Call for contributions
Kia ora (“Life to you!”) from Aotearoa New Zealand.
We invite leaders, practitioners and beneficiaries of inclusive, scalable, and sustainable education to contribute their thinking and experiences to the ICDE World Conference, November 2025.
Our central theme is Ako: Exchanging ideas for inclusive, scalable, and sustainable education.
With four sub-themes:
- Accessibility and Resilience
- Context and Quality
- Indigeneity
- Innovation and Openness
Acceptance criteria for each contribution is as follows:
- Clear alignment with your chosen theme(s). Contributions aligned with additional topics including Lifelong Learning and other contemporary matters will also be considered.
- Quality of scholarship.
- Contribution to knowledge.
All submissions should be in English: If you would like to submit or present in a language other than English, please let us know beforehand at amika@conference.nz.
| Contribution | Initial requirement | Allocated time | Key information |
| Full papers | Abstract (200-250 words) | TBC |
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| Concise talks | Abstract (150-200 words) | TBC |
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| Workshops and panel proposals | Proposal (450-500 words) | 50mins |
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| Posters | Abstract (100-150 words) | 20mins |
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Please note; that in person (non-virtual) attendance at the conference in Aotearoa New Zealand is a requirement of contribution acceptance. No virtual presentations are possible.
All full papers not included in the Open Praxis Special Issue, all concise talk papers, all workshop and panel proposals, and all poster abstracts will be published in conference proceedings in 2026.
Submission
Please select your submission category below
Key dates
- Submission closes 11:59pm (NZDT), Sunday 16 February 2025.
- Notification of acceptance into the programme from Monday 7 April 2025.
- Early bird registration closes 11:59pm (NZST), Friday 19 September 2025.
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