In-Person Conferenes


2026 IES Visible Learning Conference

Date: Fri-Sun 24, 25-26 April, 2026
Time: 8:00am to 4:00 pm
Location: International School of Nanshan Shenzhen, China
Join us for a two-day interactive and immersive learning experience with Professor John Hattie, renowned education researcher and author of Visible Learning.……
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2026 AI in Action: The Future of K-12 Education Conference Beijing

Date: Saturday, May 9th, 2026
Time: 8:30 - 17:30
Location: International School of Beijing, China
Overview: This event aims to bring together educators, policymakers, technology innovators, and thought leaders to explore the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in shaping……
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Growing as Leaders with Jennifer Abrams

Date: September 18-19, 2026
Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Shenzhen, China
Overview: It is critically important for a healthy, professional school culture, and for student growth that we strive to develop ourselves, not just as educators, but also as emotionally intelligent, psychologically mature systemically aware human beings. What can we……
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2026 Concept-Based Learning Conference

Date: Oct 30-Nov 1st, 2026
Time: 8:00am to 4:00pm
Location: TBD
Overview: The 2026 Concept-Based Learning Annual Conference will be the third academic event organized by IES. Building upon the successful foundations laid by our 2024 and 2025 Concept Based Learning conferences, this gatherisng has now been formally……
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In-Person Workshop





Using Classroom-Based Assessments to Enhance Teaching and Deepen Learning: What Works?

Date: October 17-18, 2026
Time: 8:00am to 16:00pm (2 days)
Overview: Assessment is a cornerstone of teaching and learning in any classroom and, if done well, has the potential to greatly impact student success. So, how do we do assessment well by understanding student needs as well as demands of the curriculum?……
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Embedding Formative Assessment

Date: March 26-28, 2027
Time: 8:00am to 16:00pm (3 days)
Overview: Embedded Formative Assessment If we are to maintain our status as one of the world's leading economies and secure our economic futures, and if we want our students to thrive in the impossibly complex, unpredictable world of the 21st century, we must concentrate on increasing educational achievement by increasing the……
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Inquiry Based Learning Workshop

Date: Sept 11-12, 2027
Time: 8:00am to 16:00pm (3 days)
Overview: Kath Murdoch is an experienced teacher, author,university lecturer and popular consultant whohas worked for many years in schools throughoutthe world.With a focus on early childhood and primary education, she is widely respected as aleader in the field of inquiry based learning and integrative curriculum in which she has taught,researched and published for ……
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