2017, March. Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology. State College: Penn State.

2016, June. Education, Social Justice and Democracy: Critical issues in 21st Century Education. Edinburgh: Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain.

2015, November. SRHE: International students: Transition, belonging and support. London: SRHE.

2015, October. Ethics, education and teaching. Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain: Edinburgh Branch Conference. The University of Edinburgh.

2015, June. A longitudinal study investigating student perspectives on generic research courses. Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme Forum. The University of Edinburgh.

2015, March. Intergenerational Poverty Research Conference. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.

2014, November. Research sessions coordinator. Sail Training International Annual Conference, La Coruna, Spain.

2014, June. AHRC Intellectual virtue in Education III: Education, virtue and well being. The University of Edinburgh.

2014, May. AHRC Intellectual virtue in Education II: Can virtue be taught? The University of Edinburgh.

2014, May, Cultural dialogue in the desert: Practice, theories and measurement challenges. British Association of Applied Linguistics: Special Interest Group in Intercultural Communication. The University of Edinburgh.

2014, March, Home and away: Chinese students’ perspectives on higher education in China and the UK. Society for Research in Higher Education, London.

2013, September, Interweaving: Connecting educational research within, between and across perspectives. Personal development, psychological instruments and the challenges of contract research. The University of Edinburgh.

2013, July, Third International Conference on Value and Virtue in Practice-Based Research, Teachers’ views on Being Moral Outdoors: Interdisciplinary theory and practice, York St John University.

2013, June, Organising Committee, Racism and Anti-Racism through Education and Community Practice: An International Exchange, Edinburgh.

2013, May, Pearce, M., Turner, T., Allison, P. and Saunders, D. Inside or outside? Examining the use of GPS data to differentiate physical activity location. Poster presentation at 2013 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), Ghent, NL.

2013, May, Higher Education Academy, Teaching Research Methods, Liverpool.

2013, May, British Association of Applied Linguistics (SIG: Intercultural communication), Newcastle University.

2013, March, Spirit of Adventure Foundation, Lake District. Technology and Wild Nature – Friend or Foe?

2012, July. ESRC, National Centre for Research Methods conference. Oxford.

2012, April. Edinburgh University, Institute for Academic Development. On Line Distance Learning: Lessons from on line research courses.

2011, September. British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, London. Making the most of the weather’: An analysis of attempts to support outdoor learning in Scottish schools.

2011, February. Bridging the gap through outdoor learning. LTS, Edinburgh.

2009, November. Launch of The University of Cumbria and Mountain Heritage Trust: Making the vision a reality, Ambleside, Cumbria.

2009, September. Seminar chair, Scottish Learning Festival, Scotland.

2008, June. Convener, ESRC funded Knowledge Exchange Event: 360 degrees on overseas youth expeditions, Scotland.

2007, November. Convener, Outdoor Education Research Forum, Scotland.

2005, May. Convener: Curriculum Integration and Environmental Education, Scotland.

2004, September. Co-ordinator: Workshop: Experiential Learning: Pandora’s Box or the Power to Heal?, Scotland

2004, June. Co-ordinator: Workshop: Exploring Experiential Learning, Scotland.

2004, February. Co-ordinator: Research Forum, University of Edinburgh.

2001, March. Co-ordinator: Research forum, University College Chichester.

1999, April. Co-Convener Third European AEE Member Meeting, Cumbria.

1999, October. Co-ordinator: Questing the Grail: Spirituality and Adventure Programmes, Cumbria.

1996, November. NAOE 4th Outdoor Forum, Lancashire.

1995, November. AEE International Conference, Wisconsin.

1995, October. Co-ordinator of 14th Annual Bradford Institute on Americans Outdoors, Indiana.

1995, March. Steering Committee for AEE Heartland Region Conference, Indiana.

1994, April. Enabling Troubled Youth, Cumbria.