Past Events

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.

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.

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.

ICEF HE Connect marked an ambitious and successful virtual return for our annual ICEF Higher Education event. With three days of one-on-one meetings, 27 live and on-demand webinars and dedicated networking rooms to encourage chance encounters, ICEF HE Connect brought together more higher education student recruitment professionals than ever before in this new online setting, with a 40% increase in participants versus our previous largest HE event in Helsinki in 2019.

Successfully hosting over 1,550 professionals during 3 days and with participants in 123 countries, ICEF Virtual Berlin facilitated over 16,500 meetings, demonstrating that ICEF networking events are crucial even in times of crisis. Now more than ever, student recruitment professionals from right across the globe are drawn to our events to come together and discuss critical solutions for the future of our industry.

In 2020, ICEF Virtual French Education welcomed nearly 150 international education industry professionals over 2 days, hosting over 690 meetings, and showing the tremendous appetite and enthusiasm for international education professionals in this industry niche.

ICEF Virtual Americas maintains a clear focus on Canada and the USA as study destinations. In 2020, this online event welcomed nearly 900 international education industry professionals over 3 days, hosting over 8,750 meetings, and showing the tremendous appetite and enthusiasm for continued networking across the industry, even as global travel is restricted.

ICEF Virtual ANZA maintains a clear focus on Australia and New Zealand as study destinations. In 2020, this online event welcomed 426 international education industry professionals over 3 days, hosting a combined 3,127 meetings, and showing the tremendous appetite and enthusiasm for continued networking across the industry, even with global travel restrictions.