The 21st Cedefop Brussels Seminar brings together representatives from European and Member States policymakers, vocational education and training (VET) experts and social partners to discuss how countries are adapting VET to changing skills needs and supporting the green and digital transitions. Participants will explore the skills needed for the green transition and how to integrate them into learning and training. The construction sector will provide a practical example of these skills challenges, while showing how cooperation with employers can help ensure that training responds to changing needs. The seminar will also consider how VET systems are responding to the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI). Participants will examine the digital skills needed by students and teachers, approaches to integrating AI into VET programmes, and its role in supporting teaching and learning.

The LLLWeek aims to raise awareness on lifelong learning’s capacity to answer many challenges of modern societies and it has become a milestone in the European education agenda. The event will be inscribed in the 2026 Annual Theme "Reimagining validation and recognition: give value to all learners, learning and competences", and will address it through LLLP's 5 renewed priorities: Investment, Inclusion, Innovation, Internationalisation and Intermediaries. To ensure consistency and belonging, each day of the week will be dedicated to one of the topics and each day will have a host MEP.

As fast-paced developments in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are promising widespread productivity growth across economies, this conference brings together researchers, social partners, EU and national policymakers to discuss how can AI upskilling or reskilling initiatives ensure widespread benefits for workers and organisations. Skills and VET are central to Europe’s competitiveness and resilience. And this event contributes to that wider conversation through the European Skills & VET Week 2026.  

Der EU Digital Day bringt Akteure aus Forschung, Wirtschaft, Industrie, dem öffentlichen Sektor und dem Innovationsökosystem zusammen, um die Zusammenarbeit im europäischen Raum zu stärken. Mit Schwerpunkt auf den Programmen Digital Europe (DIGITAL) und Horizon Europe Cluster 4 – Digital bietet die Veranstaltung eine Plattform für Wissensaustausch, Vernetzung sowie den Aufbau neuer Kooperationen. Der EU Digital Day

• vernetzt die Communities aus den Förderprogrammen Digital Europe und Horizon Europe Cluster 4 – Digital und stärkt die Verbindungen zwischen Forschung und Innovation;
• präsentiert Österreichs erfolgreiche Beteiligung an europäischen Projekten und Initiativen aus dem Digitalbereich;
• informiert über aktuelle Fördermöglichkeiten und Aktivitäten im letzten Jahr des laufenden MFR;
• gibt einen Ausblick auf die künftige Förderlandschaft ab 2028, einschließlich der erwarteten Änderungen am MFR und der Rolle des „Digital Leadership Window“ im künftigen Europäischen Wettbewerbsfonds (ECF) und
• fördert die Vernetzung von Forschenden, Unternehmen, dem öffentlichen Sektor, Akteuren aus dem Innovationsbereich und anderen relevanten Interessengruppen.

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The Researching Work & Learning (RWL) International Conference Series is the world's longest, continuously running international research conference series serving the field of workplace learning. It was initiated in 1999 by researchers at the University of Leeds (UK). As of 2026 it has visited eleven countries in five continents. The conference series as a whole is organized through the work of the RWL International Advisory Committee. This committee is composed of leading international scholars in the diverse field of workplace learning. RWL14  local organising committee: Stephen Billett, Paula Brough, Steven Hodge, Ashlea Troth, Sarojni Choy and Carys Chan