Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Colleagues,

Now it’s already over and we will have to wait almost five years for the next one...

On 12 and 13 May, the XIIIth German Adult Education Conference was held in the Berliner Congress Centre. We were very pleased that nearly 1,500 participants from further education, science, from business and politics as well as from dvv international partner organisations came to Berlin.

The Adult Education Conference was officially opened by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Christian Wulff, who was joined by a welcoming address from the KMK-President, Mr. Minister Dr. Althusmann and the Senator for Education, Science and Research, Prof. Dr. E. Jürgen Zöllner.
These speeches are available here (in German).

In addition to the other plenary sessions there were:

• the further education policy speech by Minister Prof. Dr. Schavan with the title “No one should be lost!”,
• the lectures on “Education Without Borders” by HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, Günter Verheugen and Dr. Rajesh Tandon
• and the closing plenary session with statements regarding the position “The Adult Education Centre – Education as public responsibility”

and six forums that constituted the core program of the Adult Education Conference. We have requested the presentations and lectures from the presenters at these forums and will do our best to make these materials available as promptly as possible.

Ms. Scherm, our photographer, worked tirelessly to capture impressions of the Adult Education Conference and the Festival. Under the menu item documentation there are already some photos and video clips available. These areas are currently being updated, so check back often.

If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us by using the contact form.

Finally, we must sincerely say “Thank you” to:

• the Berlin Senate for supporting Adult Education Conference,
• the Berlin Adult Education Centres for their cooperation (especially Bernd O. Hölters and H. Schätzel for planning and organisation of the Festival)
• our sponsors telc, Cornelsen, Hueber, Klett and Langenscheidt for the renewed support of the Adult Education Conference,
• all speakers for your active participation in lectures and forums,
• all participants from home and abroad who actively contributed to the success of the Adult Education Conference

and of course you for your interest!

Your DVV team