2025 Program Overview
The conference features three keynote speeches, a panel discussion, and over 100 sessions in total!
This page provides an overview of the conference schedule and program. The conference will be a hybrid event; times below are Eastern time.
For details about all sessions, including speaker information and abstracts, click on a link below to see the detailed program and schedule for that day.
Links to Program Details by Day
Online-Only Days: Wednesday, May 28th | Thursday, May 29th
Hybrid Days: Wednesday, June 11th | Thursday, June 12th | Friday, June 13th
Program Overview
Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 (Online-Only)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
OPENING SESSION
David Guralnick, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Kaleidoscope Learning
New York, New York, USA
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
KEYNOTE SESSION
”Dialogic Education and Generative AI”
Rupert Wegerif, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
Speaker bio and talk abstract
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
BREAK
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1A - 4A
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
BREAK
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1B - 4B (INCLUDING IGIP SPECIAL SESSIONS)
2.30 PM - 3:00 PM
BREAK
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1C - 4C (INCLUDING IGIP SPECIAL SESSIONS)
4:00 PM
END OF DAY
Thursday, May 29th, 2025 (Online-Only)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
OPENING SESSION
David Guralnick, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Kaleidoscope Learning
New York, New York, USA
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1D - 4D
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
BREAK
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1E - 4E
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
BREAK
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1F - 4F
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
NETWORKING SESSION
3:30 PM
END OF ONLINE-ONLY CONFERENCE DAYS
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 (Hybrid, In New York and Online)
12:00 PM
DOORS OPEN
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
OPENING SESSION
David Guralnick, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Kaleidoscope Learning
New York, New York, USA
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
KEYNOTE SESSION
“Digital Learning Games: From Child to Adult Learning”
Bruce Martin McLaren, Ph.D.
Full Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Speaker bio and talk abstract
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
BREAK
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1G - 3G
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
MINI-BREAK
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1H - 3H
6:00 PM
DRINKS
Thursday, June 12th, 2025 (Hybrid, In New York and Online)
8:15 AM
DOORS OPEN
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
KEYNOTE SESSION
“Leaving Flatland: Strategies, Frameworks and Materials for Creating Augmented and Virtual Reality Experiences”
Michelle Cortese
Design Director, Metaverse Input & Interaction, Meta
Adjunct Professor, NYU
New York, New York, USA
Speaker bio and talk abstract
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
BREAK
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1J - 3J
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
LUNCH
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1K - 3K (INCLUDING IGIP SPECIAL SESSIONS)
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
BREAK
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1L - 3L
5:15 PM
END OF DAY
7:30 PM
CONFERENCE DINNER
Friday, June 13th, 2025 (Hybrid, In New York and Online)
8:15 AM
DOORS OPEN
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
PLENARY: PANEL DISCUSSION
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
BREAK
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1M - 3M
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH
PLENARY SESSION
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
BREAK
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1N - 3N
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE IELA AWARD WINNERS, BUSINESS DIVISION
WRAP-UP WITH DAVID GURALNICK
4:15 PM
END OF CONFERENCE