CACE – Assembly Beyond Borders | November 27th, 2024

Connecting ideas, sharing strategies, fostering innovation, exploring boundaries - on November 27th, 2024, the Crossroads in Academic Continuing Education (CACE) virtual event will take place for the fifth time.

This Year’s Focus:

At this year’s CACE 2024 we want to discover the future of continuing education, by exploring the needs and challenges of young generations and asking some crucial questions:

What makes future generations tick and how do they learn?  
How can we properly prepare them so they are well equipped and trained to face upcoming challenges? 
How do we ensure critical thinking regarding  the role of democracy in the future? 
What foundations do universities need to lay in order to provide future generations with an environment that enables them to tackle challenges?

To address these questions, we invite you to join in on exploring the following thematic cornerstones as possible solutions. 

• Bridging Disciplines to foster innovative learning approaches by Transdisciplinarity
• Identifying future educational demands by changing Organizational structures
• Meeting everyone’s needs with innovation by focusing on Diversity & Inclusion

Let us engage in dynamic discussions! 
Be part of the conversation! 

Participation is free of charge.

09:30 Uhr

Rector Friedrich Faulhammer | Welcome

09:45 Uhr

Peter Parycek | University for Continuing Education Krems
Democracy, AI & Critical Thinking: Strengthening the Resilience of Democracies for the Future

Thorsten Philipp | Technische Universität Berlin
Embrace Plurality, Dismantle Hierarchies, Practice Complicity: Basic Ideas for Transdisciplinary Learning

Thomas Estermann | European Universities Association 
Future-Proofing Universities: The Role of Organisation, Governance, and Leadership and the Demands of Future Generations

11:15 Uhr

Break 

11:30 Uhr

Christie Schultz | University of Regina
Bringing the University to the People: The Past, Present, and Future of inclusivity and Diversity within Continuing Education in Canada

Meghan Grace | Institute for Generational Research
Engaging Future Generations in Continuing Education

12:30 Uhr
Final Panel Discussion | Christina Hell & Speakers

13:15 Uhr

Joint Discussion & Networking