Under the theme “From Innovation to Impact: Transforming Higher Education at Scale,” I-HE2026 examines how emerging developments are reshaping higher education across Europe and beyond.

This gathering is designed as a central part of a transformative 9–12 month Sustainability Accelerator journey connecting schools, universities, and organisations across Europe.

The IAU 17th General Conference event will feature a dynamic programme exploring emerging trends in higher education, drawing on diverse perspectives from all regions of the world.

This conference, organised by Club of Rome and the Romanian Association of the Club of Rome, will explore how humanity can bridge the gap between knowledge and action, reimagine education and learning, and build cultural and material conditions for a just and regenerative future. 

AAC&U invites educators, students, administrators, and policymakers to join action-oriented, forward-looking conversations about the reimagining the future of global learning.

This year, the Global Education Week focuses on how critical thinking and engaging with different perspectives can reshape the narratives we live by turning awareness into collective action and contributing to a stronger democracy.

The 4th UNITAR International Research Conference (4UIRC) will advance the discussion toward future oriented capacity development for the creation of a Peace Learning Innovation Lab.  

How can ULLL teams support employability, re-skilling, and up-skilling while also advancing widening participation, civic engagement, and social responsibility? How can these dimensions reinforce each other rather than compete?

This year's Forum will be framed by the theme of the 2026 Teacher Task Force and UNESCO Global Report on Teachers, which examines how teacher professional development can be strengthened through lifelong learning, with a focus on teacher agency, policy coherence, equity and sustainability.

The 2026 conference provides a space for debate, exchange of ideas, and sharing of new research on diverse aspects of the higher education - climate crisis - sustainability axis.

Bringing together ministers, youth leaders, and global stakeholders, the conference will drive strategic dialogue to shape the next phase of the ESD for 2030 framework and beyond. Join the global conversation on the future of Education for Sustainable Development.

This summit will provide school leaders and educators the opportunity to build community, to share and collaborate, and to learn from scholars and leaders in the field of climate education.

Moving beyond eco-efficiency and incremental improvements, the event will look at the ethical dimensions of design decisions, the potential of biomaterials and nature-based solutions, and the role of participatory methodologies in shaping just and resilient futures. 

The inaugural ACTLC Conference brings together academic leaders, faculty, and teaching and learning professionals from across the region for a gathering focused on learning for impact — advancing agency, future readiness, and purpose in higher education.

Each year, the GSC brings together a national community of educators, school leaders, designers and advocates committed to whole-school sustainability.

The Lillehammer Lifelong Learning Conference brings together a broad international community to explore key trends, challenges, and innovations in lifelong learning.

The CESHK Annual Conference will be held in February 2027 under the theme “Comparative Education in Uncertain Times: Challenges, Responses, and Hopes.”

Preceding the launch of the Global Sustainable Development Report in September 2027, the NERPS 2027 Conference aims to bridge scholarly literature and policy lessons to contribute to transdisciplinary insights for accelerating the attainment of the goals and charting pathways beyond 2030.

Through carefully curated engagements over three days, around 170 delegates will confront the systems failures underpinning the current polycrisis and together chart a course to a better, more peaceful and more sustainable future.

The program promises to foster collaboration, innovation, and knowledge-sharing to shape the future of international higher education under the theme, Humanity in the AI age: engaging Asia-Pacific perspectives, from diverse perspectives.

CIES 2027 invites inquiries, critiques and experiments in remaking education to meet the challenges of democratic life and planetary survival.

The Institute for Global Learning’s annual Global Educators Conference is the premiere gathering for educators seeking professional learning and community with a focus on engaging students with the world.

The eLearning Africa annual conference and exhibition, which was established in 2005, is the largest and most comprehensive knowledge sharing event for digital education, training and skills on the African continent.

The 31st ICDE World Conference will take place in the Philippines under the conference theme “Reimagining Education for a Sustainable Future.“