PROGRAM
Read on for information about the themes, topics, and session types planned for this year’s conference.
Theme
The 2025 Open Education Conference theme, “Eyes on the Horizon,” embodies a forward-looking perspective where resilience, innovation, and determination navigate the current turbulent times and chart the future for education worldwide. The theme prompts participants to focus on open education’s long-term impact and work toward a more welcoming, responsive, and sustainable education system for everyone. While we face challenges on the ground, keeping our eyes on the horizon enables a sense of purpose and possibility. Our collective gaze fixed on a shared vision has the potential to embolden the open education community—tenaciously committed, collaborative, and forward thinking—to achieve an educational future that is truly open.
Keynotes
GovERNOR Jared Polis
Oct. 28
Governor of Colorado
adrienne maree brown
Oct. 29 (Virtual)
Bestselling author and activist
Dr. Kim Hunter
Reed
Oct. 29
Louisiana Higher Education Commissioner
TOPICS
Open Education 101
Expanding the Horizons of Open Education
Designing for All
Intentional Community Building
Students as Open Education Leaders
Open Education as Resistance
AI & Emerging Technologies
Pedagogy & Practice
Copyright, Attribution & Authorship
Strategies for Sustainability
Session Types
Short Presentation (In Person, 20 min or Virtual, 25 min)
Full Presentation (Hybrid, Virtual or In Person, 40 min)
Panel (Hybrid, Virtual or In Person, 40 min)
Lightning Talk (Pre-Recorded, 10 min)
Poster (In Person, presented at poster session)
Workshop (Hybrid, 2 hours)
2025 Online Schedule
This year’s conference platform is Sched. Registered attendees will receive an invitation to log in to Sched to begin building a schedule. During the conference, all virtual access links and downloads will require a Sched account. Preview the schedule below.