Conferences

36th AAEE Annual Conference 2025

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 7 – 10 December

“Engineering education: between the human and the digital”

 

We are delighted to welcome the engineering education community to the 36th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference hosted by the University of Queensland (UQ). The conference will be held at UQ’s St Lucia Campus in Brisbane (Meanjin) from the 7th to the 10th of December 2025.

 

The theme of the conference arises from the dichotomy that, as the world becomes more digital through technologies like generative AI, human centred skills become more important. In addition to the impact on the engineering profession, we see similar tensions in the inherently human and social processes of learning. This means that the exponential development of AI and related technologies raises many new questions for engineering educators and many questions that seem very familiar.

 

On this theme, the conference looks to showcase work, and facilitate conversations, about the nature of the profession and engineering education in the age of GenAI where students, industry, and educators are grappling with disruption at the same time. This ranges from changes in industry, outcomes, pedagogy, student experiences, and the increasing importance of human centred skills. As we navigate this, it is important that we use the expertise of the engineering education community to retain what works and use the opportunity to enhance our practice.

 

Whilst we welcome papers on this theme, we also welcome papers and workshops across the spectrum of engineering education and look forward to presenting a diverse program.

 

 

Authors in all areas of engineering education are invited to submit full papers or expressions for interest for workshops.

Key Dates:

  • Call for Abstracts Open: Monday 17 February 2025 (Now Open)
  • Call for Abstracts Close: Friday 11 April 2025
  • Acceptance Notifications: Friday 23 May 2025
  • Call for Full Papers & Workshops Open: Friday 23 May 2025
  • Call for Full Papers & Workshops Close: Friday 25 July 2025
  • Preliminary Program Uploaded to Website: Friday 30 May 2025
  • Full Papers & Workshops Acceptance Notification: Monday 8 September 2025
  • Author Registration Deadline: Monday 22 September 2025

NOTE: all due dates are referenced to 11:59 pm AEST

 

For more details see the conference website, linked below:

2025 AAEE Conference Website

Upcoming Conferences

The hosts for the next three conferences have been confirmed! These are:

  • 2025 University of Queensland, Brisbane – 7 Dec – 10 Dec, 2025
  • 2026 University of New South Wales (UNSW)
  • 2027 The University of Melbourne, Melbourne

Calls for Expressions of Interest in hosting the 2028 AAEE Conference

The AAEE conducts an annual conference throughout Australia and New Zealand to promote engineering education scholarship and facilitate the dissemination of research and best practices throughout the engineering education community. An EOI to host AAEE 2028 is due on 17 November 2025. Hosting this conference brings substantial visibility to your university and city. It provides a great networking platform and professional development opportunities within engineering education. 

See the document below for further infromation regarding processes for hosting an AAEE conference:

Procedures to Host the 2028 conference

Please contact enda.crossin@canterbury.ac.nz with any questions or queries.

Past conferences

2023

2023 conference page
Griffith University (Gold Coast), Queensland, Australia 

2022

Proceedings of the AAEE 2022 33rd Annual Conference 
2022 conference page
University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia & Virtual

2021

Proceedings of the REES-AAEE 2021 Conference / also available here
2021 conference page
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia & Virtual

2020

Proceedings of the AAEE 2020 31st Annual Conference (coming soon)
2020 conference page
University of Technology, Sydney and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia [Virtual]

2019

Proceedings of the AAEE 2019 30th Annual Conference 
University of Southern Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

2018

Proceedings of the AAEE 2018 29th Annual Conference
Waikato Institute of Technology and Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand

2017

Proceedings of the AAEE 2017 28th Annual Conference
Macquarie University, Manly, Australia

2016

Proceedings of the AAEE 2016 27th Annual Conference
Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia

2015

Proceedings of the AAEE 2015 26th Annual Conference
Deakin University, Torquay, Australia

2014

Proceedings of the AAEE 2014 25th Annual Conference
Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

2013

Proceedings of the AAEE 2013 24th Annual Conference
Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

2012

Proceedings of the AAEE 2012 23rd Annual Conference
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

2011

Proceedings of the AAEE 2011 22nd Annual Conference
Fremantle, Australia

2010

Proceedings of the AAEE 2010 21st Annual Conference
Sydney, Australia

2009

Proceedings of the AAEE 2009 20th Annual Conference
The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

2007

Proceedings of the AAEE 2007 18th Annual Conference
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

2003

Proceedings of the AAEE 2003 14th Annual Conference
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia