General Conference & Research Symposium
When and where will the 2026 Conference and Research Symposium be held?
- The 55th Annual NAAEE Conference and 23rd Annual Research Symposium will be held in Portland, Oregon, from October 6–9, 2026, at the Hilton Portland Downtown.
What's the difference between the Conference and the Research Symposium?
- For more than five decades, NAAEE has convened one of the leading annual conferences for environmental education professionals, designed to promote innovation, networking, learning, and dissemination of best practices across the field.
- The annual Research Symposium, held in advance of the conference, attracts new and established researchers to examine in-progress EE research, explore the current state and future directions of environmental education research, and advance the use of practices proven to be effective.
- Concurrent sessions for the Annual Conference and Research Symposium are selected through independent review processes with different criteria. Each respective Call for Presentations includes details about this year's priority topics, session formats, and tips for submitting proposals.
- Each event has a separate registration fee.
Can I get a certificate of attendance for the conference and research symposium? Will it also provide continuing education credits for the specific sessions I’ve attended?
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You can issue your own certificates of attendance for the overall conference and research symposium. Log in on PheedLoop, and go to the bottom right corner of your account page. (You can access your account page from the navigation menu on the left.)
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If you would like a certificate verifying every session you attended, please write to conference@naaee.org with the list of all the sessions you attended, including the title, date (if applicable), and credit value. We will then verify your attendance and send a certification of your credits. Note that each session page lists a credit value; these credits are based on hours—one hour equals one credit.
Can I sign up to watch recordings of all the 2025 Annual Conference and Research Symposium sessions?
Yes!
Post-event registration is available and allows access to both the prerecorded sessions and recordings of the live sessions, including the keynotes, on the PheedLoop platform through January 31, 2026.
Registration does not include pre-conference workshops, which were not recorded and are no longer available.
The conference and the research symposium require separate registration.
Post-Conference Registration Rates:
Annual Conference: $50
Research Symposium: $30
Can I see a list of the 2025 sessions?
- Yes, you can review the list of sessions on the All Academic platform.
- Use the Browse/Search the Program to narrow your choices.
- All on-demand sessions are listed on October 6, the date they originally became available for viewing.
- All live Research Symposium sessions are listed on October 30.
- All live Annual Conference sessions are listed on November 3 through November 6.
Can I still read the 2025 Call for Presentations?
- The Call for Presentations for the Annual Conference or Research Symposium provides information on priority topics, session formats, delivery options, and more.
- The Call for Presentations closed on May 19, and we are no longer accepting proposals.
How do I use the PheedLoop, the conference platform?
To learn more about the conference platform, visit https://conference.naaee.org/about/using-conference-platform.