The 25th Biennial Dictionary Society of North America Conference will be held at Buffalo State University Thursday, May 29, through Saturday, May 31, 2025.

The conference will include moderated panels on lexicographical topics, plenary presentations, receptions, and a banquet featuring the address of DSNA President Kory Stamper, author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries.

Presentations on any aspect of dictionaries, lexicography, and lexicology, historical or contemporary, are welcome. Those focused on lexicography and the law, artificial intelligence and lexicography, and Indigenous lexicography in the US and Canada are particularly encouraged.

All presenters of conference papers must be members of the DSNA, but you need not be a member to submit an abstract. To join or renew membership, visit https://dictionarysociety.com/join/.

The program will begin the Thursday, May 29, and will run through Saturday afternoon, May 31, 2025.