The First Pan Pacific Conference on Education, Rehabilitation, Reclamation and Recreation was held in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii from April 11 to 16, 1927.

Convened by President Calvin Coolidge, it was the first official conference held in Honolulu called by the head of a Pacific government.

The U.S. secretary of the interior was general chairman, having full authority for the inauguration and conduct of the conference, and presided at the opening and closing formal sessions.

Each section held seven meetings of 3 to 3.5 hours each and in these group gatherings, where more or less informal roundtable discussions were carried on, most of the work of the conference was done.

Twelve foreign countries were represented, as follows: Australia, Chile, Colombia, Fiji Islands and western Pacific, France, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru.

Official representation of the States, Territories, and outlying parts of the U.S. came from Massachusetts, Hawaii, American Samoa, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Utah.

Universities in China, Japan, and the United States participated by sending delegates or choosing alumni resident in or near Honolulu as their representatives.

[3] The subjects to which the conference confined its deliberations were set out in preliminary agenda approved by the U.S. Department of State and thought to be of paramount interest to the peoples of the countries participating.

They were:[3] Educational and welfare activities in Mexico were illustrated and described in many sets of books brought to the conference for display and distribution .

Group organizations and outdoor activities for young people were portrayed in a series of pictures and publications from the Girl Scouts of the United States.