This conference targets current and aspiring educational leaders including, but not limited to, Heads of School, division Principals, subject department or grade-level leaders, middle management, directors of sports or activities, business and HR managers, and coordinators of school initiatives (i.e., diversity, inclusion, wellness, service-learning, etc).

The theme of this year’s conference is “Opportunities to Build”. As schools are all about people, we will explore the opportunities to nurture excellent learning environments and develop our learners (students, parents, staff, teachers, and leaders). The conference sub-themes will be focused on Futures, Leaders, Spaces and Lives.

–       Building Futures: explores learning now for an uncertain future.

–       Building Leaders: discusses issues and initiatives to develop stakeholder leadership and decision-making involvement at internationals schools, especially our students.

–       Building Spaces: looks at all the opportunities to design structures and spaces that will promote safe and effective learning.

–       Building Lives: will look at issues of diversity, inclusion, wellness, and support at our schools.

The conference format will include two keynote speakers with global recognition, and workshop sessions presented by the keynote speakers, educational leaders, peer presenters, sponsors and even students.  The conference also hosts planning sessions for ACAMIS Athletic Directors and ACE Coordinators, both focused on providing students with excellent opportunities to compete or exchange in athletics, the arts, student leadership, and other student clubs/activities.