Porto (PT), March 2019 – The highlighted theme at the eighth International Congress on Education and Learning in Porto, Portugal, 19-21 June 2019, will be "Gamification in education: key element of motivation".

Athens (GR), March 2019 - An international conference - entitled Advanced Research in Education, Teaching, and Learning (AERTL) - is being convened in Athens, Greece, 03-05 May 2019.  The event brings together academia, researchers, and scholars to exchange information and share experiences and research results about all aspects of specialized and interdisciplinary fields.

Berlin (GER), March 2019 - Learning must be fundamentally reshaped to take account not only of increased leisure time in the future, but also a massive surge in demand for lifelong learning. Ahead of the launch of a call for proposals for OEB Global 2019, Europe’s largest conference on technology-assisted learning, experts are calling for a fundamental reassessment of priorities and a new focus on reshaping learning systems and procedures.

New York, NY (USA), February 2019 - ICELW 2019, the twelfth annual International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace, will be held at Columbia University in New York, 12-14 June 2019. The discounted "early bird" registration rates are available through 28 February.

Berlin (GER), February 2019 - The organisers of eLearning Africa, the Continent’s leading conference and exhibition on learning, training, and technology, have issued a Call for Papers from anyone interested in presenting at this year’s event. It will be held in the Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire in Cote d’Ivoire, 23-25 October 2019.

London (UK), January 2019 - StoryTagger, the video storytelling partner of Learning Technologies 2019, has announced its programme of free seminars at the show. Innovative marketing and learning leaders from EDF Energy and Verizon, among the earliest adopters of StoryTagger, will share their experiences of user generated video within the learning and enablement mix at two free seminars.

Oslo (NO), January 2019 - The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) is pleased to announce a Call for Interest for the 29th ICDE World Conference scheduled for 2021. Member institutions are asked to submit declarations of interest for hosting the event. The organization is particular interested in bids from members in South America and the Middle East.

New York, NY (USA), January 2019 - Submissions for the 2019 International E-Learning Awards - Business Division, presented by the International E-Learning Association (IELA), are now open! The Entry Submission Page is posted on the IELA site, and the deadline for submission is 01 March 2019. Submissions for our Academic categories will be accepted beginning in March 2019, with a deadline of 10 June 2019. 

London (UK), December 2018 - At Learning Technologies 2019, a recognised expert on games and learning, Karl Kapp, will help learning professionals to think like game designers and transform stale training into exciting and interesting experiences. The term gamification is thrown around liberally in L&D these days, with the benefits of using game theory in learning now an established principle. But designing engaging and compelling games is an art in its own right, and adding points or leaderboards into learning design simply doesn't do it justice.

Vienna (A), December 2018 - What is the value of academic knowledge and executive education for learning and development in the corporate world? How can L&D leaders bridge academic knowledge and business in practice and build a routine of learning in their organisations? MERIT Summit in Vienna, 16-17 January 2019, will bring together corporate and executive education professionals for debates and collaborative exploration on this topic, among many others.