Upcoming meetings

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The location of each Autumn ECO/TIG Leader Meeting and each Spring Thematic Interest Group (“TIG”) Conference changes annually. Below is a list of some of our recent locations, their sponsoring member institutions, and the Conference Themes.

2025 Autumn (September 17-19) ECO/TIG-leader meeting, Texas Christian University / Trinity Valley School (co-hosts), Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. **Sept 15-16 optional programs/school visits; Sept 20: Optional college football game. Link to all posts.

2026 January Board Meeting, Ismael Qemali Univ., Vlore, Albania

2026 Spring Annual Conference, Ismael Qemali Univ., Vlore, Albania

2026 Autumn, Undecided

Previous Spring meetings/Conferences

2025 Spring   May 7th – 9th Annual conference PXL-Hasselt, Belgium. Link to all posts. (Theme “Educators in the Cultural Landscape: Awareness, Positionality, and Global Action”)

2024 Spring (April 17-19), NHL Stenden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands (Theme: Embracing Linguistic and Cultural Diversity)
2023 April 13-15 April Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Germany (Theme: “Teacher Education – Connecting Glocal”)
2022 21-23 April, Kirchliche pädagogische hochschule, Vienna Theme: “Human rights in Education – The Human Right to Education”
2021 Due to COVID-19 ECO/TIG meeting on-line (ZOOM) April 23d,
2020 Due to COVID-19 ECO/TIG meeting on-line (ZOOM) April 23d,
2019 Vic, Spain – University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia
(Theme: “Innovation in education. Where are we going?”)
2018 Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
(Theme: “Diversity as Resource”)
2017 Gothenburg, Sweden – University of Gothenburg (THEME: “Building Bridges”)
2016 Setúbal, Portugal – Escola Superior de Educação de Setúbal
(Theme: “Education in Context”)
2015 Copenhagen, Denmark – University College, UCC
(Theme: “Experimential Learning”)
2014 Leipzig, Germany – The University of Leipzig (THEME: “Bildung”)

2013 Hasselt, Belgium – Limburg Catholic University College
(Theme: “Education Designed for All”)
2012 Coimbra, Portugal – University of Coimbra
(Theme: “Education: Key Competences for the future”)

Previous Fall meetings

2024 Autumn (September 25-27) ECO/TIG-leader meeting, KP-Copenhagen, **September 24 UCOILD (pre-meeting event). ECOs & TIG-leaders, CLICK HERE to complete the post-meeting survey, regardless of whether you attended)

2023 Autumn (September 20-22) Kristianstad University Sweden
2022 Sept 22-24 Sept. Liepaja Latvia
2021 Brno Masaryk university
2020 Due to COVID-19, ZOOM meeting
2019 Zurich/Switzerland (PHS Zurich)
2018 Indianapolis/Muncie, Indiana USA (Ball State University)
2017 Antwerp, Belgium (Artesis Plantijn University College /Karel De Grote
Hogeschool)
2016 Newcastle, United Kingdom (Northumbria University)
2015 Mondragon, Spain (Mondragon University)
2014 Izmir, Turkey (Ege University)
2013 The Hague/Delft, The Netherlands (The Hague University of Applied Sciences)
2012 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. (Texas Christian University and
Trinity Valley School)
2011 Gothenburg, Sweden (University of Gothenburg)

Previous Board meetings

2025 January 15th – 17th Board meeting at PXL Hasselt, Belgium

2024 January, NHL Stenden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
2023 January 11-13 Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Germany
2022 March 29-1 Liepaja University, Latvia
2021 September 26-28 KPH Wien/Krems, Austria
2020 January 12-15 Coventry, UK
2019 January 14-20 Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung,