Past Events

The 2nd edition of ICEF French Education takes place in Montréal and provides a unique opportunity for francophone education providers promoting study programmes taught in French to network with screened, quality student recruitment agents from around the world.

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.

ICEF Spanish Education provided a rare opportunity for B2B networking between Spanish education providers and agents from 37 countries who travelled to Seville to meet with them and join fam trips around Andalusia and to Madrid.

ICEF Virtual Eurasia provided an opportunity for focused B2B networking between educators, agents and industry-related service providers, interested in recruiting students from across Eurasia.

As travel restrictions begin to lift, it was encouraging to see so many professionals coming together to connect with new and existing business contacts, in preparation for the return of international students to campuses across the globe.

Participants were able to make use of our flexible 24hrs scheduling system to accommodate all time zones.

With restrictions gradually lifting, the phenomenal success of ICEF Dubai 2022 was no surprise. The in-person format of this popular event was sold out weeks before - reflecting great anticipation for our industry’s recovery. Attendance was a huge 67% increase over the previous edition.

ICEF Virtual Miami, like our Virtual Americas event held earlier this year, focused on sending international students to the Americas. The success of both events demonstrates both a high level of activity in this market segment and the industrys’ confidence in the ICEF networking strategy.

Bringing the global education community together during the uncertainty of the pandemic, ICEF Berlin 2021 provided a unique solution to the challenges of rebuilding the industry.

Over the course of four days 1,767 individuals representing 1,444 industry organisations from 120 countries held a total of 22,535 in-person and virtual meetings.

In 2021, ICEF Virtual China successfully hosted 220 international education professionals over three days. Participants from 25 countries across five continents conducted 1,271 meetings, demonstrating a strong, interest in the world’s largest source of international students.

Over the course of the three days, 463 participants from 39 countries across five continents conducted 4,166 meetings, demonstrating that ICEF Virtual Latin America is unquestionably the best way for international student recruitment professionals to grow their business networks within this exciting region.

In 2021, ICEF Higher Education returned for its 14th edition and second virtual edition, to successfully connect international universities with ICEF- screened higher education-focused agents. Over the three day event, 331 participants from 87 countries across six continents conducted 2,393 meetings, demonstrating continued zeal and ardour for growth across the industry, in spite of the ongoing global travel restrictions.

In 2021, ICEF Virtual Asia marked it’s inaugural event, successfully hosting 589 international education professionals over three days. Participants from 50 countries across four continents conducted 5,945 meetings, showing tremendous appetite and enthusiasm for continued networking across the industry, despite ongoing global travel restrictions.

ICEF Virtual Africa successfully hosted 338 international education professionals over three days. Participants from 54 countries across five continents conducted 3,700 meetings, demonstrating a strong, international interest in the dynamic and vibrant African student market. It was ICEF’s third Africa-focussed event and also its largest by far, with agency representation growing by a staggering 85% compared to the last edition in Cape Town.

ICEF Virtual Americas successfully hosted 759 international education professionals over three days with participants drawn from 92 countries across six continents, demonstrating a strong, international interest in education programmes across the Americas. In 2021, this event had an expanded focus to include French education in North America.

ICEF Virtual Eurasia successfully hosted 391 international education professionals over three days with participants drawn from 42 countries across four continents, demonstrating a strong, international interest in recruiting students from Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey, the Caucasus and Central Asia for education programmes around the world.

ICEF Virtual Secondary Education successfully hosted 569 international education professionals over three days with participants drawn from 84 countries across three continents, demonstrating a strong, international interest in recruiting students for secondary education programmes around the world. Marking our largest ever secondary-focused event, ICEF Virtual Secondary education welcomed a huge 63% more organisations than ever before.

In 2021, ICEF Dubai returns as a virtual event: ICEF Virtual MENA. This time, the event enhances its focus specifically on the territories of the Middle East and North Africa, helping education institutions target expert recruitment agent partners within this region.

MENA represents an attractive source of students for leading education institutions and it’s easy to see why many are looking to expand their recruitment efforts within the region.

ICEF Virtual South Asia 2021 successfully hosted 226 international education professionals over three days with participants drawn from 19 countries across four continents, demonstrating a continued interest in maintaining and developing connections as educational institutions look to attract students from this important region.