2022 Conference
Leadership Conference 2022
Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: Together, Again.
Keynote Speakers
Michael Thompson | Title: Hopes and Fears: Helping Tea hers Work with Today's Anxious Parents
Julie Jungalwala & Julie Stern | Title: 3 Truths for the Future of Education: Hope & Courage through a Practical Framework to Lead Meaningful Change
Tim Jarvis | Title: 'By Endurance We Conquer'
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2019 Conferences
Leadership Conference 2019
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Theme: Nurturing Growth and Building Relevance
Keynote Speakers
Graham Brown-Martin | Title: Learning Innovation in an Era of Exponential Change
Carlene Firmin | Title: Build a Contextual Response to Peer-on-Peer Abuse in Schools
Will Richardson | Title: This is Personal: Learning in the Modern World
Teachers' Conference 2019
International School Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: Future Movers and Makers
Keynote Speakers
Greg Dale | Title: The Art of Teaching, Classroom/Organization Culture
Peter Boonshaft | Title: "Even A Fool Knows You Can’t Touch The Stars…”
Marilyn Stewart | Title: Curatorial Practice and Curriculum: Creating Pathways Toward Art and Understanding
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2018 Conferences
50th Anniversary Leadership Conference 2018
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Theme: EARCOS 50th: Celebrating Our Legacy; Inspiring Our Future
Keynote Speakers
Sir John Jones | Title: Fifty Years and Counting – into the future on the road less travelled
Pasi Sahlberg | Title: FinnishED Leadership: Small bold ideas for big lasting change in your school
Kim Phuc Phan Thi | Title: Life Lessons
Teachers' Conference 2018
Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: 50 Years of Voices United in Purpose
Keynote Speakers
Norman Kunc and Emma Van der Klift | Title: Inclusion in the Rear-view Mirror: Rethinking Ability, Opportunity, and Support.
Pernille Ripp | Title: Passionate Learners – How to Engage and Empower Your Students
Chip Donohue | Title: Family Engagement in the Digital Age: Early Childhood Educators as Media Mentors
2017 Conferences
Leadership Conference 2017
Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: Leading and Learning: A Journey of Hope and Joy
Keynote Speakers
Peter Dalglish | Title: Heroes for Our Time
Simon Breakspear | Title: Agile Leadership
Teachers' Conference 2017
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Theme: Connecting Global Minds
Keynote Speakers
Kim Phuc Phan Thi | Title: Life Lessons
Christophe Galfard | Title: A Journey to the End of the Visible Universe
Aaron Tait and Kaitlin Tait | Title: Edupreneurs: Changing the world from the classroom
2016 Conferences
Leadership Conference 2016
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Theme: Create, Connect, Commit
Keynote Speakers
Sir John Jones | Title: Creative Leadership or Preparing Our Students for a World that Doesn't Exist
Dr. Ruby Payne | Title: A Framework for Understanding Socio-Economic Classes and Thinking
Teachers' Conference 2016
Manila, Philippines
Theme: Innovating Arts and Motion
Keynote Speakers
Mike Kuczala | Title: The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement
Mark Jenkins | Title: Vietnam Undersground: The Viet Cong, Spelunkers, adn the Biggest Cave on Earth
Doug Goodkin | Title: The Humanitarian Musician
2015 Conferences
Leadership Conference 2015
Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: Think Globally, Learn Locally.
Keynote Speakers
Loung Ung | Title: Upstanding Citizens:Changing the World through Activism, Volunteerism, and Travels
Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair | Title: Lost in Connection: How The Tech Effect Puts Children’s Development at Risk
Teachers' Conference 2015
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Theme: The Language for Life
Keynote Speakers
John Wood | Title: Literacy — The Best Hope for the Developing World
Anne Sibley O'Brien | Title: Mirrors and Lenses: Exploring Racial and Cultural Identity
2014 Conferences
Leadership Conference 2014
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Theme: Walking the Talk: Putting "International" into Education
Keynote Speakers
Josephine Kim | Title: Transcending the "single story" - inspired by Novelist Chimamanda Adichie
Larry Rosenstock | Title: Changing Subject
Teachers' Conference 2014
Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: The Science of Learning - Service of Learning
Keynote Speakers
Mark Polansky | Title: Space, STEM, and the Future
Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair | Title: Lost in Connection: How The Tech Effect Puts Children’s Development at Risk
2013 Conferences
Leadership Conference 2013
Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: Learning Without Limits
Keynote Speakers
Gordon Dryden | Title: Learning without Limits - in a limitless world
Rick Wormeli | Title: What We Can Do When We Are Brave Together
Martin Skelton | Title: Less is More
Teachers' Conference 2013
Shanghai, China
Theme: Moving Minds, Moving Bodies
Keynote Speakers
Liv Arnesen | Title: "To the South Pole with millions of kids on the sled...
Michael Furdyk | Title: Imagining Future Friendly Schools: Technology, Global Citizenship, and Student Voice
2012 Conferences
Leadership Conference 2012
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Theme: The "Why" of School in 2030
Keynote Speakers
Milton Chen | Title: Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Schools
Alan November | Title: Who Owns the Learning?
Greg Whitby | Title: Leading for a Future for School
Teachers' Conference 2012
Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: The Language of Learning
Keynote Speakers
Cathy Davidson | Title: Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn
Steve Layne | Title: Balcony People: Teachers Make the Difference
Jason Ohler | Title: New Media, New Literacies – Educational Transformation Through Digital Creativity
2011 Conferences
Leadership Conference 2011 (CANCELED)
Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: The "Why" of School in 2030
Keynote Speakers
Hafsat Abiola-Costello | Title: The Role of Education in the Economic Independence of Women
Pat Basett | Title: Trends: Top 10 Trends for School Leaders to Ponder
Martin Skelton | Title: Faking it. What Frankie Vaughan, Gucci bags, dodgy Picassos and learning sometimes have in common - and why we need to be concerned.
Teachers' Conference 2011
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Theme: Better
Keynote Speakers
Geoff Green > Title: Inspiring Generation G
Fred Mednick > Title: Global Teacher Professional Development and Achievement
Michael Thompson > Title: Coming to Grips with Boys Underachievement