Thailand has a busy but varied education events calendar. It includes national policy meetings, academic research conferences, teacher-development programmes, subject conferences, school-leadership forums and exhibitions of education technology. These events do not all serve the same purpose. Nor are they all organised by the Ministry of Education. The strongest events create a bridge between national policy and daily practice. They allow officials to explain priorities, researchers to present evidence, teachers to share tested classroom approaches, and schools to examine new resources. They also bring together people who may otherwise work in separate parts of the system. This is especially important at a time of rapid change. Artificial intelligence, digital assessment,…