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 still register for the 2025 virtual conference?
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.
Pricing Options: The full rates listed reflect NAAEE's true cost to plan and implement our Annual Conference and Research Symposium. We hope you'll support our work by registering at these rates. However, to help make the conference accessible to more people, we also offer three reduced rates, which are available to anyone whose circumstances make the standard fees a challenge. Please pay what you can.
Conference
Professional Member $270
Professional Nonmember $360
Reduced Rate Options (Available to All):
Option 1 $175
Option 2 $100
Option 3 $50
Research Symposium
Professional Member $160
Professional Nonmember $200
Reduced Rate Options (Available to All):
Option 1 $100
Option 2 $60
Option 3 $30
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Can I get a certificate for attending conference and research symposium sessions?
If you’re looking to earn continuing education hours, you might notice that each session has a credit value. These credits are based on hours—one hour equals one credit. To get your certificate, go to the bottom right of your account page. You can issue your own certificates of attendance for the overall conference. If you would like a certificate verifying every session you attended, please write conference@naaee.org with the list of all the sessions you attended (include title and credit value). We will then verify your attendance and send certification of your credits.
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.