Welcome to LabPhon 20!

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.

Please watch this space for more updates as the conference approaches!

 

Organizing Committee

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

 

Conference Theme

The general theme for LabPhon 20 is Looking Back and Looking Forward. As we mark the 20th LabPhon meeting, we take stock of how far the field of laboratory phonology has come—its theoretical insights, methodological innovations, and interdisciplinary reach—while charting bold new directions for the decades ahead. This theme invites reflection on foundational work and celebrates the evolving tools, questions, and collaborations shaping the future of laboratory phonology.

 

Important Dates

  • Call for Abstracts: late August 2025
  • Submission Deadline: December 1, 2025
  • Notification of Acceptance: mid February 2026
  • Dates for Satellite Workshops: June 25, 2026
  • Date of Pre-conference Lecture: June 25, 2026
  • Dates of Conference: June 26-28, 2026

 

Thematic Sessions

There will be 3 thematic sessions, listed below. 

  1. Looking back and looking forward
  2. Multilingualism
  3. Computational LabPhon

 

Invited Speakers

You can read about our invited speakers here.

 

Venue and Facilities

The main conference will be held at Coeur des Sciences (https://coeurdessciences.uqam.ca/) at L’Université du Québec à Montréal. 

Pre-conference workshops will be held at McGill University.

 

Social Events and Catering

Planned social events include:

  • Welcome reception on Thursday evening (June 25)
  • Student social event on Friday evening (June 26)
  • Conference dinner on Saturday evening (June 27)

Daily catering will include lunch and coffee breaks.