About ICEF Events
What are ICEF Events
ICEF Events are the leading B2B networking conferences for the international education sector.
Whether fully-online, or hybrid, our events facilitate outstanding student experiences, helping education institutions and high-quality student recruitment agents to develop strong partnerships. Spread over two or three days both online and in convenient locations around the world, they combine dedicated meeting sessions, thought leadership presentations, and informal networking spaces.
Why attend
Our networking events are a cost-effective and time-efficient solution to help you build and maintain the global relationships you need to thrive in the international student mobility sector. We bring together key decision makers from across international education to give you an unmatched opportunity to meet new business partners, refresh existing connections, build your brand, and learn about the issues impacting our industry today.
Unlike many networking conferences, whether you choose to join us online or in person, you’ll be able to experience the impromptu social elements which make networking so special. In addition, by giving you the option to join from wherever you are for any of our events, we are helping to minimise our impact on the planet by reducing emissions and generating less waste.
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Who you’ll meet
All ICEF Events bring together professionals from all sides of the international education industry. Everyone who attends has a genuine interest in building new partnerships and strengthening existing connections.
Education agents
We are proud to host carefully-vetted international student recruitment agencies, who represent the most qualified and trusted professionals within their territories, and who have demonstrated a consistent track record of successful student placement.
The education agents who are chosen to attend our events help education providers reach new prospective students and expand awareness of their study programmes in specific parts of the world.
Educational institutions
Education providers, including universities, colleges and schools – who represent the final destination for international students – come to ICEF Events because they trust us to help them meet high-quality new recruitment partners to promote their study programmes to potential students.
Other organisations
We also welcome other organisations which enhance the international student experience by offering products or services relevant to our industry.
These include student accommodation providers, insurance & financial service companies, edtech and software partners, purveyors of logistics and supplies, training, testing and accreditation bodies, as well as associations, cultural institutions and government bodies from all over the world.
About our different events
A hybrid event marries the immersive in-person onsite experience of an in-person networking conference with the ability to participate virtually, allowing delegates to not only attend at the venue, but also from wherever they are in the world.
As well as being able to meet with international education colleagues physically present at the same location, delegates attending the event can also seamlessly schedule additional meetings with global education professionals elsewhere. Likewise, attendees taking part virtually from elsewhere may also meet with others located anywhere around the world and participate in the full seminar programme.
For those attending virtually, our events use a combination of Marcom eSchedule PRO and Zoom to provide a seamless and engaging networking experience for all participants. This combination offers you direct and total control over the types of partners you meet during the event based on their main activity and country of origin, as well as the peace of mind of using a secure and stable platform for your meetings.
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation via email with log-in details enabling you to access our meeting scheduling system approximately 4 weeks prior to the event through your myICEF portal.
Please note that, while we will make every effort to deliver this hybrid event as detailed, ICEF reserves the right to deliver this event in an online only format should guidance from local health authorities change.
Our Virtual Events are unmatched in their ability to keep you in touch with the international education community, without having to travel. As well as maintaining your relationships with existing partners, our virtual events help you:
- Enjoy the industry’s leading virtual meeting solution, seamlessly combining pre-scheduled 1-to-1 video meetings with text chat and live and on demand webinars
- Get unmatched access to senior decision makers at ICEF pre-screened agents
- Access targeted contacts for specific regions or focus areas, helping you develop your network with confidence
- Receive 24 hour dedicated support in your language at any of our events, keeping things running smoothly for you and your team
- Receive accurate and reliable contact data for the industry’s largest database of individually pre-screened and reference checked agents
- Keep up-to-date with the latest industry news and trends through our unmatched programme of live and on demand seminars, helping you respond decisively to the latest changes
- Take to the international education industry’s centre stage to develop your brand and be seen amongst leading industry figures
- At a time when travel is challenging, provide vital updates to your partners and the wider community about upcoming developments or changes you may be facing as a business
- Meet new players within the international educational community. In our August 2020 ICEF Agent Voice survey, 72% of 130 agents surveyed indicated that they are looking for and have established new partnerships with educators during COVID-19
- Cost-effectively access new partners or territories where travel for you would have otherwise proven prohibitive
Upcoming Events
Explore our upcoming networking events for international education professionals from around the world by clicking on the links below:
ICEF Virtual Asia
June 22 - 24, 2021
ONLINE
ORIGIN EVENT
ICEF Virtual Asia is an exciting new online event designed specifically to meet the needs of international education professionals with a focus on Asia.
Bringing together education agencies from all over Asia, we are proud that this event provides the region’s best networking community for professionals with an interest in over 20 Asian student origin countries including Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, China, and India.
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ICEF Virtual Higher Education
September 14 - 16, 2021
ONLINE
GLOBAL EVENT
ICEF Virtual Higher Education is a dedicated online networking event specifically designed to meet the networking needs of the international higher education sector.
In 2021, this conference returns for its 14th edition to connect international tertiary education institutions, selected higher education-focused agents, and relevant service providers. Over 3 days, event attendees will network virtually, and learn more about emerging trends within the sector.
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ICEF Virtual Latin America
September 28 - 30, 2021
ONLINE
ORIGIN EVENT
ICEF Latin America returns virtually in 2021 as a networking event dedicated to helping global education providers to easily and cost-effectively identify reliable new student recruitment partners and refresh existing relationships with education agents from this part of the world.
This 3 day online event is designed to enhance opportunities for international study as students increasingly look to travel to and within this region.
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ICEF Virtual China
October 13 - 15, 2021
ONLINE
ORIGIN EVENT
ICEF Virtual China is an exciting new online networking event dedicated to helping education institutions around the world identify reliable new student recruitment partners as well as refresh existing relationships with agents in China.
Featuring high-quality, ICEF-screened education agents from 24 Chinese cities and provinces, the event brings 3 days of dedicated focus.
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ICEF Berlin
October 31 - November 02, 2021
Berlin, Germany
GLOBAL EVENT
ICEF Berlin gives you the international education industry’s largest networking event, and the world’s most comprehensive way to keep up with the latest developments in the international education sector.
Attendees can hold up to 40 one-to-one business meetings with other conference attendees over the course of the event and attend a range of insightful seminars, covering issues affecting the world of international education.
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ICEF Miami
December 06 - 08, 2021
Miami, USA
DESTINATION EVENT
ICEF Miami is an ideal opportunity for education institutions from the Americas to benefit from a large number of top quality student recruitment agents committed to building lasting partnerships and sending students to the region.
This packed event allows participants to schedule up to 38 one-to-one business meetings, and enjoy various market intelligence seminars and industry presentations.
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ICEF ANZA
March 09 - 11, 2022
Adelaide, Australia
DESTINATION EVENT
The 15th annual ICEF Australia New Zealand (ANZA) gives you the opportunity to meet the top international student recruitment agents from around the world who have a focus on Australia and New Zealand, as well as leading educators and service providers from this exciting and vibrant study destination.
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ICEF Ukraine Focus
March 21 - 22, 2022
Kiev, Ukraine
ORIGIN EVENT
ICEF Ukraine Focus gives international educators and service providers the opportunity to meet top-quality student recruitment agents from Ukraine at one focused event. It gives participants a chance to effectively target their marketing efforts in Ukraine, as well as in Russia and Eastern Europe all in one trip.
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ICEF Central Asia Focus
March 31 - April 01, 2022
Almaty, Kazakhstan
ORIGIN EVENT
ICEF Central Asia Focus gives international educators and service providers the opportunity to meet top-quality student recruitment agents from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Mongolia and Northern China at one focused event.
In 2022, ICEF Central Asia will be a hybrid event held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, as well as welcoming participants simultaneously online.
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ICEF Toronto
May 13 - 15, 2022
Toronto, Canada
DESTINATION EVENT
ICEF returns to Toronto in 2022 to give education providers from across the Americas the world’s best opportunity to meet student recruitment agents from around the world actively looking to send students to this leading study destination. Attended by the world’s best education agents focused on the Americas and organised by the industry leader in educator-agent networking events, ICEF Toronto is the must-attend international education networking event in Canada.
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ICEF French Education
May 17 - 18, 2022
Montréal, Canada
DESTINATION EVENT
ICEF French Education provides a targeted opportunity for education providers promoting programmes taught in French to meet top-quality, focused student recruitment agents from around the globe.
At this immersive hybrid event, educational institutions are able to meet with screened, focused student recruitment agents and service providers from around the world, both in-person and online.
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