Events Archive
Conferences
To access proceedings from WACE World conferences from 2017 please see the Resources section.
WACE World Conference 2025
May 28 - May 30 2025
Bahcesehir University Istanbul
WACE World Conference 2023
June 28 - 30, 2023
University of Waterloo, Canada
Navigating New Wil Horizons
May 10/11-13 2021
Virtual Global Conference
WACE held an innovative online conference to bring together the global WIL community to explore work-integrated learning and its important role in the emerging world of work.
WACE World Conference 2019
3rd-7th August 2019
University of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
WACE World Conference 2017
5th – 8th June, 2017
Chiang Mai, Thailand
WACE World Conference 2015
18 – 21 August, 2015
Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
WACE World Conference 2013
24 – 27 June, 2013
Durban, South Africa
WACE World Conference 2011
14 – 17 June, 2011
Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States of America
Early World Conferences
- 1979 Brunel University, London, England
- 1981 Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.A.
- 1983 Swinburne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
- 1985 Napier College, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1987 HBO-RAAD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 1989 Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, Hamilton, Canada
- 1991 Hong Kong Polytechnic, Hong Kong
- 1993 Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
- 1995 University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica
- 1997 Cape Technikon, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
- 1999 Cooperative Education Association, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
- 2001 Suranaree University of Technology, Nahon Ratchasima, Thailand
- 2003 HBO-RAAD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2005 Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 2007 Singapore, Singapore
- 2009 Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
International Research Symposia (IRS) on Cooperative Education and Work Integrated Education
To access proceedings from WACE International Research Symposia from 2016 please see the Resources section.
6th WACE IRS, 2026
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
5th WACE IRS, 2024
University West, Sweden
4th WACE IRS, 2022
Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
2020 WACE IRS
The 2020 Symposium was cancelled as a result of the global impact of COVID-19.
3rd WACE IRS, 2018
Stuttgart, Germany
2nd WACE IRS, 2016
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
10th International Symposium, 2014
University West, Trollhatten, Sweden
9th International Symposium, 2012
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
8th International Symposium, 2010
Graz, Austria
Other Events
Chief Academic Officer Colloquia
- Chief Academic Officer Colloquium 2016 Boston
- Chief Academic Officer Colloquium 2015 @ NYC
- European Colloquium 2012
Experiential Education Institute
- Experiential Education Institute 2017 @ Merrimack College
- Planning Institute 2016 @ WIT Boston
- Planning Institute for Experiential Education 2015
- WACE ISO @ SUT Planning Institute 2015
- Experiential Education Institute 2014
Assessment Institutes
- Assessment Institute 2016 @ UWaterloo
- Assessment Institute 2015 @ Drexel University
- Assessment Institute 2014 @ Denver
International Conference
- International Conference on Cooperative & Work Integrated Education, 2012
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey - International Conference on Work Integrated Learning, 2010
Hong Kong Polytechnic, Hong Kong