The International Academic Organization Alliance (IAOA) successfully held the Central Asia Young Scientists Academic Conference (CAYSAC 2026) online on May 22, 2026. The event was part of the UNESCO "International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development" series.
Prof. Dr. Manzoor Hussain Soomro, Editor-in-Chief of Global Humanities and Social Sciences (GHSS), a journal published by the International Academic Organizations Alliance (IAOA), participated in the 40th Annual Plenary Meeting of the InterAction Council held in Hong Kong SAR, China, from 18 to 20 May 2026. The meeting brought together former heads of state and government, senior policymakers, and international experts to discuss major global challenges and opportunities for international cooperation.
On May 21, 2026, IAOA signed a long-term strategic MOU with UNESCO-based GYDCA to boost academic collaboration, cross-civilization youth dialogue, tech innovation and sustainable development. The two bodies will jointly host forums, youth leadership programs and cultural exchange events, advance knowledge sharing and support UN sustainable development goals. Leveraging IAOA’s academic networks and GYDCA’s youth intercultural resources, the partnership offers more cross-border collaboration chances for young scholars and innovators. They will also co-host 2026 UNESCO cultural education activities, integrating academic exchange with global youth cultural communication. IAOA stated it will keep building an open global academic cooperation network via worldwide institutional and youth platform partnerships.
The International Academic Organizations Alliance (IAOA) is pleased to announce its support for the successful convening of the symposium "Frontiers in Aging, Longevity & Rejuvenation," held on April 8, 2026, at the Woolf Institute, Westminster College, Cambridge, UK.
Hanyang University, a top-tier private comprehensive research university under South Korea’s Ministry of Education, was founded in 1939 and operates two campuses in Seoul and ERICA. It has established an outstanding academic reputation: ranked 159th in the 2026 QS World University Rankings, 3rd in the 2025 comprehensive ranking by South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo, and first nationwide in the "professor research output" category. Dubbed the "MIT of South Korea" for its leading engineering programs (ranked No. 1 in South Korea), the university is also a member of the Pacific Asian Consortium for International Business Education and Research (PACIBER), the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education, a key university under South Korea’s BK21 Project, and an AACSB-accredited institution.
On January 11th, 2026, the International Academic Exchange Conference on Agricultural Technology Innovation and Cooperation (a series event of UNESCO's "International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD)" Project on Agricultural Engineering S&T for a Sustainable Planet), meticulously planned and co-hosted by relevant institutions with the strong support of the International Academic Organizations Alliance (IAOA), successfully concluded in an online format. With the theme of "International Agricultural Technology Innovation and Cooperation", the conference attracted extensive participation from scientific research experts, university faculty and students, industry practitioners, and international partners in the global agricultural field.
