IAFOR launched its inaugural conference in Malaysia with The 5th Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE2025) at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and online, from February 21 to 25, 2025. The event was organised in collaboration with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, Japan, and supported by the Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB). The conference welcomed 232 delegates from 41 countries, representing 173 institutions and organisations worldwide.