Three Transformative Platforms, One Global Event
ICITE 2026 brings together research, professional expertise, and school-based innovation through three interconnected platforms. Each platform is designed to encourage knowledge sharing, collaboration, creativity, and meaningful educational impact at national and international levels.
Conference Paper Presentation
The Conference Paper Presentation provides an international platform for academics, researchers, educators, postgraduate students, educational leaders, and practitioners to present original research, conceptual studies, systematic reviews, best practices, and educational innovations. Participants may submit papers across a wide range of educational fields, including teaching and learning, curriculum, educational psychology, leadership and policy, artificial intelligence, digital learning, STEM and TVET education, inclusive education, sustainability, and other emerging issues in education.Accepted submissions will be presented through oral or poster sessions and may be considered for conference proceedings, edited book chapters, or selected journal publications, subject to the relevant review and publication requirements.
Alumni Summit
The PPIP Alumni Summit brings together alumni, academics, educational leaders, teachers, researchers, and professionals to exchange expertise, strengthen professional networks, and explore opportunities for collaboration. The summit will feature distinguished alumni forums covering educational leadership and policy, higher education leadership, research and publication, school management, teacher professional development, curriculum and assessment, STEM education, educational psychology, inclusive education, TVET, entrepreneurship, international academic collaboration, and the future of education. Through these forums, alumni will contribute their knowledge, professional experiences, and perspectives towards educational innovation and global impact.
School Innovation Competition
The School Innovation Competition provides a platform for students, teachers, pre-service teachers, and undergraduate students to showcase innovative educational ideas, products, prototypes, teaching materials, and solutions addressing real-world challenges.
The competition is divided into the following two categories:
Category A: School Student Innovation
This category is open to primary and secondary school students. Participants may submit innovations related to STEM, artificial intelligence, educational technology, sustainability, digital learning, robotics, coding, inclusive education, or community-based solutions.
Participation may be individual or in teams of up to five students, supported by one teacher adviser. Participants may present their innovation through a poster, prototype, product demonstration, digital presentation, or short oral presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session.
Category B: Educator and Higher Education Student Innovation
This category is open to school teachers, Institute of Teacher Education (IPG) students, and undergraduate students. Participants may showcase innovative teaching approaches, educational products, digital applications, learning modules, assessment tools, prototypes, or practical solutions that enhance teaching, learning, inclusion, and educational practice.
Participation may be individual or team-based. Each innovation will be presented through a poster, prototype, product demonstration, digital presentation, or short oral presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session.
Objectives
The organization of ICITE 2026 aims to:
- To provide an international platform for academics, researchers and educators to present research results, share best practices and strengthen collaboration in the field of education.
- To foster a culture of innovation among teachers and students through educational innovation competitions that encourage the development of creative and high-impact teaching ideas, products and practices.
- To strengthen the relationship between PPIP and alumni through their involvement as forum panelists, guest speakers, mentors and strategic partners in academic development and research.
- To enhance the network of cooperation between universities, schools, government agencies, industry and professional organisations at the national and international
- To increase the visibility of PPIP and Universiti Sains Malaysia as an institution that leads excellence in research, innovation and educational development.
- To produce a sustainable impact on the development of education through scientific publications, educational innovations, sharing of expertise and the formation of professional networks.
Welcome to ICITE 2026
The Organising Committee of ICITE 2026 is honoured to announce that the conference will be officially inaugurated by Dr. Rusmini Binti Ku Ahmad, Deputy Director-General of Education Malaysia, Policy and Curriculum Sector. Dr. Rusmini started her career as an assistant teacher in several secondary schools from 1991 to 2001, after which she served as a lecturer and later department head at Institute Aminuddin Baki’s Northern Branch. From 2010 to 2015, she held a senior lecturer position at the institute’s Genting Highlands campus. She was Director of the Research Development & Innovation Center and Deputy Rector at the Teacher Education Institute of Malaysia before becoming Rector from October 2018 to February 2023.She was the Director of Curriculum Development Division from February 2023 to 27 October 2024.
Keynote Speakers
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