We welcome individuals from across the educational and policy landscape who are engaged in research, practice, and the future of learning. This includes, but is not limited to:

1. Academics & Researchers

Faculty members, research associates, and scholars engaged in advancing knowledge through empirical research, theoretical work, and academic discussions.

2. School Educators & Education Practitioners

K–12 teachers, university instructors, curriculum developers, school leaders, and training specialists interested in pedagogical approaches, classroom practices, and intervention design.

3. Students & Early Career Scholars

Undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral candidates seeking to deepen their expertise, share emerging research, develop skills, and build networks with experts and institutions.

4. Professionals & Practitioners in Applied Settings

Counsellors, therapists, social workers, NGO professionals, and community-based practitioners who apply psychological and educational principles to foster well-being, prosocial development, community engagement, and social change.

5. Leaders, Administrators & Policymakers

Deans, directors, institutional heads, government officials, and policymakers involved in shaping organisational strategy, designing programmes, and implementing educational or community-level initiatives at local, national, or international levels.

The Developing/Fostering Grateful Communities, 2026 conference offers two distinct pathways for engagement. 

1. Learning: If you would like to participate primarily for Experiential Learning, with an emphasis on absorbing content, joining interactive workshops, and connecting with others, you are not required to present a paper. Instead, we ask that you submit a brief Statement of Interest. This statement, approximately 250 words in length, should include information about your background, the ways your work or interests align with the conference themes, and what you hope to gain from the three-day program.

2. Sharing: Participants may also choose the Sharing pathway by submitting an abstract that presents any novel ideas or existing work, whether practice-based or research-based, to be shared as a poster or paper. These submissions will be reviewed by the organising team and, if recommended, selected for presentation. Please note that the program’s primary aim is to offer an immersive learning environment, which means that only a very limited number of competitive oral and poster presentation slots will be available.

Clink the link to register - https://forms.gle/bfcSAB5Z7VkCU38v6 

Please refer to the table below for details of registration category. The registration fee would include a conference kit/bag, writing materials, schedule, two tea with snacks and lunch on all three conference days.