Search Conference Calendar
* This is a list of conferences that focus on search, categorised as follows (click to filter):
Vendor • Academic • Evaluation • Executive • Composite • Practioner
(based on my blog How To Get The Best From a Search Conference).
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* A list of Call for Papers dates for mainly Academic conferences can be found at WikiCFP
NLPA
March 20, 2026 @ 8:00 am – March 22, 2026 @ 5:00 pm UTC+8
2026 8th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICNLP 2026) will be held in Xi’an, China from March 20 to 22, 2026. ICNLP 2026 is mainly Co-Sponsored by Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications and IEEE, hosted by School of Communications and Information Engineering, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, and jointly supported by many universities, industries, and academic institutions.
Since its inception, the ICNLP conference series has been dedicated to advancing academic research and technological applications in NLP, providing a vital platform for researchers, students, developers, and practitioners worldwide to exchange innovative ideas and showcase cutting-edge achievements.
ICNLP 2026 will cover a wide range of topics, including but not limited to natural language understanding, speech recognition, text generation, knowledge graphs, sentiment analysis, and cross-lingual information processing. The conference will feature keynote speeches by renowned experts from around the world, multiple academic discussions, and technical sharing sessions, providing participants with opportunities for in-depth exploration and collaboration. We warmly invite experts and scholars from the NLP community worldwide to join us in Xi’an to share their latest research achievements and collaboratively discuss the future directions of natural language processing.
As a well-known figure in the search community, an experienced and popular conference speaker and the organiser and host of many events including 5 years of Haystack, I can help you create and run events to inform, educate and inspire. I’m also available as a keynote or track speaker – watch some of my past talks. To discuss your event, get in touch.