IBILTA 2026 Conference

This two-day online conference brings together practitioners, leaders, researchers, and partners from across the field to connect, reflect, and shape what comes next. Designed as both a learning experience and a shared moment of community, the conference centers on collaboration, real-world insight, and future-focused dialogue.

Sharing Practice
Participants will explore practical approaches, tools, and methodologies currently shaping work in the field. Sessions emphasize applied learning—what is working now, how challenges are being addressed, and how practice continues to evolve across different contexts. This theme highlights peer-to-peer learning and the exchange of actionable knowledge.

Sharing Stories
Storytelling sits at the heart of the conference. Speakers and attendees will share lived experiences, case studies, and reflections that capture both successes and lessons learned. These stories foster connection, build understanding across perspectives, and ground innovation in real human experience.

Looking Forward
The conference creates space to imagine the future together. This theme focuses on emerging trends, opportunities, and strategic directions, encouraging participants to think boldly about what lies ahead. Conversations will explore how the community can collectively respond to change, influence progress, and build sustainable pathways forward.

2026 Conference Themes:

1. Innovation and Research

Fostering innovation within an increasingly competitive landscape
Providing research training that prepares learners for diverse career opportunities
Involving students as active collaborators in the research process
Advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)
Applying educational theories and methodologies in times of disruption and change

2.   Professional Development and Professional practice

Continuous Learning and Skill Enhancement
Collaboration and Professional Communities
Reflective Practice and Self-Evaluation

3.   Curriculum, Assessment and Feedback

Curriculum adaptation for emerging trends
Stakeholder involvement (students, stakeholders, industry)
Regulation, metrics and measurement

4.  Enhancing Learning, Teaching, and Student Experience

Teaching Approaches, Learning Environments and Technology
Engagement, Collaboration and Real-World Learning
Inclusive, Student-Centred Learning

Payments

Conference registration payments include membership fees for the calendar period from 1 June 2026 to 30 June 2027. Membership active as soon as registration fees for conference are paid.

Membership benefits include:

• Eligibility for IBILTA Awards

• Access to the Journal of Block and Intensive Learning and Teaching (JBILT)

• Participation in Regional Committees

• Involvement in Collaborative Research Groups

• Member login access to the workshop series, projects and collaborations page, and the IBILTA library of block-based research materials and articles

Conference registration covers membership for the calendar period from 1 June 2026 to 30 June 2027.

Discounted membership rates/ conference registration are available for institutions, if more than 10 people are interested. At present, there is a package for 5 or 10 people. For further information regarding institutional membership or to arrange payment, please contact: admin@ibilta.org

For institution approved registrations: this refers to registrations where payment has been arranged by your institution outside of this platform. Please confirm details with your institution.