Programme

The EDvance Summit 2026 is built around a deliberately structured argument across three days. Most conferences organise by discipline or format. EDvance is organised by logic: we begin where every learner must begin — with access — and move through the quality of what is learned to where learning ultimately needs to lead: dignified, recognised, economically meaningful work. Access & Equity, Learning & Teaching, and Competences & Economy are not three separate topics. They are three interdependent dimensions of a single challenge.

What makes EDvance distinctive is how this argument is advanced. Each parallel workshop opens with three short research presentations that bring current evidence directly to the table — and then turns that evidence into action: participants work together on a core question, developing ideas and solutions in real time. Research does not stay on the stage. It enters the room and gets put to work. This co-creation format, combined with keynote symposia, peer-reviewed paper sessions, and poster presentations, makes EDvance as relevant to a practitioner or policymaker as to an academic researcher.

The full programme with all accepted contributions will be available for download once the review process is complete.