World Congress on Education

What World Congress on Education does

World Congress on Education (WCE) is an annual international refereed congress dedicated to the advancement of theory and practice in education, organized by Infonomics Society, a UK-based entity headquartered at 37th Floor, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London. The 13th edition (WCE-2026) is scheduled for 24-26 August 2026 at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, with hybrid participation supported by in-person and virtual formats via Zoom. The congress targets a broad academic audience including undergraduates, postgraduates, faculty (lecturers, researchers, professors, deans, vice-chancellors, college and university presidents), policy makers, librarians, and education-focused startups, with thematic tracks spanning Humanities, STEM, Business, Artificial Intelligence, and Sustainability.

WCE's core offerings include a paper submission system with double-blind peer review, conference proceedings publication, a pathway to six affiliated peer-reviewed journals (IJTIE, IJI, IJDS, LICEJ, IJeLS, IJCDSE) under Infonomics Society, and ancillary programmes such as the PhD/Doctorate Consortium, Start-Up Programme (with Investor Office Hours and Mentor Hours), workshops, poster and demo sessions, and panel discussions. The underlying technology stack is largely commodity — WordPress + WooCommerce for the website and registration, Square for payment processing, Zoom for virtual presentations, and SpeedyBooker for accommodation — with no disclosed proprietary platform components beyond the hybrid event orchestration itself.

The business model is event-driven and concentrated in a single annual occurrence. Revenue derives from tiered registration fees (Author/Speaker £650-£700, Participant £600-£650, Student Author £550-£600, Virtual Presenter £400-£450, Additional Paper £300-£350, 2-for-1 Group £1,200-£1,300), exhibitor booth sales (£1,000-£1,500), and multi-tier corporate sponsorship packages (Silver through Platinum). Go-to-market is community-led, relying on the Steering and Programme Committees, academic institution referrals, call-for-papers outreach, the worldconedu.org website, email newsletters, and social media rather than paid marketing channels. Customer concentration is low at the individual buyer level, but revenue lumpiness is high due to the annual event cadence, as evidenced by the 2020 COVID-19 postponement.

Name

World Congress on Education

Legal name

World Congress on Education

Website

https://worldconedu.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

World Congress on Education (WCE) is an annual international refereed academic congress organized by Infonomics Society, serving educators, researchers, graduate students, and education-focused startups. The 13th edition (WCE-2026) will be held at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, with proceedings published in six affiliated peer-reviewed journals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Conferences & Education Events

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education, Research & Academic Congresses (THAHAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Research & Science Fair Competitions (Science Fairs, Research Symposiums) (EDAMAGAL), Government & Public Sector Conferences (MPAGAGAH)

Keywords

• Academic conference
• Education research
• Refereed conference
• Professional development
• Scholarly publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Mississauga

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Conference Registration Fees: The primary revenue stream comes from registration fees charged to attendees. Categories include Author/Speaker, Participant (Non-Presenter), Virtual Presenter, Additional Paper submissions, and 2-for-1 group registrations. Pricing varies by Early Bird and Late Bird deadlines.
2. Exhibitor Fees: Revenue from companies and organizations purchasing exhibition space at the conference. Exhibitor registration ranges from £1,000 to £1,500.
3. Sponsorship Packages: Corporate sponsorship opportunities at various tiers (Corporate, Premier, Platinum, Gold, Silver) with benefits including complementary attendee passes, logo placement in conference materials, website recognition, and display board presence.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

World Congress on Education (WCE) is an international refereed conference, now in its 13th edition (WCE-2026), that brings together academics, researchers, and educators to present and discuss developments in education. The event is hosted annually as a hybrid conference (in-person and virtual) and is organized by the Infonomics Society, with activities spanning paper presentations, workshops, panels, posters, an exhibition area, sponsorship packages, and a CPD-accredited certificate programme.

Product overview

The World Congress on Education (WCE) is an annual international education conference event, not a software product. The 13th edition (WCE-2026) is scheduled for August 24-26, 2026 at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK. The conference operates as a hybrid event with in-person and virtual participation options. The core offerings include conference registration (with early/late bird pricing tiers), paper submission and peer review services, virtual presentations via Zoom, workshop programmes, PhD/Doctorate consortium, poster/demo presentations, panel discussions, and session speaker programmes. All accepted submissions are published in conference proceedings, with selected papers appearing in six affiliated peer-reviewed journals (IJTIE, IJI, IJDS, LICEJ, IJeLS, IJCDSE). Additional services include a Start-Up programme, exhibitor packages, CPD certificates, and on-campus accommodation booking. The event covers topics across Humanities, STEM, Business, Artificial Intelligence, and Sustainability in Education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• WCE Annual International Conference Annual hybrid (in-person and virtual) international refereed conference for educators, researchers, and academics to present papers on education-related topics.
• Conference Registration (In-Person & Virtual) Paid registration packages for attending the conference either on-site at the host venue or virtually via Zoom, with tiered pricing for regular, student, and accompanying-person delegates.
• Virtual Presentation Option Option for authors to present their paper remotely via the Zoom video conferencing platform, enabling remote participation in the conference.
• Paper Submission & Publication Programme Service accepting research papers in .doc/.docx format on education topics, with accepted papers presented at the conference and published in associated proceedings.
• PhD/Doctorate Consortium Dedicated programme segment for PhD/Doctorate candidates to present their research and engage with senior researchers in the field of education.
• Workshop Programme Curated workshops delivered during the conference covering practical and research-oriented topics in education.
• Panel Discussions Expert-led panel sessions addressing key themes and current debates in education.
• Poster & Demo Sessions Poster and demonstration presentations allowing researchers and practitioners to showcase work and innovations in education.
• Start-Up Showcase Programme Programme segment allowing education-focused start-ups to present their products or services to conference attendees.
• Exhibition Booth Packages Paid exhibition packages allowing companies and organisations to set up booths and showcase their products, services, or publications to conference attendees.
• Conference Sponsorship Packages Tiered sponsorship opportunities (including Platinum, Gold, Silver, and other levels) for organisations to gain visibility, branding, and engagement with conference attendees.
• WCE Awards Programme Recognition awards presented during the conference to honour outstanding contributions in education research and practice.
• CPD-Accredited Certificate Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited certificate issued to qualifying conference attendees as evidence of professional development participation.

Quantifiable outcome

• All accepted abstracts, extended abstracts and papers appear in conference proceedings
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Churchill College, University of CambridgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue partner for WCE-2026. Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, providing the conference facilities and on-campus accommodation. Located at Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.
• Cambridge University Hotels (CHU)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides on-campus accommodation booking services for conference attendees through SpeedyBooker system. Accommodation Office contact: [email protected].
• University of Toronto Mississauga (Historical)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPast venue host for WCE-2020 through WCE-2023 conferences. Located in Mississauga, Canada.
• Sponsors and Exhibitors (Inclusive Education, Mental Health Awareness, Young Researcher, Design Thinkers, Music Creativity, Inclusiveness)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerVarious corporate, platinum, and gold sponsors support the conference. Current sponsors include organizations focused on Inclusive Education, Mental Health Awareness, Young Researcher development, Design Thinking, Music Creativity, and Inclusiveness.
• Infonomics SocietycoreOthersThe organizing body behind the World Congress on Education. Based at 37th Floor, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AA, UK. Responsible for conference operations, registration, and program development.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EDUCAUSE: Large higher-education technology association with a flagship annual conference. Competes for the same corporate sponsors and exhibitors from the EdTech vendor ecosystem and overlaps with WCE's emerging-tech tracks, but operates at a much larger scale and with institutional membership backing.
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): Large EdTech-focused organization running a major annual conference and exhibition. While more practitioner- than research-oriented, it competes directly for sponsor and exhibitor dollars from the same education-vendor pool that WCE courts, and overlaps with WCE's AI in Education track.
• American Educational Research Association (AERA): The largest U.S.-based education research association, organizing the Annual Meeting with thousands of paper presentations across virtually the same sub-disciplines WCE targets. While much larger and membership-driven, it competes for the same pool of education researchers and serves as the dominant reference point for publication prestige.

Direct peers

• European Educational Research Association (EERA): Organizes the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), the largest European education research gathering. Comparable in audience and academic congress format, and a structural competitor for European and international education researchers.
• British Educational Research Association (BERA): UK-based association running the annual BERA Conference on educational research — the most direct head-to-head competitor for UK-and-Europe-based education researchers considering WCE. Very comparable audience (academics, PhD students, policy makers) and a similar publication-linked value proposition.
• Comparative and International Education Society (CIES): Holds an annual conference focused on comparative and international education research. Targets a closely overlapping academic audience (faculty, graduate students, policy makers) with a similar emphasis on peer-reviewed publication and global participation.
• World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET): A private-sector organizer of refereed international academic conferences across many disciplines, with a similar operating model: paid registration, conference proceedings, journal pipelines, and hybrid formats. A close comparable on business model rather than topical focus.
• International Literacy Association (ILA): Runs an annual conference dedicated to literacy and language education research, drawing many of the same teacher-researcher and faculty segments that WCE serves. Overlaps on academic publishing and CPD-certification-adjacent value propositions.
• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE): Runs conferences such as EdMedia + Innovate Learning and E-Learn, which combine refereed paper submissions, proceedings, journal pipelines, and hybrid participation — a near-identical business model to WCE, though concentrated on educational technology rather than the broader education remit WCE covers.

Others

• OECD Education and Skills Directorate: Organizes high-profile international education convenings and policy forums (e.g., the International Summit on the Teaching Profession). Not a direct competitor for academic papers, but a parallel convener that attracts the same policy-maker and senior-faculty segments WCE lists as secondary attendees.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WCEconference

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Number of profiles

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