Persatuan Pendidikan Sains dan Matematik Johor (PPSMJ) with Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology (FEST), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia would like invite you to participate in the International Innovation Competition in Education (IICE 2025) which will be held on 27 November 2025. The competition will be offered in hybrid mode (online and physical) the physical judging will be conducted in FEST, UTM. The competition aims to offer opportunities for educators and students to exhibit their teaching and learning innovations and to gain access to current trends in teaching and learning at all levels of learning. Your participation in this competition will be a memorable experience and is highly anticipated.
Date: 27 November 2025
Mode: Hybrid
Physical location: Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology, UTM
Fees:
To qualify for the early bird rate, please complete your payment by 30 September 2025, and submit your poster and extended abstract by 1 November 2025. Please upload proof of payment to the registration system after making your payment.
Please make payment to:
Name: UTM Technology and Innovation Management Sdn Bhd
Bank: CIMB
Account number: 8006057477
Swift code: CIBBMYKL
Reference code: UTIM265 IICE2025
Address: UTM Technology and Innovation Management Sdn Bhd,
Pusat Inovasi dan Pengkomersialan
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81300, Skudai
1. Open to all educators and researchers. Participants may choose to enter individually or in group.
2. Participants must select one category to submit their innovative projects which are:
· Digital & Technological Education
· Innovative Teaching and learning
· School Management and Policies
· Community based & Service Learning
3. Group participation can only have 1 leader and 5 members per group. Members can come from schools, university, students or industry. The group leader must be 18 years old or above.
4. The deadline for full submission is 01 November 2025.
5. Participants are allowed to submit more than one submission. The participant must pay the full amount for each accepted submission
6. Presenters can present in Malay or English. No other language is allowed.
7. The poster and extended abstract can be either in Malay or English. No other language is allowed.
8. The organizer reserves the right to reject submissions that do not fulfil the above-mentioned criteria.
9. Each participation will receive an e-certificate. Medals will be given for participants who fulfil the minimum marks in judging criteria.
10.An exhibition session will be conducted before the announcement of winners. Participants are invited to remain in the parallel session rooms to showcase their innovations to visitors.
11.No refund will be provided for all payments.
1. Each participant is required to submit the following:
Poster (softcopy)
Extended abstract (Microsoft Word format)
2. Poster:
The poster size is A1 using the following PowerPoint template here:
Please submit the poster in JPEG format
The poster should contain:
Project Overview
Project Objectives
Innovativeness
Creativity
Impact on target group (students, users etc)
Evidence of innovation (photos, data analysis etc)
3. Extended Abstract
Please use the extended abstract template here
The maximum number of pages for the extended abstract is three (3)
The extended abstract should either be in English or Malay
The extended abstract should have at least three references
The extended abstract needs to be submitted by the due date of 01 November 2025
The extended will be published in IICE2025 proceeding with ISBN
4. Judging process
All team leaders need to be present online during the judging process
Participants are given 7 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for question and answer with the jury
All documents should be submitted by 01 November 2025.
27th November 2025 (Thursday)
9.00 am - 9.15 am Welcoming address
9.15 am - 10.30 am Keynote I
10.30 am - 1.00 pm Innovation presentation and Judging
1.00 pm - 2.30 pm Lunch Break
2.30 pm - 4.00 pm Exhibition
4.00 pm - 5.00 pm Announcement of winners
IICE Templates
For any enquiries, do contact:
Dr. Norulhuda Ismail at p-norulhuda@utm.my / (+6016-7773234)