Training and learning have become critical assets in globalizing economies, and ICT provide opportunities to make learning an integral part of our working life. In fact, learning is evolving into informal modes, self-regulated and productive.

Universities will experience the increasing virtual mobility of students as they will function as nodes in networks of higher education institutions. Knowledge transfer from academia to the corporate sector will also be a major need in future economies, with ICT enabling collaboration and the creation of new value chains.

ICTEL 2011 therefore welcomes those who are inspired about new ICT-enabled learning concepts, new collaborative environments, and knowledge transfer from academia to the corporate sector.

These issues will be an important theme in the years ahead because of the need for lifelong- learning arrangements for all, whatever the level, wherever the phase of professional development. From a technology perspective, these developments demand new platforms and tools, and at this conference, attendees who are working in this field will meet an interdisciplinary audience of peers, educationalists, HR managers, and policy makers.

This conference focuses on

1. knowledge co-creation and knowledge maintenance in the corporate sector;

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2. knowledge transfer from academia to the corporate sector;
3. open educational resources in academic networks and beyond.

Programme Chair is Wim Veen from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Keynote Speakers are Hermann Maurer, Graz University of Technology, Austria and Mihail Konstantinov, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy / IICREST, Bulgaria.