EDEN 2018 Annual Conference: #EDEN18
Exploring the Micro, Meso and Macro
Navigating between dimensions in the digital learning landscape
Genova, Italy 17-20 June 2018
Preliminary conference structure
The Conference programme includes plenaries, parallel sessions with paper presentations, workshops, trainings, moderated poster and demo sessions and the synergy strand. The event starts on Sundayafternoon on 17 June, with registration, followed by the Welcome Reception and ends with a Farewell Coffee on 20 June.
The preliminary structure can be viewed here. Please note that programme changes may apply.
Registration is open
 The EDEN Secretariat is taking care of the registration for the Annual Conference. Registration is now open!
The registration fee includes access to all conference facilities, the electronic Conference Proceedings, the Welcome Cocktail, lunches and refreshments during the conference days.
For young scholars a special discount will be applied.
Conference gala dinner
 The Conference Gala Dinner will be held at the world-famous Aquarium of Genova, which is the largest aquarium in Italy and the second largest in Europe.
The aquarium offers spectacular views of the Old Port of Genoa – it is located on the centuries-old wharf of Ponte Spinola. The aquarium was inaugurated in 1992 for the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of the New World. It now houses over 15.000 animals belonging to 400 species.
Get to know some of our keynote speakers
Alan Tait
Professor Emeritus The Open University, UK
 Professor Alan Tait is a former EDEN President and NAP SC Chair, as well as EDEN Senior Fellow. Alan is currently Director, International Development and Teacher Education at The Open University in the United Kingdom.
Prior to his current position, he was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Editor of the journal Open Learning, joint Series Editor of the Routledge Series Studies in Distance Education and Co-Director of the Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning. Learn more about him.
Anthony Camilleri
Policy Consultant, Senior Partner&CEO, Knowledge Innnovation Centre, Malta
 Anthony F. Camilleri is a tertiary education policy consultant. He holds qualifications in law from the University of Malta, and was also active in the Malta national students’ union and the European Students’ Union. He works on topics related to Quality Assurance of Higher and Vocational Education, Social Dimension of Education and Innovation in Education. Currently Anthony is a senior partner at the Knowledge Innovation Centre. Read the latest interview with him titled “Blockchain is not a solution to everything”.
Maren Deepwell
CEO Association for Learning Technology (ALT) UK and OER18
 As chief executive of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). Her vision is for Learning Technology to become an effective way for all to learn, teach and assess – informed by open practice, innovative research and global policy.
Maren is particularly interested in innovation, for example having led the launch of ALT’s first MOOC, ocTEL. She was part of the development of the HEFCE-funded Changing the Learning Landscape programme led by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. Learn more about her.
Pre-conference workshop – European Engineering Team
The Conference will offer a free pre-conference workshop organised by the European Engineering Team. The EET initiative aims to foster sustainable technological innovation and entrepreneurial thinking in a dynamic European economy by developing skills for master students to work across disciplines, borders, and cultures, social change, ecological responsibility and entrepreneurial opportunities. A MOOC about Sustainable Engineering from a European Perspective will be presented.
Call for Contributions closed
The Call for Contributions is closed. In eventual justified cases authors may wish to contact the Conference Secretariat directly by email to check whether their contribution might be accommodated in the evaluation process.
Synergy and Training submission remains open until 30 April 2018.
Accommodation
To help with choosing accommodation for the conference, our hospitality partner, Convention Bureau Genova has put together a list of recommended hotels for conference delegates.
Quality and Recognition
 The tradition of awarding the EDEN Best Research Paper will be continued. The selection process takes place in collaboration with the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research in Open and Distance Learning.
The Award for the Young Scholars’ Best Paper will also be issued.
Open Badges – Authors of accepted submissions receive a Speaker badge and all conference participants will be awarded a Participant badge.
Conference Venue: Genova, Italy
Genoa (Genova) is a port city and the capital of northwest Italy’s Liguria region. It’s known for its central role in maritime trade over many centuries. In the old town stands the Romanesque Cathedral of San Lorenzo, with its black-and-white-striped facade and frescoed interior. Narrow lanes open onto monumental squares like Piazza de Ferrari, site of an iconic bronze fountain and Teatro Carlo Felice opera house.
The city’s once-tatty port area now hosts museums and a number of eating and drinking options. Its old town, too, has had its own far more organic revitalisation, with a bright new crop of fashionable shops, restaurants and bars lighting the way.
The Convention Bureau Genova has provided a brochure of sights not to be missed while visiting Genova, as well as a map of the city and surrounding areas.
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Port of Genova
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Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini
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Piazza de Ferrari
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The conference is hosted by the University of Genova and is organised conjointly with EMEM Italia and CNR-ITD, The Institute for Educational Technology of the Italian National Research Council.
Our Conference Hospitality Partner is Convention Bureau Genova.
Contact
Conference website:http://www.eden-online.org/2018_genova/
Inquiries in relation to the conference should be sent to: genova@eden-online.org
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EDEN – European Distance and e-Learning Network Secretariat
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