Annual Conference


CIfA2025 - Shaping the future (of our profession)

30 April & 1 May 2025
Millenium Point, Birmingham
+ post-conference online recordings


CIfA2025 is sponsored by Towergate Insurance

CIfA is delighted to announce that the CIfA2025 conference will be hosted over Wednesday 30 April & Thursday 1 May 2025.

We are hosting CIfA2025 as an in-person conference, hosted live in Birmingham, UK and there will be post-event online recordings also available.

There will be two full days of engaging content incorporating keynote addresses, wide-ranging sessions and training workshops in a live in-person environment.  If you are not available to attend in-person, do not worry you will have the option to watch the recorded content in your own time.

What to expect? 

The theme for CIfA 2025 is 'Shaping the future (of our profession)' . Ten years have passed since CIfA gained its royal charter. As we reflect on our progress since then and embark on a new phase in CIfA’s journey, we will be asking: what does fit for the future look like? How is the sector preparing for the opportunities and challenges the next ten years will bring? Do we have the right structures, standards and skillsets to drive change, contribute to sustainable growth and deliver social value? CIfA members are leading the way, embracing new technology, new thinking and innovative approaches, creating new knowledge and benefit for the communities they serve. CIfA2025 is the professional platform to share your ideas, promote good practice and demonstrate the impact your work is having. We are looking for sessions which showcase the many ways our sector is coming together to shape the future. Come and join us!

Our conference is the premier professional archaeological conference in the UK, attracting hundreds of participants across the heritage environment sector.

Programme

The call for sessions for CIfA2025 is now closed. Our conference steering group will be reviewing and selecting sessions in the coming weeks; we will announce the draft programme shortly thereafter.

Bursary information

Bursaries are not yet open for accepting applications. We will have a number of bursary options available to assist with the cost of registering or attending CIfA2025. Our bursary page will be updated in the coming weeks to reflect the available bursaries for CIfA2025.

Sponsorship & exhibitor applications

We are now accepting bookings for sponsors and exhibitors within our exhibition hall. We look forward to welcoming our exhibitors back in full force to the CIfA conference.

Brochure and booking forms should be available in the coming days.

Registration fees and deadlines

 

Live in Birmingham

  

Online Recordings only
  Early bird
(until 31 January)		 Late registration
(from 1 February)		   Early bird
(until 31 January)		 Late registration
(from 1 February)
CIfA member - 2 day conference £240 £250   £100 £110
CIfA member - 1 day conference £120 £125   N/A N/A
Student/unwaged - 2 day conference £100   £50
Student/unwaged - 1 day conference £60   N/A
Non-member - 2 day conference £370 £390   £180 £190
Non-member - 1 day conference £195 £200   N/A N/A

 

Accommodation

CIfA will be working with our host city to provide accommodation rates for our delegates, so we will have a link for conference accommodation available soon. The rates and availability is limited, so book your place early, otherwise Birmingham has a range of accommodation centrally to suit all budgets.

Further information

Please see our conference FAQs for further information; this page will be updated as the conference approaches. If you have any additional questions or would like any more information on CIfA2025, please don’t hesitate to contact our team on: conference@archaeologists.net Keep up to date with the latest conference news via our eBulletin and on social media: #CIfA2025.

Past conferences

Our annual conference has been held since CIfA formed in 1982. A list of recent conferences is shown below with links to the conference programme or (for more recent events) the conference webpages.

Harassment

CIfA is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, nationality, education, experience, career or speciality. By registering to attend CIfA you confirm you have read our CIfA online conference harassment page and understand that any form of harassment, discrimination and bullying is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

Accessibility

CIfA aims to be as accessible and inclusive as possible and further information on online conference accessibility can be found here. If you have any requests or suggestions for how we can make the conference more accessible for you, please do get in touch at conference@archaeologists.net.