The 43rd Thailand TESOL Conference was held at the Empress Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 26-27th January, 2024. the theme of the conference was "Reconnecting ELT Professionals for Glocal Sustainability". There were more than 230 presentations from researchers from all over the world, and a particularly large number of presenters from Japanese universities. Robert Andrews, IEFL of the School of International Studies, presented on the topic of teaching group projects during the pandemic, and the challenges of tailoring lesson content to online platforms. The group project involved presenting about innovative companies that were not well known. As a result, the presenter also took the opportunity to visit a local factory making vegan cheese sourced from soy grown by local farmers, and incorporated the visit into his presentation.