It is not hard to see why Cambodia is sometimes referred to as ‘Smiling Cambodia’. Presenting at the 15th International Conference on English Language Teaching in Cambodia (CamTESOL), my co-presenter, Fiona Wiebusch, and I were greeted with a rolling red carpet and an entrance full of smiling faces. Over 1,700 delegates from 30 countries[1] attended the conference held in Phnom Penh at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia.