Expolingua Berlin, the leading international exhibition for languages and cultures, is amongst the winners of the third edition of the Language Industry Awards. Expolingua Berlin was awarded as the “Best Learning and Networking Event 2015” after winning 32% of the votes. As the LIA team explained, a total of forty nominees for the eight Awards gathered over 21,000 votes, 7,000 more than last year. Again this year, around 100 national…
The eLearning Africa Through your Lens Photo Competition is back this year for its seventh edition, promoted by the eLearning Africa 2016 conference. Under the theme of ‘ICT Vision for Africa’, budding photographers are invited to submit pictures depicting how ICTs are improving relationships between family, group or country members in Africa. Photography and eLearning enthusiasts from across Africa and the rest of the world have the chance to share…
Across all sectors, personalised, on-demand service is no longer a luxury, but an expectation. When consuming media, users are looking for accessible, quality content across all platforms, at all times, in all languages. For the audiovisual translation sector this presents a huge challenge, but also a great opportunity. Never before has there been such high demand for professional media translation services, but these new times also call for new methods,…
African education experts want to hear from anyone with innovative ideas about how technology can help transform the continent. The experts will be at eLearning Africa 2016, Africa’s leading conference on technology assisted learning, where they will discuss the role of technology in achieving the African Union’s vision of a “transformed continent.” The theme for the conference, which is scheduled to take place in Cairo from May 24 – 26,…
EXPOLINGUA Berlin, the 28th International Fair for Languages and Cultures, provided a forum for visitors to discover and immerse themselves in the world of languages and cultures. 9,651 language enthusiasts visited the exhibition on November 21 – 22 to explore a broad spectrum of foreign language learning and teaching methods. 144 exhibitors from 27 countries presented a wide range of offerings from language courses; language study travels, teaching materials, and…
“Fischers Fritze fischt frische Fische. Frische Fische…” Tongue twisters are a popular way to practice a foreign language. ‘Tre Tigre’ (Three Tigers) in Italian, for example, is a fun and effective way to get used to rolling ‘Rs’. But tongue twisters, the often nonsensical, rapid sequence of rhyming words, can trip up even the most articulate native speakers. EXPOLINGUA Berlin is launching the “Twist your tongue” video contest and is…
Over 200 international speakers presenting in more than 70 sessions across two days: the OEB 2015 programme is now online! OEB 2015, Europe’s leading conference on digital education, will discuss the potential for a new age of global learning and creativity in which “everything is possible.” Rebecca Stromeyer, Chief Executive of conference organisers ICWE GmbH, has confirmed that the focus of this year’s conference, which will be held in Berlin…
Europe’s largest international higher education conference brought more than 5,000 participants from 90 countries together in Glasgow, Scotland for an inspiring and energising week of global knowledge exchange. ICWE once again organised the exhibition on behalf of EAIE. The vast exhibition included over 600 higher education institutions and service providers from 48 countries around the globe, making it the largest EAIE Exhibition to date. For more information, please visit: www.eaie.org/home/conference/glasgow.html…
Language learning made easy: Immerse yourself in a world of languages at Expolingua Berlin Need to brush up on your holiday vocabulary? Or maybe you are worried about plunging back into business German after your vacation? Whether it’s for work or play, language courses, apps, audio programs and tandems assist with learning a new language or refreshing existing language skills. Find out about various language learning methods and which are…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s special representative for Africa, Dr Günter Nooke, joined senior ICWE executives at a breakfast meeting in Berlin in July to discuss technology and education in Africa. Dr Nooke, who also recently attended the eLearning Africa 2015 conference and ministerial round table in Addis Ababa, heads the German government’s initiative to develop cooperation and business with Africa. At the Berlin meeting, he led a discussion about the…
Check out the newly-launched trailer for OEB 2015: OEB is the global, cross-sector conference for ICT supported learning and training. Attended by 2,300+ participants from 100 countries, OEB has gained a reputation over the past two decades for its unique, cross-sector focus and truly global reach, fostering exchange between the corporate, education and public service sectors. OEB 2015 will be held in Berlin on 2 – 4 December.
Taking place on Wednesday 2nd , 13 half and full-day interactive workshops will provide a chance to take part in open discussions and activities which will give individuals and organisations the chance to both share and learn the skills needed to gain a foothold in today’s e-learning market. Topics include personal learning infrastructures and sustainability in online learning. OEB is the global, cross-sector conference for ICT supported learning and training. Attended…
“Community interpreting in dialogue with technology” InDialog (20 – 21 November, 2015) will be dedicated to community interpreting in its many guises. The conference targets government representatives, policy makers, service providers, users and commissioners of signed and spoken interpreting services, researchers, trainers, interpreters, language and cultural mediators, and students. Discover the programme here: www.indialog-conference.com/programme.php
This year Going Global returned to London (1 – 2 June) to bring together the leaders of international education under the theme of ‘connecting cultures, forging futures’. Going Global is an annual conference hosted by the British Council, offering an open forum for global leaders of international education to discuss issues facing the international education community. Since its inception in 2004, Going Global has grown from a bi-annual event…
2015 marked the 10th edition of eLearning Africa, which returned to the city of its inauguration, Addis Ababa, but to a new venue – the vast and impressively equipped African Union Headquarters. Attended by 1,389 participants from 68 countries, this year’s event continued eLA’s track record of combining great content with dynamic networking to make it the leading ICT4E and ICT4D event on the continent. Check out the keynotes, interviews…
Customs officials, legal experts and CARICOM representatives met in Georgetown, Guyana, April 27 – 30, 2015, for the second time in two months to continue the review of the draft regulations presented in Antigua & Barbuda in February this year. The substantial progress on these deliberations is the product of a twelve-year process supported by the ACP Business Climate Facility (BizClim) and signals a commitment to unlocking the region’s collective trading…
Studyworld celebrated its tenth anniversary on April 24 – 25. Our International Fair for Higher and Continuing Education took place in the RHWK, marking a decade of providing orientation to secondary school students, school finishers, university students, job hunters and professionals. Our visitors not only seek information concerning studies in Germany and abroad, but also on internships, jobs, and further education.
The recently concluded 3rd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum (April 15 – 16) in Jamaica accomplished its goal of strengthening Caribbean-EU trade relations. Over a two-day period, well over 100 representatives and entrepreneurs took part in focused meetings to discuss the potential of Caribbean foods, the region’s pulsating musical creative products, and its growing higher education sector. www.cariforum.eu
Reform was high on the agenda for government and private sector participants at a well-attended business climate improvement conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 1. The ‘3rd EUBFE Conference on Business and Investment Climate’ brought EU and Ethiopian Government officials together with businessmen, investors and other stakeholders to discuss the way forward for investment in Ethiopia. A reform agenda was presented in the form of a ‘Road Map’,…
We are pleased to announce that ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, the global, cross-sector conference on ICT supported training and learning, is now known as OEB. A new website has been launched, along with a new logo and other graphic elements. OEB 2015 celebrates its 21st anniversary in December this year and has launched a call for papers, welcoming proposals for presentations and topics for discussion from all interested parties. Modernity is…
