Call for Posters

Poster Session B: Projects and initiatives in the field of professional development of adult and continuing education staff

The conference programme includes a poster session on the second day (4^th May) where good practice examples – national and international projects and initiatives in in the field of professional development of adult and continuing education staff will be presented. The session will provide a good opportunity to present current initiatives in an informal and interactive setting which encourages discussions, and to learn more about innovative approaches in other countries.

A written summary of the project/initiative presented in the poster session will be distributed to all conference participants and will be included in the conference documentation.

Topics of interest

The posters are meant to provide information about projects and initiatives relating to the professional preparation and updating of staff working in adult and continuing education. The focus is not only on teachers but on all kinds of professional activity in this sector: management, leadership, counselling, organisational and technical support etc. Posters presenting both work in progress and well-established good practice are welcome.

Presented projects/initiatives might deal for example with one of the following :

• development of education and training courses
• development of professional competence profiles and standards
• research on professional skills needs
• ...

Practical Details:

Abstract submission:

Abstracts of planned poster presentations should be submitted through the

by 29 March. Accepted authors will be notified at the latest by 3 April.

Written Summary

Accepted presenters are required to submit a summary of their project/initiative (1000-1500 words) to be distributed to the conference participants. Deadline: 23 April. By sending your summary you agree to publication of the text on the conference website as well as to a possible inclusion in the print publication to be prepared after the conference.

Poster printing

Presenters are welcome to send a file (pdf or ppt) to the organisers who will take care of the printing. Deadline: 16 April. The standard poster format is A 1 vertical.

If you include graphs or pictures in your poster – which is strongly recommended – make sure that the dpi resolution is sufficiently high.

Alternatively presenters can bring their own printed posters to the conference.

Poster session

Poster can be put on display on 4^th May between 10 am and 2 pm. The poster session itself will take place on the same day, 5 – 6 pm. Presenters are required to be present during the whole poster session.

If you require space for display of additional print materials or wish to use a laptop for a computer presentation please indicate your technical requirements in the submission form.

Overview Deadlines:

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