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Three days of keynotes, panels, workshops, and networking — all designed for international education professionals.
The international education sector is navigating a period of profound transformation shaped by global instability, technological acceleration, regulatory reform, shifting labor markets, and evolving student expectations. To lead through this uncertainty, ISANA’s 2026 conference proposes an integrated stream framework that positions resilience, innovation, equity, and leadership at the centre of the sector’s future.
The following seven streams form the backbone of the conference program, providing a comprehensive and future-focused structure that supports practitioners, institutions, policymakers, and partners to collaborate, innovate, and build a resilient and inclusive international education environment.
Two days of keynotes, panels, workshops, and networking — designed for international education professionals.
This stream focuses on building institutional and sector-wide resilience in the face of global uncertainty. It encompasses crisis readiness, governance of uncertainty, climate adaptation, sustainable service design, and coordinated national and regional responses.
With AI and automation reshaping academic and support landscapes, this stream examines the intersection of technology and human experience. Topics include ethical AI governance, digital literacy, cybersecurity, machine-augmented learning environments, and the emerging role of AI copilots.
This stream highlights advancements across the student lifecycle, including hybrid orientation models, early-alert frameworks, engagement analytics, peer-led learning, co-designed services, and enhanced transition and support practices.
Equity, cultural safety, and wellbeing are foundational to international education. This stream focuses on anti-racism initiatives, preventing exploitation, enhancing welfare standards, safeguarding under-18s and vulnerable cohorts, and holistic wellbeing.
This stream addresses capability gaps, burnout, leadership development, high-performance teams, and workforce professionalisation across the sector.
This stream examines compliance, regulatory reform, AI-supported systems, and institutional leadership in complex environments.
This stream focuses on scholarly research undertaken by individuals and institutions under formal supervision.
