Deadline:
February 01, 2026
Program Starts: March 05, 2026
Program Ends: March 07, 2026
Location(s)
Thailand
Bangkok
Overview
Held annually since 2006, the Education and Development Conference (EDC) is an international education conference that brings together educators, researchers, and policymakers from around the world. EDC focuses on education, teaching, technology, and educational development, with a special emphasis on the role of education in social and economic progress.
Hosted in Asia, primarily in Bangkok, Thailand, this global education conference offers a boutique, highly interactive environment where participants share research, classroom practice, and policy perspectives and build long-term collaborations.
Details
Empowering Educators, Elevating Communities
The 21st Education and Development Conference (EDC2026) will be held from March 5–7, 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand, at Radisson Suites Bangkok Sukhumvit. Continuing the long tradition of Tomorrow People Organization’s international education conference series, EDC2026 brings together educators, researchers, graduate students, and policymakers from around the world for three days of dialogue, research exchange, and collaborative learning.
EDC2026 offers an intimate, boutique environment that encourages meaningful conversations over performance, and provides space for participants to explore the role of education in shaping social, economic, and human development.
Why Attend This International Education Conference?
The Education and Development Conference (EDC) stands apart from typical international education conferences. Designed intentionally as a boutique, human-centered academic gathering, EDC creates space for meaningful dialogue, critical reflection, and genuine professional connection. Rather than prioritizing performance, large keynote stages, or concurrent sessions, the conference is structured around participation, shared experiences, and collaborative learning.
For over two decades, EDC has served as a platform where educators and researchers from around the world explore how education shapes human development, global citizenship, and community well-being. The intimate environment encourages deeper conversations, interdisciplinary exchange, and long-lasting professional relationships.
At its core, EDC is built on a simple idea: education is most impactful when people have the time and space to truly listen to one another.
History of the Education and Development Conference Series
The Education and Development Conference has been held annually since 2006, making it one of Asia’s longest-running international education conference series. What began as a small academic gathering has grown into a global platform that brings together participants from dozens of countries each year. Across its many editions, EDC has provided space for exchange on education research, teaching practices, social development, community well-being, and cultural understanding.
Over the years, the conference has been hosted in several locations across Asia, including Bangkok and Bali, each edition building on the spirit of open dialogue and connection that defines the series. The growing archive of past conferences reflects the evolution of global education conversations and highlights the collective contribution of thousands of participants who have shaped the EDC community over the past two decades.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Who Attends the Education and Development Conference?
EDC brings together a diverse international community from across the education and development sectors. Participants include university faculty, researchers, graduate students, school leaders, practitioners, policymakers, and professionals working in youth development, community engagement, leadership, and lifelong learning.
What unites this community is not a single discipline, but a shared belief that education plays a central role in shaping the future of societies. The conference welcomes people at different stages of their careers—from seasoned scholars to emerging researchers—creating an environment where ideas can evolve across perspectives, generations, and cultural backgrounds.
Dates
Deadline: February 01, 2026
Program starts:
March 05, 2026
Program ends:
March 07, 2026
Program Starts: March 05, 2026
Program Ends: March 07, 2026
Cost/funding for participants
Due to our non-profit nature and very limited funds, we are unable to provide any financial support to our participants. However, we encourage our participants to search for funding from outside organizations, and we can provide a letter of support for them. A number of our attendees receive some sort of funding from their home universities/ organizations as well as from the local NGO, corporate and governmental sectors.
To minimize the cost of the Conference, the Conference fee was projected based on the running costs only. We strongly encourage all applicants to apply early in order to avail on the early bid admission fee.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
