2026 ECTA Early Childhood Conference

Conference registrations are now open. Places in onsite workshops are limited, so we encourage you to book early. You can pay online or choose to pay at a later date. If needed, you can add an order number to your registration.
Not a current member?
Join ECTA now at https://ecta.org.au/join or individuals can join when they register.
Centres and schools can also join ECTA for $250 and register all staff at the member rate. Save thousands of dollars in professional development costs. Membership gives all staff at one Centre/School access to the full range of member benefits for twelve months, including no-cost webinars, three new issues of our journals, and access to the Members Centre for recordings of webinars and PDFs of all journals (over 31 years worth of professional reading).

We look forward to seeing you all online or onsite. Click the link below to download a list of all speaker biographies and presentation outlines for each stream. All sessions are linked to Kindy Uplift Priority Areas, Australian Standards for Professional Teachers and National Quality Standards Quality Areas.
The day will feature: 

• An onsite keynote session shared online & onsite
• Separate onsite and online workshop programs, all delivered live
• Six months of access to all online session recordings
• Opportunities to engage directly with presenters online or onsite