29th International Leadership Association Global Conference (ILA)

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Trust

Established · 9/10

Major society or long-running conference. Indexing and committee verified.

Quality: Top 5/5

Flagship conference: verified indexing or a major society, rigorous review.

!Committee listed — 2026 CFP names ~40 stream leads without affiliations; conference chair with affiliation (Trent University); peer reviewers not listed
?Indexing verified — Nothing to verify
✓Archive history — Future venues published to 2029
✓Committee international — Global membership; conferences rotate US/Canada and abroad
✓Domain age — ilaglobalnetwork.org registered 2021, but legacy ila-net.org (registered 2004) 301-redirects to it; ilaglobalconference.org since 2018
✓Double blind — 2026 CFP: stage one peer review is 'double-blind (anonymous)', then stream lead review, then chairs
✓Indexing specific — No indexing claimed
✓Known mill — Single annual association conference
✓Organizer reputable — Established non-profit association; Journal of Leadership Studies
✓Past editions — 28th Global Conference in 2026

✕Failed !Warning ?Not verified ✓Passed

Promotion (NN 42/2026)

no category

0.0 points per paper (≤ 4 authors)

— Abstracts only: no full paper in proceedings, so it doesn't count as a scientific paper.
— Proceedings papers can supply at most 1/3 of the required minimum points.
— Max 1 paper per author per proceedings volume.

Deadlines & fees

Abstract: TBA
Full paper: TBA
Notification: TBA
Registration: TBA

Indexing

What is trust?

Trust is ANA's verdict on whether a conference is a real scientific event rather than a fee-collecting mill. It says nothing about prestige or promotion points; those are shown separately.

Established	9–10	Major society or long-running conference. Indexing and committee verified.
Trusted	7–8	Legitimate. Long history and real committee; small gaps, e.g. next year's fees not out yet.
Plausible	5–6	Probably legitimate, but key claims (indexing, review, committee) are only partly verified.
Doubtful	3–4	Several checks failed or couldn't be verified. Check it yourself before submitting.
Avoid	1–2	Matches a known conference mill or has serious red flags.

How it's scored: every conference starts at 3. Points are added for a listed committee, an international committee, 3+ past editions, a domain and archive several years old, and a university or society organiser. Points are taken off for vague indexing ("major databases"), an indexing claim that turns out false, review faster than 7 days, a brand-new domain, missing committees, or many unrelated conferences on one site. A known conference mill is capped at 2.

Quality is a separate 1–5 score for whether it's worth presenting there: the conference's tier (flagship, mid, regional), verified WoS/Scopus indexing, double-blind review, a reputable organiser and an international committee. A small regional conference can be fully trusted and still Modest.

Top	5/5	Flagship conference: verified indexing or a major society, rigorous review.
High	4/5	Strong international conference with solid review and a reputable host.
Mid	3/5	Good conference, but indexing or review rigour only partly verified.
Modest	2/5	Real but small or regional, little verified indexing. Fine for networking and a2/a3 points.
Low	1/5	Real, but little evidence of selectivity or reach.

Venue: Sheraton San Diego Resort, 1380 Harbor Island Drive. Future: 2028 Montreal (25-28 Oct), 2029 Atlanta. 2026 (28th, Toronto, 28-31 Oct 2026) had 500+ presentations, workshops and panels, plenaries, member community streams, Emerging Scholar Research Consortium (separate application). ILA pays no speaker fees and gives no complimentary registration to presenters. Proposal deadline for 2027 not yet published (2026 cycle deadlines were roughly a year ahead). Other ILA 2027 events: Women and Leadership Conference (St. Paul, 14-16 Jun 2027), Leadership Education Academy (Boulder, 2-5 Aug 2027). Fees not checked (member/non-member tiers).