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Dishant KHARBANDA

Position: CIO
Organisation: Crizac Ltd
Country/region: India
Dishant Kharbanda is the Chief Innovation Officer at Crizac Limited, a publicly listed international student mobility company processing applications across 70+ countries. He is the founder of UniAgents (acquired by a leading Australian education mobility company), co-designer of the Socratic Fellowship with Emeritus Professor David Faulkner of Saïd Business School Oxford, and author of Hacked by History: Seven Secrets for Dominating the Age of AI. An IIM Calcutta alumnus, he has spent two decades building tech-first and AI-first products in international education.

Presentations

Sessions

Key Dates

General Proposal Submissions

General Proposal Submission:
24 June 2026 23:59 AEST Closed

Proposal notifications:
late September 2026

Academic Research Submissions

Phase 1: Abstract Submission:
3 June 2026 Closed

Phase 2: Full Paper Submission (for accepted abstracts):
12 August 2026 Closed

Phase 3: Revised Full Paper Submission (incorporating reviewer feedback):
12 November 2026

Registration

Early bird open: from mid-September 2026
Early bird close: 12 January 2027
Standard open: 13 January 2027
Standard close: 20 March 2027
Late open: 21 March 2027

APAIE 2027 Conference & Exhibition

Pre-conference workshops: 21 March 2027
APAIE 2027 Kuala Lumpur: 21 – 25 March 2027
Post-conference campus tours: 25 March 2027

Submissions

Proposal submission: 24 April – 24 June 2026
Research submission: 24 April – 3 June 2026
Pre-conf workshop submission: 24 April – 3 June 2026

Early bird open: from mid-Sepember 2026
Early bird close: 12 January 2027
Standard open: 13 January 2027
Standard close: 20 March 2027
Late open: 21 March 2027