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Programme

The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii (IICEHawaii) is a multidisciplinary conference held concurrently with The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities in Hawaii (IICAH). Keynote, Featured and Spotlight Speakers will provide a variety of perspectives from different academic and professional backgrounds. Registration for either of these conferences permits attendance in both.

This page provides details of featured presentations, the conference schedule and other programming. For more information about presenters, please visit the Speakers page.

Conference Outline

Friday, January 3, 2025Saturday, January 4, 2025Sunday, January 5, 2025Monday, January 6, 2025Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Location: Hawaii Convention Center (3F)

17:00-19:00: Pre-Conference Check-in & Welcome Reception | 319B & Children’s Courtyard Children’s Courtyard

This is a free event open to all registered delegates.
The Welcome Reception is the perfect opportunity for conference delegates to get a head start on the conference and make valuable connections with other attendees.

Location: Hawaii Convention Center (3F)

09:00-10:00: Conference Check-in & Coffee | Room 319A

10:00-10:05: Announcements | 320 Theatre

10:05-10:25: Cultural Presentation | 320 Theatre

10:25-11:00: Welcome Address & Recognition of IAFOR Scholarship Winners | 320 Theatre

11:00-11:45: Featured Interview | 320 Theatre

11:45-12:00: Conference Photograph | Grand Staircase

12:00-13:00: Conference Poster Session 1 | 3F Hallway

13:00-14:00: Lunch Break

14:00-14:45: Panel Presentation | 320 Theatre

14:50-15:35: Panel Presentation | 320 Theatre

15:40-16:25: Panel Presentation | 320 Theatre

16:30-17:30: Conference Poster Session 2 | 3F Hallway

19:00-21:00: Conference Dinner | Roy’s Waikiki
This is an optional ticketed event

Location: Hawaii Convention Center (3F)

08:30-09:30: Check-in & Coffee | ​​Room 319

09:30-11:10: Onsite Parallel Session 1

11:10-11:25: Coffee Break | Room 319

11:25-12:40: Onsite Parallel Session 2

12:40-12:55: Coffee Break | Room 319

12:55-13:45: Onsite Parallel Session 3 (Workshop Session)

13:45-14:00: Coffee Break | Room 319

14:00-15:40: Onsite Parallel Session 4

15:40-15:55: Coffee Break | Room 319

15:55-17:35: Onsite Parallel Session 5

17:35-18:35: Cultural Event | Room 323C
E Hele Mai a Hula: A Hawaiian Music and Dance Workshop (Part 1 of 2)
Carolee Nishi, Hula Hui O Kapunahala (HHK), United States

This is a free event open to all registered delegates.

Carolee Nishi, a kumu hula at Hula Hui O Kapunahala, has dedicated over five decades to teaching Hawaiian Studies and hula at the Nu‘uanu YMCA. Her journey includes a 41-year career at United Airlines, part-time work at Liberty House, and over 20 years teaching Hawaiian Studies in Hawaii's public schools. Carolee's teaching philosophy emphasises inclusivity and gratitude over competition. She imparts life lessons alongside Hawaiian language, music, dance, and cultural values. Recognised as a Living Treasure of Hawaii in 2020, Carolee is celebrated for her commitment to community service and preserving Hawaiian culture.

Location: Hawaii Convention Center (3F)

08:30-09:30: Check-in & Coffee | Room 319

09:30-11:10: Onsite Parallel Session 1

11:10-11:25: Coffee Break | Room 319

11:25-12:40: Onsite Parallel Session 2

12:40-12:55: Coffee Break | Room 319

12:55-14:35: Onsite Parallel Session 3

14:35-14:50: Coffee Break | Room 319

14:50-16:30: Onsite Parallel Session 4

16:30:16:45: Onsite Closing Session | Room 318B

16:45-17:45: Cultural Event | Room 323C
E Hele Mai a Hula: A Hawaiian Music and Dance Workshop (Part 2 of 2)
Carolee Nishi, Hula Hui O Kapunahala (HHK), United States

Location: Online via Zoom

13:10-13:15: Message from IAFOR

13:15-14:55: Online Parallel Session 1

14:55-15:10 Break

15:10:16:25: Online Parallel Session 2

16:25-16:40: Break

16:40-18:20: Online Parallel Session 3

18:20-18:35: Break

18:35-19:50: Online Parallel Session 4

19:50-19:55: Message from IAFOR

The draft version of the Conference Programme will be available online on November 25, 2024. All registered delegates will be notified of this publication by email.

*Please be aware that the above schedule may be subject to change.

Featured Speakers

  • Jun Arima
    Jun Arima
    University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Grant Black
    Grant Black
    Chuo University, Japan
  • Michael Menchaca
    Michael Menchaca
    University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, United States
  • Mary Hattori
    Mary Hattori
    East-West Center, United States
  • Joseph Haldane
    Joseph Haldane
    The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan

Featured Presentations

  • The Forum
    The Forum
    From Tokyo to Hawaii: The Forum’s Intellectual Journey Continues

Accepted Submissions

One of the greatest strengths of IAFOR’s international conferences is their international and intercultural diversity. As of October 20, 2024, IICE2025 has received over 620 submissions from 73 countries and territories - including: the United States, Canada, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Australia, Thailand, Philippines, and Taiwan.

Accepted Submissions

Important Information Emails

All registered attendees will receive an Important Information email and updates in the run-up to the conference. Please check your email inbox for something from "iafor.org". If you can not find these emails in your normal inbox, it is worth checking in your spam or junk mail folders as many programs filter out emails this way. If these did end up in one of these folders, please add the address to your acceptable senders' folder by whatever method your email program can do this.

The draft version of the Conference Programme will be available online on November 25, 2024. All registered delegates will be notified of this publication by email.

*Please be aware that the above schedule may be subject to change.

Previous Programming

View details of programming for past IICEHawaii conferences via the links below.

IICEHawaii2024 IICEHawaii2023 IICEHawaii2022
IICEHawaii2021 IICEHawaii2020 IICEHawaii2019
IICEHawaii2018 IICEHawaii2017 IICEHawaii2016
Jun Arima
University of Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Professor Jun Arima is the President of IAFOR, and the senior academic officer of the organisation. In this role, Professor Arima is the Honorary Chair of the International Academic Advisory Board, as well as both the Academic Governing Board and its Executive Committee. He also sits on the IAFOR Board of Directors.

Jun Arima was formerly Director General of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), UK from 2011 to 2015 and Special Advisor on Global Environmental Affairs for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan, from 2011 to 2015. He has previously held various international energy/environment-related positions, including: Head of Division, Country Studies, International Energy Agency (IEA); Director, International Affairs Division, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, METI; and Deputy Director General for Environmental Affairs at METI’s Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau. In the COP (UN Convention on Climate Change) 14, 15 and 16, he was Japanese Chief Negotiator for AWG-KP.

Since 2015 Jun Arima has been a Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan, where he teaches Energy Security, International Energy Governance, and Environmental Policies in the Graduate School of Public Policy. (GraSPP). He is also currently a Consulting Fellow at the Japanese Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). He is also Executive Senior Fellow at the 21st Century Public Policy Institute, Principal Researcher at the International Environmental and Economic Institute (IEEI), Distinguished Senior Policy Fellow, at the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR), Senior Policy Fellow on Energy and Environment, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and was the Lead Author, the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC).

Keynote Presentation (2025) | TBA
Grant Black
Chuo University, Japan

Biography

Professor Grant Black is a professor in the Faculty of Commerce at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, where he has taught Global Skills and Global Issues since 2013. Grant is engaged in diverse roles as a global manager, systems builder, executive leader and university professor. His research and teaching areas include global management skills, intercultural intelligence (CQ) and organisational management. He also has taught Japanese Management Theory at J. F. Oberlin University (Japan), and a continuing education course in the Foundations of Japanese Zen Buddhism at Temple University Japan. Previously, he was Chair of the English Section at the Center for Education of Global Communication at the University of Tsukuba where he served in a six-year post in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He holds a BA Highest Honors in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara; an MA in Japanese Buddhist Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles; and a Doctor of Social Science (DSocSci) from the Department of Management in the School of Business at the University of Leicester. Dr Black is a Chartered Manager (CMgr), the highest status that can be achieved in the management profession in the UK. In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). Grant is President of Black Inc. Consulting (Japan), a Tokyo-based firm specialising in international and intercultural project management, communication projects, and executive leadership and training. He is the director of the Nippon Academic Management Institute (NAMI) and the author of Education Reform Policy at a Japanese Super Global University: Policy Translation, Migration and Mutation (Routledge, 2022). He serves as a Vice-President for the International Academic Forum (IAFOR).

Panel Presentation (2025) | TBA
Michael Menchaca
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, United States

Biography

Michael Menchaca is Chair of the Department of Learning Design and Technology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He specialises in distance education, and has designed, implemented, and coordinated online and hybrid programs for over 20 years. He serves as editor for the IAFOR Journal of Education: Technology in Education Edition. He was an IT specialist for many years in the public and private sector. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of online learning, technology integration, and social justice with technology.

Featured Panel Presentation (2025) | TBA

Previous Presentations

Featured Panel Presentation (2024) | Practical Approaches to AI in Academia
Panel Presentation (2022) | Reimagining General Education Across Hawaii’s 10-Campus System: Process, Product, and Lessons Learned
Panel Presentation (2021) | Post-pandemic Online Education: Moving from Crisis Intervention to Optimal Experience
Mary Hattori
East-West Center, United States

Biography

Dr Mary Therese Perez Hattori is a daughter of Guåhan (Guam), of the clan Familian Titang, born to Paul Mitsuo Hattori† of Kalihi, O’ahu, Hawaii and Fermina Leon Guerrero Perez† of the village of Chalan Pago, Guam. She currently serves as Director of the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) with the East-West Center and previously enjoyed a long career in various technology and education-related positions. PIDP is a regional organisation, a founding member of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific and secretariat of the Pacific Islands Council of Leaders.

Dr Hattori is also affiliate graduate faculty in Pacific Studies, Learning Design and Technology, and several Educational Doctorate programs, a community organiser, advocate for Pacific Islanders in the United States, public speaker, author, and poet. She is co-founder and co-organizer of cultural events such as the Cultural Animation Film Festival and the Celebrate Micronesia Festival, both held annually in Honolulu. She serves the state of Hawaii as a member of the Board of Education and Associate Member of the Consular Corps of Honolulu.

Keynote Presentation (2025) | TBA

Previous Presentations

Panel Presentation (2021) | Cultural Resilience
Joseph Haldane
The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan

Biography

Joseph Haldane is the founder, chairman, and CEO of IAFOR. He is responsible for devising strategy, setting policies, forging institutional partnerships, implementing projects, and overseeing the organisation’s global business and academic operations.

Dr Haldane has a PhD from the University of London in nineteenth-century French studies (ULIP/RHUL), and has research interests in world history and politics; international education; and governance and decision making. Since 2015, he has been a Guest Professor at Osaka University’s School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), and Co-Director of the OSIPP-IAFOR Research Centre since 2017.

In 2020, Dr Haldane was elected Honorary Professor of University College London (UCL) through the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, and full Professor in the United Nations Peace University's European Center for Peace and Development in 2022. A member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network for global governance, he holds visiting professorships at Belgrade and Doshisha Universities where he teaches ethics and governance. He is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Professor Haldane has had full-time faculty positions at the Université Paris-Est Créteil, Sciences Po Paris, and Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, as well as visiting positions at the French Press Institute (Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas), and the Schools of Journalism of Sciences Po Paris and Moscow State University.

Dr Haldane has been invited to speak at universities and conferences globally, including the UN HQ in New York, and advised universities, NGOs and governments on issues relating to international education policy, public-private partnerships, and multi-stakeholder forums. He was the project lead on the 2019 Kansai Resilience Forum, held by the Japanese Government through the Prime Minister’s Office and oversaw the 2021 Ministry of Foreign Affairs commissioned study on Infectious Diseases on Cruise Ships.

Panel Presentation (2025) | TBA

Previous Presentations

Featured Interview (2024) | Questions of Education, Curation and Artificial Intelligence
The Forum
From Tokyo to Hawaii: The Forum’s Intellectual Journey Continues

After successful Forum discussions in Tokyo, London, and Paris, IAFOR is bringing this intellectual caravan to Hawaii, continuing its intellectual journey around the world.

The Forum is a series designed as a platform for international, intercultural, interdisciplinary—and inclusive— discussions, joining experts and practitioners alike in an interactive and open dialogue format.

IAFOR invites all conference delegates to participate in The Forum to discuss on-the-cusp topics derived from our conference programmes.