Programme

Thursday, July 09 and Friday, July 10 will be held at SOAS University of London.
Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12 will be held at University College London Torrington Place Training Centre.
Monday, July 13 will be held online.

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Conference Outline

Thursday, July 09Friday, July 10Saturday, July 11Sunday, July 12Monday, July 13

Conference Venue: SOAS University of London, Brunei Gallery Building

09:00-09:50: Conference Check-in & Networking Coffee | Brunei Suite (Ground Floor)

09:50-10:35: Welcome Addresses & Recognition of IAFOR Scholarship Winners | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Online
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR & University College London, United Kingdom

10:35-11:00: Keynote Presentation | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Online via Zoom
11:00-11:15: Q&A

11:20-12:20: Panel Presentation | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Online via Zoom

12:20-12:30: Conference Photograph | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

12:30-14:00: Extended Break

14:00-14:25: Keynote Presentation | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Online via Zoom
14:25-14:40: Q&A

14:45-15:45: The Forum | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

15:45-16:45: Welcome Reception | Brunei Suite

19:00: Conference Dinner | The Savile Club
This is an optional ticketed event. Further Information

Conference Venue: SOAS University of London, Brunei Gallery Building

09:00-09:15: Conference Check-in | Brunei Gallery Suite (Ground Floor)

09:15-10:00: IAFOR Information Session | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
This session provides an overview of what to expect at the conference, including guidance on preparing your presentation, publishing opportunities, and ways to engage with IAFOR.

10:00-10:30: Networking Coffee Break | Brunei Suite

10:30-10:50: EGen2025 Special Address | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Online via Zoom

10:50-11:15: Keynote Presentation | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Online via Zoom
11:15-11:30: Q&A Session

11:35-12:35: Panel Presentation | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Online via Zoom

12:35-13:55: Extended Break

13:55-14:20: Keynote Presentation | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Online via Zoom
14:20-14:35: Q&A

14:40-15:40: Plenary Panel Discussion | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Online via Zoom

15:45-16:45: Conference Poster Sessions & Networking Coffee | Brunei Suite (Ground Floor) & Theatre Foyer

Conference Venue: Torrington Place Training Centre, University College London

09:15-10:00: Conference Check-in | Torrington Place Training Centre (Ground Floor Foyer)

10:00-11:40: Onsite Parallel Session 1

11:40-12:10: Networking Coffee Break

12:10-13:50: Onsite Parallel Session 2

13:50-14:05: Break

14:05-15:45: Onsite Parallel Session 3

15:45-16:15 Networking Coffee Break

16:15-17:55: Onsite Parallel Session 4

Conference Venue: Torrington Place Training Centre, University College London

08:45-09:00: Conference Check-in | Torrington Place Training Centre (Ground Floor Foyer)

09:00-10:40: Onsite Parallel Session 1

10:40-11:10: Networking Coffee Break

11:10-12:50: Onsite Parallel Session 2

12:50-13:05: Break

13:05-14:45: Onsite Parallel Session 3

14:45-15:15: Networking Coffee Break

15:15-16:55: Onsite Parallel Session 4

17:00-17:15: Onsite Closing Session | G12 (Ground)

Conference Venue: Online via Zoom

07:55-08:00: Message from IAFOR

08:00-09:40: Online Parallel Session 1 (Online via Zoom)

09:40-09:50: Break

09:50-11:30: Online Parallel Session 2 (Online via Zoom)

11:30-11:40: Break

11:40-13:20: Online Parallel Session 3 (Online via Zoom)

13:20-13:30: Break

13:30-14:45: Online Parallel Session 4 (Online via Zoom)

14:50-15:50: The Forum | Live-Stream Room 1 (Online via Zoom)
All delegates are encouraged to attend The Forum.

15:50-15:55: Closing Message from IAFOR

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Accepted Presentations

One of the greatest strengths of IAFOR’s international conferences is their international and intercultural diversity.
As of May 11, 2026, EGen2026 has received over 160 submissions from 51 countries.

Accepted Presentations

Speakers

To be announced

  • Dorina Cadar
    Dorina Cadar
    University of Sussex, United Kingdom
  • Paul Chamberlain
    Paul Chamberlain
    Royal College of Art, United Kingdom
  • Paul Chamberlain
    Paul Chamberlain
    Royal College of Art, United Kingdom
  • Evangelia Chrysikou
    Evangelia Chrysikou
    University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
  • Alfonso J. García-Osuna
    Alfonso J. García-Osuna
    Hofstra University, United States
  • Lee Jerome
    Lee Jerome
    Middlesex University, United Kingdom
  • Allison Littlejohn
    Allison Littlejohn
    University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
  • James W. McNally
    James W. McNally
    University of Michigan & NACDA Program on Aging, United States

Featured Presentations

To be announced

  • Don’t Let AI Change What It Means to Teach
    Don’t Let AI Change What It Means to Teach
    Keynote Presentation: Allison Littlejohn

Conference Programme & Abstract Book

The draft version of the Conference Programme will be available online on June 01, 2026. All registered delegates will be notified of this publication by email.

*Please be aware that the above schedule may be subject to change.

Important Information Emails

All registered attendees will receive an Important Information email and updates in the run-up to the conference. Please check your email inbox for something from "iafor.org". If you can not find these emails in your normal inbox, it is worth checking in your spam or junk mail folders as many programs filter out emails this way. If these did end up in one of these folders, please add the address to your acceptable senders' folder by whatever method your email program can do this.

Previous Programming

View details of programming for past EGen conferences via the links below.

EGen2025 EGen2024
EGen2023 EGen2022 EGen2019
Dorina Cadar
University of Sussex, United Kingdom

Biography

TBA

Keynote Presentation (2026) | TBA
Paul Chamberlain
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom

Biography

TBA

Keynote Presentation (2026) | TBA
Paul Chamberlain
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom

Biography

TBA

Keynote Presentation (2026) | TBA
Evangelia Chrysikou
University College London (UCL), United Kingdom

Biography

Dr Evangelia Chrysikou, RIBA is Associate Professor within the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction at University College London, United Kingdom, and Founder/Programme Director of the university’s MSc Healthcare Facilities. A multi-awarded RIBA architect and healthcare planner, Dr Chrysikou has published widely and won several prestigious grants and fellowships from international organisations, including Horizon 2020, UKRI, Wellcome, British Academy, Royal Society of New Zealand, and the Sasakawa Foundation. Her research interests lie at the spectrum of inclusion in relation to design, spanning across the disciplines of built environment, health, digital technologies and the social sciences. Dr Chrysikou is a member of the National Accessibility Authority, Hellenic Republic by invitation from the Greek Prime Minister, and a member of the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Life Sciences and Healthcare Council Leadership Committee. She was the coordinator of the Environment Section of the EIPonAHA, EU, and has worked as a consultant for international government bodies such as the Japanese MOFA, Peru Reconstruction Mechanism, and the British Government for projects related to healthcare planning and architecture. She was elected Vice-President of the Urban Public Health section of EUPHA in 2018.

Previous Presentations

Featured Interview (2022) | Featured Interview with Miriam Weber, WHO European Healthy Cities Network Chair for Utrecht, Netherlands
Alfonso J. García-Osuna
Hofstra University, United States

Biography

Alfonso J. García-Osuna has taught at Hofstra University and at City University of NY-Kingsborough for over 35 years. He specialises in mediaeval and early modern literature, receiving his PhD (1989) from the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He has completed postdoctoral work at the University of Valladolid, Spain, has published six books, and is a frequent contributor to specialised journals. Additionally, Dr García-Osuna is the editor of the IAFOR Journal of Arts and Humanities.

Alfonso received primary and secondary education in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, the place where his family originated and where he grew up. An avid cyclist, he has completed the Road to Santiago, an 867-kilometre route through northern Spain, eight times.

The Forum (2026) | The Role of the Arts & Humanities in Troubling Times: Part 3

Previous Presentations

Keynote Presentation (2024) | Humanities at the Helm: Mobilising Scholars to Confront the Planetary Climate Crisis
Lee Jerome
Middlesex University, United Kingdom

Biography

Professor Lee Jerome has worked in secondary schools as a history and sociology teacher, in the charity sector running citizenship projects, and in universities teaching on a variety of courses from undergraduate to doctoral programmes. His main interests are linked to citizenship education, children's rights education, and the work of teachers. He is editor of the academic journal Education, Citizenship and Social Justice and his books include England’s Citizenship Education Experiment (2012), Children’s Rights Education in Diverse Schools (2021 with Hugh Starkey), Votes at 16 (2025 with Ben Kisby) and Educating for Citizenship (forthcoming). Professor Jerome’s recent projects include leading a group of student researchers to develop proposals for the national curriculum review in England, a 3-year student survey of citizenship education in secondary schools, and an international project to explore student-led approaches to learning about divisive contemporary issues.

Keynote Presentation (2026) | TBA
Allison Littlejohn
University College London (UCL), United Kingdom

Biography

Professor Allison Littlejohn is Pro-Vice Provost for Grand Challenge Data Empowered Societies and Professor of Learning and Technology in the UCL Knowledge Lab at University College London (UCL), United Kingdom. Her research expands our understanding of the socio-technical impacts of digital transformation at work and how it impacts work and learning. Professor Littlejohn was previously Director of the UCL Knowledge Lab, University College London (2020 -2025); Dean (Learning & Teaching) at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (2019-20); Academic Director for Digital Innovation at the Open University, United Kingdom (2015-2019); and Professor and Director of the Caledonian Academy at Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom (2006-2015). She holds the Ruth Wong Visiting Professorship at the National Institute of Education, Singapore.

Keynote Presentation (2026) | Don’t Let AI Change What it Means to Teach
James W. McNally
University of Michigan & NACDA Program on Aging, United States

Biography

Dr James W. McNally is the Emeritus Research Scientist for the NACDA Program on Aging, located in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, United States. He was trained initially in forensic anthropology at the University of Maryland and then in formal demography at Georgetown University. As part of this PhD work, Dr McNally was awarded the first minor degree in social gerontology from the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University, followed by a two-year postdoctoral appointment examining policy applications of health data at Syracuse University’s Center for Policy Research. After teaching at Brown University as an Assistant Research Professor, Dr McNally directed the NACDA Program on Aging from 1998 to 2025, building an internationally recognised collection of seminal studies on the aging lifecourse, health, retirement, and international aspects of ageing. In addition to lifecourse research, he has spent much of his career addressing mechanisms to maintain and strengthen family support networks, focusing on the needs of frail or cognitively impaired elders, presenting on these issues in the United States and internationally. Dr McNally serves on the International Academic Board of IAFOR.

Special Address (2026) | EGen2026 Special Address

Previous Presentations

Workshop Presentation (2022) | NACDA: Data on Aging Resources from Research Ideation to Long-Term Preservation and Sharing
Don’t Let AI Change What It Means to Teach
Keynote Presentation: Allison Littlejohn

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is permeating education systems worldwide, reshaping teaching, learning, and assessment. Research shows that most university educators now use AI tools in their practice (Wang et al, 2026). Even those educators who choose not to use AI in their teaching still encounter AI use in their work, because of the large number of students choosing to use AI to carry out coursework (Digital Education Council, 2025). For academics, the use of AI raises fundamental questions about professional identity and power. AI adoption risks transferring pedagogical choices from educators to technologists, shifting teaching practice away from human-centred practice towards the management of data and technology. This presentation examines how educators draw on cognitive, affective, and social practices to support learning. Practices such as real-time sensemaking through student cues, purposive instructional design anticipating misconceptions, and creating emotional scaffolds that enable learning. While AI can assist with some tasks, it cannot replicate the professional judgment needed for effective teaching. Taking a wider perspective, this keynote will explore the effects of AI and data usage on professional agency, highlighting power shifts and vulnerabilities of people in different professions. Ways to navigate these vulnerabilities will also be discussed through forms of professional development that allow the negotiation of future work in ways that ensure AI adoption empowers human workers, rather than the AI being empowered by human work.

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