21st ILERA World Congress (ILERA)

International Labour and Employment Relations Association (host ALERA) · in person · Official site ↗

Trust

Trusted · 7/10

Legitimate. Long history and real committee; small gaps, e.g. next year's fees not out yet.

Quality: Top 5/5

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

!Committee listed — Only Scientific Committee chair named (Chris F Wright, U Sydney); members not listed on congress site
!Domain age — Edition-specific domain ilera2027.com registered 2025-08-27; parent ilo-ilera.org registered 2020
?Double blind — Abstract review process not described on CFP or program-tracks pages
?Indexing verified — n/a
✓Archive history — World congresses listed on ilo-ilera.org
✓Committee international — International association with national member associations
✓Indexing specific — No indexing claims
✓Known mill — Not a mill
✓Organizer reputable — ILERA, ILO-associated
✓Past editions — 21st world congress

✕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: 14-10-2026
Full paper: TBA
Notification: 13-11-2026
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.

Theme: 'Sustainable, productive and decent work: Bridging research, practice and policy'. ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour. Some ILERA pages say 30 Aug - 3 Sep (likely incl. pre-congress day); congress site says 31 Aug - 3 Sep. Abstracts max 250 words, max two as submitting author; HDR/ECR track; special sessions. Deadline extended from 28 Sep to 14 Oct 2026 (stated as final). Super early bird open, closes 30 Nov 2026; early bird closes 14 Feb 2027 - amounts not captured. Presenters must register and pay by presenter deadline. Proceedings not mentioned.