UNIVERSITY:FUTURE FESTIVAL - HEADS UP!

Three days dedicated to the future of higher education: Heads Up! the University:Future Festival (U:FF) will take place from 26-28 April 2023 in both physical and digital spaces. The various formats include more than 300 talks and presentations, workshops, discussions and micro-education sessions. U:FF is bilingual in German and English and we welcome your proposals for contributions: The Call for Participation for the Festival is open until 31 January 2023.

The festival will explore themes relevant to the future of higher education: Hybrid settings and spaces, technology, pedagogy and didactics, artificial intelligence, policy development, competencies and skills, architectures and more. Contributions are selected to provide challenging insights and combine practical experience with the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Presentations, panel discussions, workshops and micro-education sessions provide ample opportunity for peer exchange and collaboration. The programme is shaped by the input and ideas of a community of education professionals.The programme is complemented by high-level VIP speakers. These include the President of the Social Science Research Center Berlin, Prof. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger, and Martin Dougiamas, founder and CEO of Moodle.

In terms of content, the programme is divided into tracks. The tracks reflect the topics that are currently of concern to education stakeholders. They are based on the results of a community survey and the experiences of past events and programmes.

• Spaces & Hybrid concepts
• Learning & Skills
• Empowerment & Sustainability
• Openness & Vision
• Strategies & Management
• Exams & Legal
• AI & Technology
• Transfer & Networks

The festival is digital first. This means that U:FF in all its diversity, including its fringe programme, can only be experienced online. Physical stages in Berlin, Bochum and Heilbronn offer additional opportunities for face-to-face interaction.

Online and physical tickets are free of charge. Book your online and physical ticket today via this link. The University: Future Festival 2023 is organised by Hochschulforum Digitalisierung and Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre.