Conferences

Every year IAFOR welcomes thousands of academics and professionals from around the world to its interdisciplinary conferences, held globally and online.

Founded in 2009, IAFOR has organised conferences in Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto (Japan), London and Brighton (UK), Barcelona (Spain), New York, Virginia, Rhode Island, and Hawaii (United States), Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR), Singapore, Chiang Mai (Thailand), Paris (France), Porto (Portugal), and Dubai (UAE).


Upcoming Conferences

Browse all IAFOR's upcoming conferences here, or use the box below to search for events by location or field of study.

June 10 - June 14, 2025 | Paris, France
June 10 - June 14, 2025 | Paris, France
July 10 - July 14, 2025 | London, United Kingdom
July 10 - July 14, 2025 | London, United Kingdom
July 10 - July 14, 2025 | London, United Kingdom
September 30 - October 04, 2025 | Barcelona, Spain
September 30 - October 04, 2025 | Barcelona, Spain
November 04 - November 08, 2025 | Kyoto, Japan
November 04 - November 08, 2025 | Kyoto, Japan
November 23 - November 28, 2025 | Tokyo, Japan
January 03 - January 07, 2026 | Hawaii, United States
January 03 - January 07, 2026 | Hawaii, United States
February 05 - February 09, 2026 | Singapore
February 05 - February 09, 2026 | Singapore
March 22 - March 27, 2026 | Tokyo, Japan
March 22 - March 27, 2026 | Tokyo, Japan
March 22 - March 27, 2026 | Tokyo, Japan
April 15 - April 20, 2026 | Washington DC, United States
April 15 - April 20, 2026 | Washington DC, United States
May 09 - May 13, 2026 | Tokyo, Japan
May 09 - May 13, 2026 | Tokyo, Japan
May 09 - May 13, 2026 | Tokyo, Japan

Who Attends Our Conferences

Since our first conference in 2009, more than 50,000 academics and professionals have attended our interdisciplinary events. Our conferences attract attendees representing 129 countries – truly international events. This diversity serves as a wonderful comparative and contrastive resource.

(Source: 2018–2024 Conference Registration Data)


Ways to Get Involved

IAFOR depends on the assistance of a large number of international academics and practitioners who contribute in a variety of ways to our shared mission of promoting international exchange, facilitating intercultural awareness, encouraging interdisciplinary discussion and generating and sharing new knowledge. We are grateful for the time, effort and expertise donated by all our volunteer contributors.

Here are some of the ways you can get involved:

IAFOR Membership

IAFOR membership provides an exceptional opportunity to be a part of a leading global academic organisation, network and platform that is committed to nurturing the very best in interdisciplinary research in the global public interest. Membership is open to all scholars, professionals and policymakers, researchers, or those with a strong professional interest in education.

Reviewing

With thousands of abstracts submitted each year for presentation at our conferences, IAFOR relies on academics around the world to ensure a fair and timely peer review process in keeping with established international norms of double-blind peer review. Our 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.

If you hold a PhD or another terminal degree in your field, are a current or former faculty member and have previous peer review experience, we encourage you to join a Review Committee.

Editing

IAFOR publishes six online, Open Access, editorially independent journals across a variety of disciplines, which are associated with IAFOR’s conferences. IAFOR journals are edited by academics who are experts in their fields, and journal submissions are evaluated by Editorial Board members and peer reviewers across the globe who have the relevant qualifications and expertise.

Publishing

Journals

Publish your research in one of IAFOR’s Open Access, editorially independent journals. Articles may be submitted via open calls for papers. Authors publishing with IAFOR are not required to pay submission or publication fees of any kind, and IAFOR journals are available to a global readership online, completely free of charge and without delay or embargo.


Conference Proceedings

If your abstract has been accepted, and you presented the work at a conference, you are encouraged to submit a full paper via the online submission system for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings, which will be made available online. IAFOR Conference Proceedings are Open Access research repositories that act as permanent records of the research generated by IAFOR conferences. Please note that works published in the Conference Proceedings cannot be considered for publication in IAFOR journals.


THINK

THINK, The Academic Platform, is IAFOR’s online magazine, publishing the latest in interdisciplinary research and ideas from some of the world’s foremost academics, many of whom have presented at IAFOR conferences. Content is varied in both subject and form, with everything from in-depth articles to shorter opinion pieces, interviews, film and photography.

THINK gives academics the opportunity to step outside of the traditional research publishing status quo – to get creative, explore different disciplines and to have their ideas heard, shared and discussed by a global academic audience.

To write for THINK, please view the Submit page on the THINK website and then send your article proposal to [email protected].

Paid Student Internships

Are you a student? Would you like to meet delegates and academics who are experts in their fields, practice your communication skills and experience a truly international academic event? The IAFOR Internship Programme offers paid opportunities for university students to assist at IAFOR conferences, involving responsibilities such as greeting participants, helping with registration and guiding participants to presentation rooms. To find out more, please visit the IAFOR Internship Programme page.

If you have any questions, or if you would like to suggest additional ways in which you could contribute to IAFOR’s interdisciplinary activities, please feel free to email [email protected].