NLP Events

Natural language processing (NLP) & AI‑NLP

• ACL (Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics)
  Flagship conference in computational linguistics and NLP.
  Homepage: https://aclweb.org
• EMNLP (Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing)
  Major NLP conference, focusing on empirical, data‑driven methods.
  2026: https://2026.emnlp.org
  Overview: https://www.iconf.org/news/731
• NAACL (North American Chapter of ACL)
  Major NLP conference in North America, often co‑located with ACL in alternate years.
  ACL NAACL site: https://www.aclweb.org/naacl
• ICNLP (International Conference on Natural Language Processing)
  Broad NLP conference covering NLU, text generation, knowledge graphs, and cross‑lingual processing.
  2026: https://www.icnlp.net
• ICML / NeurIPS / AAAI (AI‑wide, NLP‑rich)
  General AI conferences with strong NLP tracks.
  • ICML: https://icml.cc
  • NeurIPS: https://nips.cc
  • AI Deadlines + calendar: https://aideadlines.org
  • AI‑conference guide: https://www.iconf.org/news/731

Semantic web, knowledge graphs, and Linked Data

• ISWC – International Semantic Web Conference
  Premier conference for Semantic Web, Linked Data, and knowledge‑graph research.
  SWSA overview: https://swsa.semanticweb.org/content/conferences
  Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Semantic_Web_Conference
• ESWC – European Semantic Web Conference
  Leading European venue for semantic‑web and knowledge‑graph research.
  2026: https://2026.eswc-conferences.org
• ESWC / ISWC tutorials & workshops
  Both conferences host workshops on schema.org, ontologies, NLP for KG construction, and semantic search.
  Check “Workshops” and “Tutorials” tabs on the ISWC / ESWC websites above.
• RDF / OWL / SPARQL‑focused venues
  Smaller but focused workshops and symposia (e.g., SW at major AI conferences); aggregated via semantic‑web community pages like https://www.semanticweb.org.

Research & practice forums

• International Conference on Translation and Localization Strategies (ICTLS‑26)
  Academic + professional forum on translation and localization strategies.
  2026: March 30–31, Frankfurt, Germany.
  Resource: https://poeditor.com/blog/translation-and-localization-conferences-to-attend-in-2026/
• SlatorCon Remote (2026)
  Online conference on language‑services, AI, and translation‑tech trends.
  Resource: https://poeditor.com/blog/… (listed in POEditor’s 2026 round‑up)
• GALA WorldReady (2026)
  Event on language‑industry technology, AI‑powered translation, and localization‑platform trends.
  Resource: https://poeditor.com/blog/…

Professional Conferences

• BP26 Translation Conference
  “Business and practice”‑oriented conference for freelance translators and localization professionals.
  2026: April 20–22, Avignon, France (in‑person + virtual).
  Details: https://www.gridly.com/blog/the-best-localization-events/
• Other 2026 localization events
  Gridly and POEditor lists include:
  • L10N‑focused summits,
  • Language‑tech showcases,
  • In‑house‑localization‑team‑oriented events.
    Links:
  • https://poeditor.com/blog/translation-and-localization-conferences-to-attend-in-2026/
  • https://www.gridly.com/blog/the-best-localization-events/