Example topics

Topics are created by participants and posted on the Topic Market. They can be as broad or as specific as you want them to be. The important thing is to ensure the topic is clear. 

As inspiration, here are some of the 200+ topics posted in last year’s Braindate Topic Market:

  • Bespoke Student Experiences: what would your perfect program look like and why?
  • Beyond the city limits - attracting students to study in regional areas
  • You know climate action matters in IE but don’t know where to start. Find out how we can help
  • Are your provider staff aware of their ESOS obligations?
  • Enhance CRM with follow-ups, reports, flagging, a course finder, and aggregator integration.
  • How volunteering can create a holistic student experience & enhance the sector's social license
  • What is the role of an institutions website in student acquisition?
  • Are you struggling to keeping your website upto date and deliver personalised content?
  • Do you use/considering any of the Adobe Experience cloud products and have questions?
  • How to improve admissions efficiencies and enhance the student application experience
  • How to embed volunteering into your program to enrich international students' experiences
  • Measuring marketing channel attribution in the international student admissions journey!
  • Lets discuss digital media strategies - what are your markets of interest and how to reach them
  • Talk points for my next BBQ. Help me talk about #intled to my friends so they get it!
  • Indigenous Engagement and International Education
  • Bridging the Gap: Improving Student Visa Success Rate for Level 2 and 3 Countries
  • How does AI affect your marketing & channel recruitment?
  • Innovative Strategies for Recruiting US Students for Higher Education Programs
  • Preventative mental health programs... can they support engagement, retention and completion?
  • Staff wellbeing: can we move beyond time management courses?
  • Cross Tasman Education Pathways for International Students and Migrants in Australia and NZ
  • Content and Caps - how to navigate the world of content marketing in a capped environment
  • How to faciliates holistic international student experiences via volunteering at scale.
  • Admission and Compliance
  • How can we help our students become more confident in a global learning environment?
  • Reconciling Student Enrollment Data: Bridging the Pathway-University Gap
  • Women in the industry: opportunities and challenges
  • Closing the Gap: Innovative Programs to Empower High School to Higher Ed
  • How to improve admissions efficiencies and enhance the student application experience
  • How to cultivate students with Global Competence? How does TNE benefit it?
  • Creating a holistic student experience via volunteering
  • Opportunities for international students and migrants in New Zealand (Aoeteroa).
  • Let's talk about digital marketing strategies in international markets
  • Creating a holistic student experience via volunteering and strengthening their social license
  • Storing and managing international agreements. Pros and cons of using various softwares.
  • How can we truly track and measure the impact of outbound programs?
  • Career data for international students. Outcomes and impact on skill shortages
  • How to improve admissions efficiencies and enhance the student application experience
  • Content and Caps - how to navigate the world of content marketing in a capped environment.
  • VET TNE in India and elsewhere
  • Secondary school holistic support
  • Is your university open in appointing new agents from south Asia.
  • Partnerships and Agreements in Education
  • International Admissions

Check out AIEC's key interest areas to get an idea of the types of topics that AIEC delegates are interested in.  

Key dates

11 February - Call for proposals opens

14 March - Call for proposals closes

May - Registration open

mid-June - Program released

31 July - Super early bird registration closes

12 September - Early bird registration closes

14–17 October – AIEC 2025