2026 Technical Writer Conference

If you work in technical communication, you might be interested in the 2026 Technical Writer Conference, coming up this week on Tuesday, June 23. This is a one-day virtual conference that’s designed specifically for technical writers. As the website notes:

This event is tailored to those writers who have made “Technical Writer” emblematic of their core career interests. While this discipline shares many foundation skills with others, tech writing definitely has its own space in the tech industry. This is a great way to share our thoughts and techniques with each other in a dedicated event.

Going virtual means the conference is less expensive, while avoiding the hassle of traveling to and from a conference. That’s especially important right now, when budgets might be running lean.

The conference lists several interesting sessions that will be valuable to anyone who practices technical and professional writing. I’m most interested in several sessions about how technical writers can leverage AI, as well as a session about 50 years of women in technical writing.

Here’s the list of sessions:

• Check-in and Welcome Chat
• Shaping Product Experience
• Content is the Strategy: The Indispensable Writer's Role in the AI Era
• Accessible Design and Writing for Digital Content
• The Human Connection
• Challenging Writers to Use AI
• From Typewriters to Touchscreens: The Stories That Shaped Our Field
• From Chaos to System: Building a Documentation Practice from the Ground Up
• Communication as a Cyber Control
• It’s Recommended, Not Required: Practical AI for Content Teams
• Identifying Customer Needs in Your Documentation
• Closing Thoughts and Wrap-up

Tickets are $125, which gets you access to all conference sessions and materials, as well as session recordings for two weeks after the event.