Key dates and deadlines
The 2025 conference will take place at the University of Birmingham, and online, from Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 August 2025, with opening events on Tuesday 26 August.
Registration
April 2025
Registration for the conference will open in spring 2025.
Conference organisers confirm acceptance of submissions
End of April 2025
Conference organisers will formally confirm acceptance of sessions, papers and posters for the conference. Timetabling the programme begins.
Delegates may request letters of acceptance to make funding applications, and letters of invitation for visa applications. Please see our Planning your attendance pages.
Provisional programme
Mid-May 2025
The provisional conference programme becomes available. Session organisers and presenting authors are invited to make corrections and request final changes to titles and abstracts.
Deadline for early-bird (reduced rate) registration
Friday 13 June 2025
Programme contributors (session chairs, paper and poster presenters, discussants, and panel contributors) must register by this deadline.
Final conference programme announced
Early July 2025
Final conference programme published on the conference website. Changes may be made to the online programme at any time up to and during the conference.
When AC2025 will take place
The conference will take place at the University of Birmingham, and online, from Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 August 2025.
Please note that all dates are provisional and may be subject to small changes (except the dates of the conference itself). Please direct any questions to ac2025@rgs.org