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