The Global Education Conference, hosted by Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon, involves a worldwide community including students, educators, and organizations. The Conference hopes to increase opportunities for building global education-related connections with the goal of supporting cultural awareness and diversity. Through this event, participants can expect to experience challenges that will develop more active participation in the global community. iEARN has been a founding partner in GEC Conferences, and has teamed up with GEC to host the 2012 iEARN Conference and Youth Summit virtually for the first time ever.