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Héctor García, author of Ikigai, suggests that AI is not only changing work, but challenging a basic human need: to feel useful, loved, and connected to something worth doing.

The full interview is now available to watch on YouTube.
https://t.co/0QJMuX6MMI

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“Many people are not getting married these days and live alone, so the issue of desperation, the struggle, is still a big problem in Japan. To intentionally build a community in such a traditional way will be quite important in the near future”.

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“In the West, we kind of see ageing as growing irrelevance: how do we get people to age gracefully, painlessly, but we assume they're increasingly irrelevant. Whereas the Eastern approach is much more circular, and communities are multigenerational”.

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“There are hundreds of books about Ikigai today. Many people ask me why. I think it's because there is a need for meaning in the world today.”

Hector Garcia, author of Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, Japan

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“There is no point in increasing the lifespan anymore. Adding 18 years of multimorbidity, on average, is something that can bankrupt a country”.

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“Internationalisation must balance educational mission and economic rationality, grounded in the perspective of an inclusive multicultural society.”

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"Everybody marches under the banner of rights. Nobody marches under the banner of duties. We have to shift to a focus on human duties, not as a citizen of a nation, but as a human being."

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In his Letter of Welcome, IAFOR Chairman & CEO, Dr Joseph Haldane extends a warm welcome to delegates joining us next week in Paris, France for ECE/ECAH/EGen2026.

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“We are witnessing a “deglobalisation of the mind”. We see a rise of nationalism and nativism that challenges global education. This anti-intellectualism is most conspicuous in the United States, but can certainly be found in Japan as well”.

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In One Battle After Another and Eddington, Kiichi Fujiwara finds two sharply different portraits of the same crisis: the breakdown of American order, public trust, and the myth of the stable middle class.
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The ACEID/ACP/AGen2026 Conference Report and Intelligence Briefing is now available to read, download and share.

https://t.co/B7hsEvF6MU

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Thank you so much for joining us here in Paris, France for PCE/PCAH2026!

Our next event is ECE/ECAH/EGen2026 in London, UK next month! See you there!

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Hello from Paris, France, where we are hosting The 5th Paris Conference on Education (PCE2026) and The 5th Paris Conference on Arts & Humanities (PCAH2026)! 🇫🇷

This week’s event has been attended by over 500 delegates from some 80 countries!

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Over 483 delegates from 78 countries will be joining us in Paris, France next week for a celebration of the International, the Intercultural, and the Interdisciplinary.

Our line-up of speakers brings together leading thinkers from across disciplines and around the world!

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The 2nd Southeast Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (SEACAH2027)
February 15-19, 2027 | Bangkok, Thailand & Online

Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline: August 21, 2026
Final Abstract Submission Deadline: October 30, 2026

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The 12th IAFOR International Conference on Education in Hawaii (IICE2027)
January 08–11, 2027 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline: July 16, 2026
Final Abstract Submission Deadline: September 24, 2026

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The promise of AI-assisted communication raises a deeper concern: when machines refine both what we express and what others receive, are we still encountering one another directly?

The full interview is now available to watch on YouTube.
https://t.co/Xbd6ZosqVg

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The 18th Asian Conference on Education (ACE2026)
November 14-18, 2026 | Tokyo, Japan & Online

Abstract Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026

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The Vienna Conference on Arts & Humanities (VCAH2026)
November 13-17, 2026 | Vienna, Austria & Online

Final Abstract Submission Deadline: July 30, 2026

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Professor Anne Nortcliffe and Dr Tim Beasley-Murray expound on the importance of inclusivity, creativity, experimentation, and “serious play” in education systems.

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