Language studies, translation, subtitling and content adaptation – List of the conferences in 2025 and 2026
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2025 Language, translation, content adaptation conferences
ELIA Together 2025
Date: February 20–21, 2025
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Focus: Collaboration between freelance translators and language professionals emphasising AI integration
https://www.a-tradi.com/en/news/translation-and-localisation-events-2025
NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025
Date: March 2–5, 2025
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Focus: Computational linguistics, speech recognition, synthesis, and natural language processing.
http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=180454©ownerid=320
Nordic Techkomm 2025
Date: March 12–13, 2025
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Focus: Technical communication with relevance to translation and localization
https://se.nordic-techkomm.com/
Vamos Juntos
Date: March 12–15, 2025
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Focus: Language services, presentations, and networking for providers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
https://multilingual.com/tickets-now-available-for-vamos-juntos-2025-in-mexico-city/
XXII Symposium on Translation & Interpreting Studies
Date: April 11–12, 2025
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Organized by: Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters
GALA 2025
Date: April 13-15
Location: Montreal, Canada
https://www.gala-global.org/conference/why-attend
BP25 Translation Conference
Date: May 12–14, 2025
Location: Kraków, Poland
Focus: Networking for freelance translators.
Lisbon Language Summit 2025
Date: May 22-23
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Organizers: EUATC & APET
LocWorld 53
Date: June 3–5, 2025
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Focus: Translation, localization, and global communication strategies.
https://locworld.com/events/locworld53-malmo-2025/
11th EST Congress
Date: June 30–July 4, 2025
Location: Leeds, UK
Focus: Changing faces of translation and interpreting studies
https://est-translationstudies.org/resources/list-of-conferences/
16th International Conference on Live Subtitling
Date: July 7, 2025
Location: Leeds, UK
Focus: Live Subtitling, Speech-To-Text Interpreting
https://webs.uab.cat/livesubtitling/
Global Media Forum (Deutsche Welle)
Date: July 7–8, 2025
Location: Bonn, Germany
Focus: International conference organized by Deutsche Welle in Bonn. The DW Global Media Forum aims to unite the brightest minds in journalism to discuss the biggest changes in the news media in 2025.
https://corporate.dw.com/en/gmf/s-43101535
Transius Conference on Legal and Institutional Translation
Date: July 7–9, 2025
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
https://transius.unige.ch/en/conferences-and-seminars/international-conferences/tc25/cfp/
Localization and AI Summer School
Date: July 14-25, 2025
Location: online
IBC 2025
Date: September 12–15, 2025
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Focus: Broadcasting media and technology.
2026 Conferences
HAMBURG OPEN
Date: January 14–15, 2026
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Focus: Innovation and networking event for technology and creative professionals in the broadcast and media technology industry.
https://www.hamburg-open.de/en/
Languages & The Media Conference
Date: November 4–6, 2026
Location: London, UK
Focus: Audiovisual translation, including subtitling and voice-over.
