Invitation
World Learning Summit 2016

The world of education and learning is changing at an accelerated pace. Students are more mobile than ever. Digital technologies are reshaping learning institutions, practices and our very understanding of what learning is. Jobs and workplaces are affected too, as new technologies replace people with machines and software. Learning is to an increasing extent integrated with all kinds of different media. Social media and new, emergent information and communication cultures alter learning practices as home, on our leisure time. Globalising networks are forming around online learning platforms, impacting on the vey notion of access to information and learning.

Like the music industry, film and publishing a few years back, education and learning is now confronted with the full force of media and digital technologies transforming society. Being at the forefront of digital society transformation is a question of will and capacity to adapt. How do we as educators, learners and learning institutions respond? How does the emergent learning ecosystem challenge established norms, politics and practises – does it?

Please join us for the 2016 World Learning Summit in Kristiansand, South Norway on June 14^th - 16^th where we will pursue these questions in our 6th annual conference. The June 2016 World Learning Summit promises to be a valuable event for academics, entrepreneurs and education leaders interested in the changing landscape of learning and education. Together we will explore the lifelong learning arc for those across the globe, and the role of networks and community in that journey.

The event is hosted and convened by the Future Learning Lab international research network.

Conference host is University of Agder in South Norway, in collaboration with the HStar Institute at Stanford University. At the 2016 World Learning Summit we will continue our conversation from Stanford in 2015, with world class keynotes and three parallel workshop tracks for (1) scholars in a wide range of academic fields, (2) corporate/lifelong learning interests and (3) entrepreneurship.

We promise our usual mix of high velocity presentations, probing panels and a lot of time for networking. Join us, and be welcome!

Great talks

Our conferences feature world leading speakers and the venue is small enough for you to get to meet them. At the World Learning Summit we strive to create a space that lasts also in between the annual meetings.

On the dock of the bay

The summit venue city is a truly extraordinary place during summer, walking distances to downtown, the ocean and the woods. June is summer, so join us, sit outside, and take a look at the city life and the boating.

New Friends

Our summits, conferences and workshops are not large and that is intentional. A key value is for every participant to make new friends and connections. This is why we allow a lot of time for mixing and sharing ideas in conversations.

You can join us for a single day getting in all the main speakers. Or you can join us foe the full three-day event, and take part in one of our workshops and more joint interaction between the workshops. Have dinner with us on the lovely dock outside one of Norway´s truly great conference venues -- we promise you; you will never forget. Bring your friends. Expect a great time.

One of the key features of our conferences is the informal talks and chance to meet people you seldom get to talk with. We key our numbers small and there is always a mix of academic people in the forefront, interesting entrepreneurs with good stories and cases, as well as people who teach, who explore and who create.