular)
• One-day pass non-member: US$620 (early bird), US$769 (regular)

Early bird registration closes April 6, 2026.

Highlights: Five short courses offered as add-on options: Short Course for Journal Editors, Short Course on Publication Management, Short Course on The Business of Publication Management, Short Course for Manuscript Editors, and Short Course on Publication Ethics.

 

Editors Canada

Editing in the Age of Misinformation

May 21–23, 2026

Halifax, Nova Scotia

https://site.pheedloop.com/event/Editorscon26/home/

Pricing:

• Member:* CA$449 (early bird), CA$499 (regular)
• Non-member: CA$649 (early bird), CA$699 (regular)
• Student: CA$259 (early bird and regular)

*Member rates also apply to members of ACES; Association of Registered Graphic Designers; Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council; CLEF : Carrefour des langagiers entrepreneurs francophones; Editorial Freelancers Association; Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ); and Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP).

Early bird registration closes March 6, 2026.

Registration closes May 10, 2026.

Schedule: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/Editorscon26/schedule

Highlights: Keynotes by Robert W. Geil (York University) and Samia Madwar (The Walrus), Speed Mentoring, Conference Buddies.

 

European Association of Science Editors (EASE)

2026 EASE Summer Symposium: Influence & Impact

June 2–4, 2026

Online

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/2026-ease-summer-symposium/

Program: https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/2026-ease-summer-symposium/scientific-programme/

Details to come. Watch the website for more information and to register.

 

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)

World Conference 2026

June 14–16, 2026

Toronto, Ontario

https://wc.iabc.com/

Pricing depends on the type of membership; early bird rates are available through April 15, 2026.

Check the conference website for details and to register.

 

Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA)

2026 EFA Virtual Conference

June 26–27, 2026

Online

https://www.the-efa.org/conferences/

Pricing:

• Member:* US$120
• Non-member: US$165

*Member rates also apply to members of ACES, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), Editors Canada, the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd), and the Professional Editors’ Guild, South Africa (PEG).

Details to come. Watch the conference website for more information and to register.

 

ACES: The Society for Editing

ACES VCON26: 5th Annual Virtual Conference

September 16–18, 2026

Online

https://aceseditors.org/conference/vcon26-central

Pricing:*

• Member: US$199 (early bird), $299 (regular)
• Non-member: US$299 (early bird), $399 (regular)

*Pricing includes access to recordings of the conference sessions for 90 days. Member rates also apply to partner organizations.

Early bird registration closing date to be announced.

Details to come. Watch the conference website for more information.

 

Mediterranean Editors and Translators (MET)

Voices Heard and Unheard

October 15–17, 2026

Perugia, Italy

https://www.metmeetings.org/en/presentation:1758

Details to come. Watch the conference website for more information.

Highlights: Keynotes by Sarah Ogilvie (The Dictionary People) and Lawrence Venuti (theorist and historian).

 

American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)

Improving Health and Scientific Understanding through Medical Communication

November 4–7, 2026

Washington, DC

https://www.amwa.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1991434&group=

Details to come. Watch the conference website for more information.

 

Let us know if we’re missing any upcoming events, and we’ll add them to the list.