Call for Papers (pdf)
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
Deadline for abstract submission: May 23, 2008
Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2008
Deadline for submission of full papers: September 15, 2008
GRASPING THE FUTURE
A Challenge for Learning and Innovation
1-3 October 2008, Helsinki, Finland
THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE
- Learning and innovation environments for education
and business
- Challenges for innovative enterprises
- Innovativeness as a national competitive advantage
- The role of education in innovation systems
- Innovative leadership
- Didactic challenges for the future
- Technology as a facilitator of learning and
innovation
- Physical learning and innovation environments
- Social capital in education and business
- Local and global perspectives on education and
innovation
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Learning and education shape tomorrow by giving individuals
tools for navigating the emerging world. Moreover, educational
systems and learning environments in business have a major
impact on national innovation and competitiveness. All this
entails not only responsibility but also a great opportunity to
take hold of the future by making conscious choices in the
design of creative environments – both for learning and work.
Recent studies on the future of learning have presented
dramatically different perspectives on the world of education
from the one we see today. Technological progress and programmes
geared to improving collective intelligence are changing the
world in which future students and knowledge workers will learn.
Many experts see the future of learning as more and more driven
by networks, the development of social media, personalised
education, problem-based and work place learning. A common
feature in different views on the future of learning is placing
the student at the centre of the educational system. The walls
keeping educational institutes and the rest of society apart are
becoming lower and thinner. The same changes, bringing with them
both challenges and opportunities, will be faced both by
educational institutes and business organizations.
The conference "Grasping the Future – A Challenge for
Learning and Innovation" challenges linear thinking and promotes
futures literacy both in education and business environments. We
offer visionary keynote speakers, public debates as well as
demonstrations of current innovative practices that may well
pave the way for new approaches to learning and innovation.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
The programme includes keynote lectures, panel discussions,
concurrent workshops and demonstrations. If you are interested
in presenting a paper or a poster, please submit us an abstract
(max. 250 words). The abstracts should provide sufficient
information about the aims, methods, discipline or theory in
question, and about the results of the research.
Please, submit
the abstract via an electronic form.
The final papers should be original, unpublished, and not
more than 15 single-spaced pages with a minimum 12 pt font size.
They should only contain the title and the body of the paper,
with the author names and affiliations. Please, submit the final
paper to conference coordinator at
conference2008@tse.fi.
Papers and posters will be presented in English.
Demonstrations
If you wish to give a demonstration of a learning environment
innovation, please contact conference coordinator at the address
conference2008@tse.fi. Demonstrations will be presented in
workshops. It is also possible to give a demonstration in
Finnish in a special Finnish speaking workshop. If you are
interested in this option, please indicate so when submitting
your proposal.
Acceptance of the papers and conference proceedings
The scientific board that will evaluate the abstracts and
demonstrations includes Professor Pirjo Ståhle, Professor
Karl-Erik Sveiby, Professor Markku Wilenius, Jari Kaivo-oja, PhD,
and Jari Metsämuuronen, PhD.
Notification of the decision will be sent by e-mail no later
than June 20, 2008. We acknowledge receipt and answer to all
paper proposals submitted. Full papers are expected by September
15, 2008.
The best conference papers will be published in one of the
following journals: International Journal of Intelligent
Enterprise, International Journal of Learning and Intellectual
Capital, Futura and Lifelong Learning in Europe.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For further information send an e-mail to
conference2008@tse.fi.
