IICE2027 Overview

Join us in Honolulu!

January 07–11, 2027 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

International, Intercultural, Interdisciplinary

IAFOR Hawaii 2027 is part of the IAFOR American Conference Series and is a dual conference event featuring The 12th IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii (IICE) alongside The 7th IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities in Hawaii (IICAH2027). Registration for either of these conferences will allow delegates to attend any joint plenary session or parallel sessions as desired.

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Aloha and welcome to the beautiful island of Oahu, home to The IAFOR International Conference on Education in Hawaii (IICE), and The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities in Hawaii (IICAH).

Held in partnership with the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, this international conference encourages academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum stimulating respectful dialogue, by bringing together university scholars working throughout Hawai'i, the United States, Asia, and beyond to share ideas and research at the intersection of education, and the arts and humanities. This event will afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, networking, and facilitating partnerships across national and disciplinary borders.

Since its founding in 2009, IAFOR has brought people and ideas together in a variety of events and platforms to promote and celebrate interdisciplinary study, and underline its importance. Over the past year we have engaged in many cross-sectoral projects, including those with universities (the University of Barcelona, Hofstra University, UCL, University of Belgrade and Moscow State University), think tanks (the East-West Center), as well as collaborative projects with the United Nations in New York, and the Government of Japan through the Prime Minister’s office, and right here in Honolulu with the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa for this conference!

With the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, we have engaged in a number of interdisciplinary initiatives we believe will have an important impact on domestic and international public policy conversations. It is through conferences like these that we expand our network and partners, and we have no doubt that the event will offer a remarkable opportunity for the sharing of research and best practice, for the meeting of people and ideas. We expect the resultant professional and personal collaborations to endure for many years, and we look forward to seeing you in Honolulu!

– The IICE2027 Programme Committee

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Plenary Speakers

To be Announced

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Programme

To be Announced

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Conference Committees

International Advisory Board

Dr Joseph Haldane, Chairman and CEO, IAFOR
His Excellency Professor Toshiya Hoshino, Osaka University, Japan
Professor Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech., United States
Professor Donald E. Hall, Binghamton University, United States
Dr James W. McNally, University of Michigan, United States & NACDA Program on Aging
Professor Haruko Satoh, Osaka University, Japan
Dr Grant Black, Chuo University, Japan
Professor Dexter Da Silva, Keisen University, Japan
Professor Gary Swanson, University of Northern Colorado, United States
Professor Baden Offord, Curtin University, Australia
Professor Frank Ravitch, Michigan State University, United States
Professor William Baber, Kyoto University, Japan

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Conference Programme Committee

Dr Failautusi ‘Tusi’ Avegalio, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States
Professor Xu Di, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States
Dr Joseph Haldane, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan
Professor Curtis Ho, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, United States
Dr Daniel Hoffman, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, United States
Professor Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech, United States
Professor James W. McNally, University of Michigan, United States & NACDA Program on Aging
Dr Alex Means, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States
Professor Michael Menchaca, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States
Professor Deane Neubauer, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States
Professor Sela V. Panapasa, University of Michigan, United States
Tialei Scanlan, Brigham Young University – Hawaii, United States
Robin Watson, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States
Dr Hiagi M. Wesley, Brigham Young University – Hawaii, United States

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Conference Review Committee

To be Announced

IAFOR's peer review process, which involves both reciprocal review and the use of Review Committees, is overseen by the Conference Programme Committee under the guidance of the International Academic Board (IAB). Review Committee members are established academics who hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields and who have previous peer review experience.

If you would like to apply to serve on the IICE2027 Review Committee, please visit our application page.

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Previous Conferences

View details of past IICE conferences via the links below.

IICEHawaii2026 IICEHawaii2025 IICEHawaii2024
IICEHawaii2023 IICEHawaii2022 IICEHawaii2021
IICEHawaii2020 IICEHawaii2019 IICEHawaii2018

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