LabPhon 20: 20th Conference on Laboratory Phonology Montreal, QC, Canada, June 26-28, 2026

LabPhon 20 will be held in Montréal, Québec, Canada from June 26–28, 2026, with pre-conference workshops and a keynote lecture on June 25. This 20th anniversary meeting will take place at Coeur des Sciences at UQAM, located in downtown Montreal, and is being organized by a multi-university team from McGill University, Carleton University, and the University of Ottawa.

Under the theme Looking Back and Looking Forward, the conference will reflect on the field’s foundational contributions while highlighting new directions in laboratory phonology.

Submission Guidelines

Deadline for abstract submission: December 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM Nieu time

Each author may submit at most one abstract in which they are the first or sole author but may submit multiple abstracts as non-first author

Abstract format requirements:

• Written in English
• Maximum of one page of text; references, examples, and/or figures may be included on a second page
• Submitted as a PDF file
• Times New Roman font, size 12, single spacing, 1-inch margins
• Filename format: Paper_title.pdf (e.g., Looking_back_and_looking_forward.pdf)
• Do not include author names or affiliations in the filename or in the abstract itself

During submission, authors will be asked to indicate:

• Relevant conference theme(s), if any
• Which of the following presentation types they would be able to give (authors can select any or all of these):
  • in-person oral presentation
  • in-person poster presentation
  • online poster presentation
• Three to five keywords that best describe their submission

Organizing Committee

• Morgan Sonderegger, McGill University
• Meghan Clayards, McGill University
• Suzy Ahn, University of Ottawa
• Beth MacLeod, Carleton University

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to labphon20@gmail.com