Published February 3, 2021. Updated October 28, 2021.

To create a reference or citation for a conference, you will need to know basic information including the name of the author or organization, title of the conference, publication year, conference date, and place.

The templates and examples below will show you how to cite a conference in MLA style, APA style, Chicago style, and Harvard referencing style.

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Citing a conference in MLA style

In-text citation example:

(Faull)

Works cited entry example:

Faull, Jonathan. “The EU After Brexit.” Uncertain Destinations: The European Union at 60. EUSA Fifteenth Biennial Conference, 5 May 2017, Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, Miami.

Citing a conference in APA style

In-text citation example:

(Faull, 2017)

Reference list entry example:

Citing a conference in Chicago style, notes-bibliography

Footnotes example:

Note

1. Fifteenth Biennial Conference

   , 4–6 May 2017, ed. EUSA (Miami, FL: EUSA, 2017).

Bibliography entry example:

Fifteenth Biennial Conference, 4–6 May 2017. Edited by EUSA. Miami, FL: EUSA, 2017.

Citing a conference in Chicago style, author-date

In-text citation example:

(EUSA 2017)

Reference list entry example:

How to cite a conference in Harvard referencing style

In-text citation example:

(Chaudhuri and Salakhutdinov, 2019)

Reference list entry example:

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