The Canadian Bureau for International Education Call for Proposals 2025

Taking place in Québec City, on the traditional and unceded territory of the Huron-Wendat People, CBIE2025 – The Future in Focus will provide space for sector leaders, practitioners, and collaborators to share knowledge, forge meaningful partnerships, and explore new ideas to bring the future of international education into focus.

CBIE invites interested applicants to submit proposals for CBIE2025. Submissions are welcome from anyone interested in presenting to a diverse audience. Should the proposal be accepted, all speakers indicated in the proposal must register for the conference. Speakers will be expected to attend CBIE2025 to present their session in-person.

Interested applicants can submit up to three separate conference session proposals as either the primary speaker or as a co-speaker. The program committee welcomes submissions written in English or French. Concurrent sessions may be presented or delivered in English, French, or bilingually. Concurrent session proposals must be submitted in the language(s) in which they will be presented. If you are submitting a bilingual proposal, please include English and French text in your submission.

Speakers are encouraged to collaborate with colleagues and professionals from outside their institutions/organizations on session proposals. Where possible, speakers are encouraged to offer tools, resources, or frameworks that can be shared with attendees.

Sessions that pertain to marketing products or services will not be accepted.

Submissions can be edited up until the call for proposal submission deadline. Once the deadline has passed, edits will not be permitted or accepted. Email submissions will not be accepted. Incomplete submissions or submissions with missing information will be automatically disqualified and deleted.

Session Primary Contact

Each proposal must designate a primary contact to liaise with CBIE regarding all aspects of the proposal and, if selected, the session. This individual will be responsible for coordinating with session speakers, sharing important conference updates, and ensuring all speakers are registered for the event. Additionally, the primary contact must provide any required supporting materials for the proposal and/or session as requested by CBIE.

When selecting a primary contact, choose someone who can consistently communicate with our team. While the primary contact does not need to be a session speaker, they must confirm each speaker’s participation and work collaboratively with CBIE to ensure the session is well-organized.

Proposal Submission Cross-Cutting Themes

Submissions can select up to three (3) cross-cutting themes reflecting topics or issues that intersect and are relevant across multiple areas of focus:

• Justice, Equity, Diversity + Inclusion
• Indigenization and Intercultural Perspectives
• Sustainability + Climate Action
• The Sustainable Development Goals
• Practitioner Career Planning and Pathways
• Academic Research

Please submit your proposals here.

Key dates:

Applications open:  18 February 2025

Applications close: 1 April 2025

Decision notifications: July 2025

Early bid registration and payment deadline: 20 September 2025