IFNTF 2026 “Symposathon”: Call for Submission
15 December, 2025
In the August newsletter, we announced the AAUT and IFNTF collaboration to showcase AAUT recipients on a global platform. Now, the opportunity is here.
The IFNTF is excited to announce its fourth virtual “symposathon” (Symposium + Marathon), taking place on 16 – 17 April 2026, on the theme: Optimising Teaching Excellence: The Way We Work | The Way We Learn. This year’s central question: In a world of collapsing models, rising automation, shifting trust, and intensifying metrics — what does it mean to “optimise” education? This theme explores whose futures we’re building, what values shape our systems, and who determines how we teach, learn, and work.
Submissions are welcome on (but not limited to) the following thematic areas:
- Theme A: What Does “Optimising” Education Really Mean?
- Theme B: Work & Academia — Labour, Value, and Transformation
- Theme C: Institutional Disruption & Business Models in Higher Education
- Theme D: Politics, Autonomy & the Academic Public Sphere
- Theme E: Automation, AI & Re-thinking Teaching and Learning
Educators are invited to submit an extended an extended summary (up to 1500 words, excluding references). Papers may be theoretical, conceptual and/or empiricam and should be related to the conference’s key themes. At least one of the co-authors must have received a National Teaching Fellowship in their home country. AAUT recipients who meet this requirement are encouraged to submit.
KEY DATES
Submissions deadline : 31 Jan 31, 2026 (11.59 PM Anywhere on Earth (AOE))
Notification of acceptance : 28 Feb 2026
Registrations deadline : 10 Mar 2026
Submit your extended summary: https://forms.gle/VkoJTEv2VXwz7SMP8
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