The top 10 global education conferences for 2025

20 Nov 2024 · 8
Looking to up your professional development this year as an education professional? These education conferences will give you the chance to foster collaboration, network, and grow your professional development, allowing you to build professional skills that contribute to your student’s success.
Mark your calendars for the 10 top global education conferences coming up in 2025.

The best education conferences in North America

3rd - 6th March, 2025
Multiple Venues, Austin, Texas, USA
The SXSW EDU conference is one of the largest and most well-known education conferences. Combined with the larger SXSW confernece, this event brings together culture, film, music, technology, and education professionals for innovation, experimentation, and learning.  
This symposium offers a diverse lineup of sessions, exhibitions, experiences, workshops, competitions, film screenings, mentorship, networking, and so much more.
With 12 distinct tracks including Accessibility and Inclusion, Arts and Storytelling, Future of Tech, Policy and Advocacy, Startups, Leadership, and more, there’s something at this conference for every educator.
SXSW EDU attendees can expect cutting-edge insights and in-person networking opportunities with other educators, education leaders, policymakers, and industry professionals.
Looking for a full list of tech events across North America in 2025? Explore our selection of the top tech conferences in the US & Canada.
14th - 16th March, 2025
Hilton Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The National Education Association's (NEA) National Conference on Higher Education is a must-attend event for higher education scholars or providers. This year’s theme is “Promoting, Protecting, and Strengthening Higher Education: The Foundation of Our Democracy.”
The NEA conference invites members to submit proposals and research and present workshops — and gives an opportunity for any higher education professionals to learn, network with peers, and grow both professionally and personally.
crowd in an exhibition hall
26th - 29th March, 2025
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Want to shape the future of science education? Experience it firsthand at the NSTA Philly ’25, one of the most engaging international learning conferences for science educators.
This four-day science and STEM education conference uniquely serves as a hub for educators to learn collaboratively, share learning experiences, and connect with science education leaders and peers. You can also explore innovative teaching tools and educational technology at the NSTA Expo Hall.
This year’s conference sessions and tracks will center on assessment, educator resilience, 3D learning techniques, trends in science education and pedagogy, and leadership.
Looking to travel more sustainably?
Offset your business travel carbon footprint with GreenPerk.
In a world full of talk, it's our actions that truly make an impact. Explore the power of action in education at the ASCD’s Annual Conference, from innovative teaching methods to grassroots movements shaping the future of education.
This year's keynote speakers will focus on the theme “Leading Without Limits: Spark Joyful Learning”, offering practical solutions to educational leadership.
One of the priorities is teaching strategies for fostering inclusive environments, aiming to provide every student with access to quality innovative teaching and instructional resources essential for student success. This teaching conference promises to be a valuable opportunity to connect with and learn from ASCD authors and education leaders.
22nd - 25th June, 2025
Gaylord National, Washington DC, USA
The 2025 Model Schools Conference is one of the fastest ways for educators to hear from leaders and innovations in K-12 education and learn what’s working in real schools around the country.
You’ll hear keynotes from thought leaders and lightning talks and educator sessions from peers and teachers at Model Schools in Orlando, Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans, Nashville, Atlanta, Denver, and many more cities and small towns around the country. Plus, plenty of time for networking and how-to sessions to send you home with practical tips and actionable strategies to improve student outcomes and culture.
If you're a teacher, principal, or part of school leadership for Pre-K through High School, mark this event as a must-attend on your calendar.
This is a great conference to take the whole team to. Make the travel process simple with our guide to group travel booking.

Your go-to education conference in Latin America

28th April - 1st May, 2025
Expo Center Norte, São Paulo, Brazil
BETT Educar is the largest innovation and technology for education conference in Latin America. It brings together over 45,000 educators, industry changemakers, EdTech companies, and speakers around the world for four days of networking, learning, and innovation.
It’s the perfect place for you to expand your network, discuss the future of education, draw inspiration from leading EdTech companies, and discover the latest innovative educational technology available in the market. Are you an educator? You’ll have the chance to discover the right solutions for your classroom needs. More of a tech enthusiast? Come connect with a diverse range of participants, from learners to EdTech startups and global tech giants.
Need to organize travel for your team for an upcoming conference? Check out our list of top 10 best group travel companies.

Must attend education conferences in Europe

7th - 9th March, 2025
Vienna, Austria
This conference showcases innovation and progress in the field of education and teaching methodologies.
Educators are invited to both present education research and learn from other industry leaders as you network together, share your findings, and above all, gain valuable perspectives and feedback on your work.
This year’s themes will center around big-picture education and teaching strategies, English Language Teaching (ELT), and Foreign Language Teaching (FLT). If any of these areas are specialties or challenges for you, join other top academics this spring to discuss, learn, and innovate. 
audience in a hall applauds
10th - 14th July, 2025
SOAS and University College London, London, United Kingdom
This education conference promises to be a rich and diverse exchange of education’s new insights, the latest research, and innovative teaching strategies, offering perspectives from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds.
The conference themes for the 2025-2029 conference series will focus on Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Humanity and Human Intelligence, Global Citizenship and Education for Peace, and Leadership.
Conference sessions, presentations, and workshops will focus on these themes in theory, policy, and practice, giving you a chance to delve into scholarly research, explore new innovations, and bring back practical strategies for your teaching.
Looking for role-specific conferences for the non-educators on your team? Check out these lists for professional development in 2025:
 

Grab a seat at one of the top education conferences in Asia

19th - 21st August, 2025
Online and in-person in Tokyo, Japan
Japan’s renowned education system consistently ranks among the world's best, making it the perfect place for hosting the World Conference on Education and Training (WCET) 2025. This international conference offers an extensive three-day program comprising breakout sessions and poster exhibitions, all dedicated to 18 core topics, including Higher Education, Education for Sustainability and Transformational Learning, Management Education, Educational Technology and Distance Education and more.
The symposium aims to unite a wide spectrum of education leaders, teachers, learners, researchers, and administrators, fostering collaborative learning experiences and knowledge exchange. With speakers from Australia, the USA, China, Japan, Canada, the UK, and more, you’ll get to hear global perspectives on education.
Travel Request Form Template

Preparing for a business trip? Simplify travel requests with our form. Outline goals, meeting schedules and budgets in minutes with our easy-to-use template.

The best education conference in the Middle East & Africa

7th - 9th May, 2025
Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Experience Africa's largest international conference on educational technology at eLearning in Africa. Since it’s inception, the conference has hosted over 20,000 participants from 100+ countries and 4,000 speakers covering digital learning, training, and skill development.
It also hosts the annual meeting of African ICT and Education ministers, fostering dialogue on information technology and critical issues impacting the future of education.
This year’s conference will feature keynote sessions, dialogues, discovery demos, panel discussions, one-on one networking meetings, workshops, and more, held in English and French. For anyone involved in Africa’s education industry, this is the perfect conference for you to learn, network, and grow.

Excited to transform the future of education with your team?

Education conferences are the perfect place to connect with other like-minded educators to learn from each other.
Making and managing your travel bookings with TravelPerk enables you to focus on what matters — the future of education and your role in it.
TravelPerk’s intuitive online booking tool allows you to quickly make bookings for your business travel, whether you’re traveling by plane, train, or car. You can also make book accommodations at top hotels and take advantage of negotiated rates on stays all over the world.
And if you’re traveling with your team, TravelPerk makes group bookings easy too. Not sure who can make it? Reserve your tickets with TravelPerk’s FlexiPerk solution, and get 80% of your money back if you need to cancel, even within a few hours of your trip.
EU Business School switched to TravelPerk and saved €66,000 from trips canceled in 2023. With flexibility to book sooner and cancel if they need to, travel booking is simple and saves money.
Whether you’re headed to a conference one town over or on the other side of the world, TravelPerk is the A+ booking solution that’ll get you where you need to go.
Lachende Frau Mit Handy Und Kopfhoerern Unterwegs Neu

Simpler, smarter business travel: Book, manage and report all in one place.

Your details will be used for demo purposes only. View Privacy Policy.
Woman riding train

Make business travel simpler. Forever.

  • See our platform in action. Trusted by thousands of companies worldwide, TravelPerk makes business travel simpler to manage with more flexibility, full control of spending with easy reporting, and options to offset your carbon footprint.
  • Find hundreds of resources on all things business travel, from tips on traveling more sustainably, to advice on setting up a business travel policy, and managing your expenses. Our latest corporate travel resources and blog posts have you covered.
  • Never miss another update. Stay in touch with us on social for the latest product releases, upcoming events, and articles fresh off the press.