11th IPEd Conference

IPEd runs the premier conference for editors in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The 11th IPEd Editors Conference will be held online from 2 to 9 May 2023. The 2023 conference theme is “Futureproofing the Editing Profession”.

Editors from a diverse range of specialties will attend the conference to:

undertake professional development training
connect with other editors from a range of backgrounds and countries
discover the experience of other editors in their field
learn the latest developments in language, style and industry topics.

Our conferences are aimed at freelance and in-house editors as well as professionals with editing and proofreading as part of their role. We also welcome publishers and people who work with editors.

We have special prices for members of these affiliate organisations:

Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers
Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
Editorial Freelancers Association
Editors Canada
National Association of Independent Writers and Editors
Professional Editors Guild.

Find out about the program and speakers. Register for the conference and workshops. Learn about our sponsors, or become one.

Check out the IPEd website for more information about the history of the conference.

Keynote addresses


Sandra Phillips, Western Sydney University, Associate Professor of Indigenous Australian Studies and Publishing Studies	Joel Naoum, Booktopia, Head of Trade Product
Topic: Better books: Cultural intelligence and Indigenous strengths in editing	Topic: 5 tips for optimising your metadata to boost book sales

Roland Sussex OAM, Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies	Martin Delahunty, Director of Inspiring STEM Consulting and former Global Director at Springer Nature
Topic: Adapting to technological developments in language use and publishing	Topic: AI and related technology in scholarly publishing – a double-edged sword?

Please see our speakers page for a more comprehensive list.

International panels


Alexis Grewan, Professional Editors’ Guild, Chairperson (South Africa)	Tim Coronel, Small Press Network, General Manager (Australia)

Iva Cheung, Certified Professional Editor, indexer, publishing consultant, and health communication researcher (Canada)	Claire Murdoch, Head of Publishing at Penguin Random House New Zealand (New Zealand)

Stuart Glover, PhD, Policy & Government Relations Manager, Australian Publishers Association (Australia)	Janet MacMillan, Professional Standards Director, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (United Kingdom)