Connecting 160+ quality international student recruitment agents with 100+ global higher education providers.
ICEF Higher Education 2026 unites 160+ ICEF-accredited international student recruitment agents with 100+ global higher education providers in London. Participants engage in up to 38 tailored one-to-one meetings and access the ICEF Monitor Global Summit, featuring seminars on international student mobility. This event fosters strategic partnerships, knowledge exchange, and sustainable growth within the global tertiary education sector. Learn more at ICEF Higher Education website
Over 160 ICEF-accredited agents and 100 higher education providers gather in London for three days of focused networking.
Attendees include senior recruitment professionals and decision-makers from global higher education institutions and agencies.
Up to 38 one-to-one meetings enable rapid partnership building and accelerate international student recruitment cycles.
The Challenge
Without preparation, ICEF Higher Education becomes an expensive networking trip with nothing to show.
200+ attendees. No way to filter by ICP. Finding ideal prospects means manually clicking through thousands of profiles.
30-40% of attendees register in the last 2-3 weeks. Finish reaching out to one batch, hundreds more registered. Always behind.
Without scoring and segmentation, all 200+ attendees look the same. Teams waste cycles on low-fit prospects instead of focusing on high-value targets.
Reaching prospects across email, LinkedIn, phone, and in-app manually is impossible at scale. Most teams pick one channel and miss opportunities.
Best Practices
Winning teams follow two phases: preparation and execution.
Monitor attendee lists continuously as 30-40% register in the last 2-3 weeks.
Add verified emails, LinkedIn profiles, company data, and tech stack to raw attendee names.
Score by role, title, job level, company size, revenue, location, industry. Match to target personas and ABM accounts. Focus on top 20%.
Email, LinkedIn, phone, in-app. Goal: pre-book meetings with high-value prospects.
Calendars should be 60-70% full with high-fit prospects before arriving at London.
Know ICP score and context for every interaction. Focus on high-value targets.
These practices work. But 30-40% of attendees register in the last 2-3 weeks. Manual execution takes 5-7 days per batch. Teams would need to repeat identification, enrichment, scoring, and outreach continuously across email, LinkedIn, phone, and in-app. Most don't have the bandwidth.
The question isn't what to do. It's how to execute continuously at scale.
Spivot automates the event workflow from attendee extraction to post-event nurture. Execute best practices without manual work.
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Best Practice: Monitor attendee lists continuously as registrations come in.
How Spivot Helps: Connect to the event portal or upload the CSV. We identify target prospects and refresh daily as new registrations come in. Catch the 30-40% who register late without lifting a finger.
Best Practice: Transform basic attendee lists into rich prospect profiles with verified contact data.
How Spivot Helps: Connect Apollo, ZoomInfo, or any other enrichment provider. We add verified emails, LinkedIn profiles, company data, and tech stack. Full control over provider and costs.
Best Practice: Score prospects against ICP and match to target personas to prioritize outreach.
How Spivot Helps: AI scores every attendee by role, title, job level, company size, revenue, location, and industry. Match to target personas and ABM accounts automatically.
Best Practice: Sync enriched, scored prospects to existing workflow.
How Spivot Helps: One-click sync to Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, Salesloft, Apollo, or export to Google Sheets. Enriched, scored lists ready for outreach.
Best Practice: Start personalized outreach 3-4 weeks before the event to schedule meetings.
How Spivot Helps: Launch campaigns in Outreach, Salesloft, or Apollo. Reach prospects across email, LinkedIn, phone, and in-app automatically. Track engagement, responses, and meetings. All attributed to ICEF Higher Education.
Reach every attendee automatically, even the 30-40% who register late. Land in London with meetings booked. Your competitors are still cleaning spreadsheets.
Your data stays secure and compliant
ICEF Higher Education is designed for senior recruitment professionals, including international student recruitment agents and higher education providers globally. Agents must have ICEF Agency Status, ensuring quality connections. Cultural exchange, work and travel professionals, and service providers also benefit. The event facilitates connections between those seeking to recruit international students and those offering higher education programs, fostering strategic partnerships and industry growth.
Absolutely. ICEF Higher Education offers unparalleled opportunities to connect with 160+ quality international student recruitment agents and 100+ higher education providers. Attendees can schedule up to 38 one-to-one meetings, accelerating partnership development. Free access to the ICEF Monitor Global Summit provides valuable insights into student mobility and recruitment strategies. The event's focus on quality, through ICEF Agency Status, ensures productive and impactful networking for sustainable growth in global tertiary education.
ICEF Higher Education, through its integrated ICEF Monitor Global Summit, covers critical themes in international education. Key topics include international student mobility trends, intent-based student recruitment strategies, and leveraging student service as a strategic advantage. Discussions also focus on linking recruitment efforts with overall student success. These sessions provide a global perspective on pressing issues, offering tangible takeaways to support the sustainable growth of international student recruitment.
Connect to the event portal or upload attendee data. Spivot automatically identifies, scores, and enriches prospects as new attendees register, with daily updates to catch late registrations.
Yes. Spivot is an AI agent that automates event workflows for any event where attendees are available in the event portal. The same workflow applies across all events.
Spivot's AI uses multi-factor analysis across role, title, job level, company size, revenue, location, and industry. Match attendees to target personas and ABM accounts automatically. Built-in intelligence recognizes equivalent roles like 'VP of Growth' and 'Chief Revenue Officer.'
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