The annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications in all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia, telecommunications, and distance education. It spans all disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,500 attendees from over 60 countries.

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following major topics as they relate to the educational and developmental aspects of multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications.

1. Infrastructure
2. Tools and content-oriented applications
3. New roles of the instructor and learner
4. Human-computer interaction (HCI/CHI)
5. Cases and projects
6. Universal Web accessibility
7. Indigenous peoples and technology

Keynote speakers include Tara Brabazon (Professor of Media Studies, University of Brighton, UK), Stephen Downes (National Research Council of Canada), and M. David Merrill (Professor of Instructional Technology, Utah State University, USA).