People with a passion for learning often talk about the need to adapt practices to engage with different generations, taking account of changing lifestyles, flexible working environments, and new global challenges. However, old ways are slow to die, and learners often outpace their teachers, mentors, or trainers. Social unrest is rife, and we have seen riots, protests, and the emergence of an increasingly disaffected youth. It is time to focus on relevance.

How can education and training continue to adapt? How does technology give learners the freedom to choose? Can it offer a more inclusive future for lifelong learning? What can learning professionals do to keep up? How can workplace learning innovate and respond to change? Is society heading in the right direction? How can technology help us to reach our destination?

All proposals, suggestions, and ideas for the Conference programme related to the main themes at OEB 2012 are welcome, and a wide range of session formats are available: pre-conference workshops and seminars, presentations, demonstrations, discussion and debates, knowledge-exchange sessions, learning cafés, learn shops, and learning labs.

The deadline for receipt of all proposals is 01 June, and outcomes will be announced by the end of August 2012.

OEB attracts over 2000 experts at the vanguard of technology-enhanced learning from more than 100 countries around the world, across the domains of both the academic and business worlds.