On the 31st of May 2018, PHISO, in collaboration with the Department of Political Science of the University of San Carlos (USC) and American Corner Cebu, conducted the Pre-Conference Forum, Praxes turn in IR: Opening spaces for practice-directed scholarship in IR, at the Dingman Hall of USC’s Downtown Campus in Cebu City. It comprised a roundtable discussion, Global and Philippine IR and the practice turn, and the IR interactive session, IR/IS Programs & the PHISO Visayas Core Group, in the morning and afternoon sessions, respectively.