Dear WALS 2026 participants,

As the conference approaches, we would like to share some information with you. Some of them might be obvious to some of you, and they will probably be useful to others. For this reason, this document is short and links to documents or videos for more detailed information.

For any urgent question not addressed in this document, please use this dedicated LINK (from 28 October to 1 November), and we will get back to you. Other questions will be answered directly in the Zoom chat during the conference.

1. Before the conference

We recommend all attendees, particularly presenters, to check their internet connection and to update Zoom before the conference. You might also want to set your name (if possible, in Latin alphabet). This name could also include your country.

Due to the time constraints resulting from the time zones, the discussion time has been prioritised for some sessions. Therefore, the following sessions will mostly consist of collaborative discussions and the attendees should watch the presentation in advance:

Keynote

Research lesson

One of the key moments of the WALS2026 conference is the research lesson. Please read the lesson plan before Monday 2 November and watch the lesson between Monday 2 (after the pre-lesson discussion) and Tuesday 3 (before the post-lesson discussion) so you can take part in the pre-lesson and post-lesson discussions. Translations of the original Japanese elements are available in Chinese (Mandarin), English, Kazakh, Khmer, Malay/Indonesian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai. Please use this LINK for all the instructions. Please make sure you read these instructions a few days before the conference.

Symposiums

The 50-minute symposium session will be almost totally devoted to comments by the discussant and discussion. Therefore, the audience should watch the presentation in advance. The presentations for each symposium are available via the conference detailed program, after signing in at the top of the page.

2. Time Zone blocks

The program is divided into three time zone blocks

Participants can participate in any time zone block event.

3. Conference detailed program

To consult the conference detailed program, please use the email and password of your WALS account and choose

• the time zone block (EAST, CENTER or WEST). Only the sessions in the chosen block will be displayed)
• the hour you want all the events to be displayed. If you are not sure about your time compared to UTC, you might use this LINK.
• You can then use filters and the search function

You can click on each session for more details.

4. How to join a session

5. Research lesson

Please use this LINK for all the instructions. Also refer to 1. above.