January 07–11, 2027 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
International, Intercultural, Interdisciplinary
IAFOR Hawaii 2027 is part of the IAFOR American Conference Series and is a dual conference event featuring The 7th IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities in Hawaii (IICAH2027) alongside The 12th IAFOR International Conference on Education in Hawaii (IICE2028). Registration for either of these conferences will allow delegates to attend any joint plenary session or parallel sessions as desired.
Held in partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, this international conference encourages academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum stimulating respectful dialogue, by bringing together university scholars working throughout Hawai'i, the United States, Asia, and beyond to share ideas and research. This event will afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, networking, and facilitating partnerships across national and disciplinary borders.
Since its founding in 2009, IAFOR has brought people and ideas together in a variety of events and platforms to promote and celebrate interdisciplinary study, and underline its importance. Over the past year we have engaged in many cross-sectoral projects, including those with universities (the University of Barcelona, Hofstra University, UCL, University of Belgrade and Moscow State University), think tanks (the East-West Center), as well as collaborative projects with the United Nations in New York, and the Government of Japan through the Prime Minister’s office, and right here in Honolulu with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for this conference!
With the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, we have engaged in a number of interdisciplinary initiatives we believe will have an important impact on domestic and international public policy conversations. It is through conferences like these that we expand our network and partners, and we have no doubt that the event will offer a remarkable opportunity for the sharing of research and best practice, for the meeting of people and ideas. We expect the resultant professional and personal collaborations to endure for many years, and we look forward to seeing you in Honolulu!
Dr Joseph Haldane, Chairman and CEO, IAFOR His Excellency Professor Toshiya Hoshino, Osaka University, Japan Professor Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech., United States Professor Donald E. Hall, Binghamton University, United States Dr James W. McNally, University of Michigan, United States & NACDA Program on Aging Dr Grant Black, Chuo University, Japan Professor Dexter Da Silva, Keisen University, Japan Professor Gary Swanson, University of Northern Colorado, United States Professor Baden Offord, Curtin University, Australia Professor Frank Ravitch, Michigan State University, United States Professor William Baber, Kyoto University, Japan
Professor Grant Black, Chuo University, Japan Dr Joseph Haldane, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan Professor Donald E. Hall, University of Rochester, United States Dr Daniel Hoffman, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, United States Professor James W. McNally, University of Michigan, United States & NACDA Program on Aging Professor Deane Neubauer, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, United States Tialei Scanlan, Brigham Young University – Hawaii, United States Professor Gary E. Swanson, University of Northern Colorado, United States (fmr.) Robin Watson, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, United States
IAFOR's peer review process, which involves both reciprocal review and the use of Review Committees, is overseen by the Conference Programme Committee under the guidance of the International Academic Board (IAB). Review Committee members are established academics who hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields and who have previous peer review experience.
If you would like to apply to serve on the IICAH2027 Review Committee, please visit our application page.