Why should you come to an ipda annual conference?

The ipda annual conference provides a unique opportunity to engage professionally with a wide range of people who are involved in professional learning. The conference provides a supportive environment in which people can listen and talk as well as present their research and ideas. First time researchers and presenters and researchers have a challenging yet safe environment in which they can develop their conference presentation skills and learn from more experienced researchers and presenters. The wide range of contexts from which participants come enables people to make a much broader range of contacts than they would normally be able to do, and to learn with colleagues across professions and all sectors of education.  The following links illustrate these points and include many more reasons why people attend the ipda annual conference.

Why I'm here
17 people from a range of backgrounds and contexts talk briefly about why they came to the annual conference in 2007.

Cliff Jones' view:
Cliff Jones, independent Professional Learning Consultant, chair of CASP (Critical Advisory Support partnership), Honorary Senior Fellow of the University of Liverpool.

Anja Swennen's view:
Anja Swennen, from the University of Amsterdam talks about her keynote paper.

Nadine Engels' view:
Prof Nadine Engels, from the University of Brussels talks about why she came to the conference and what can be learned from giving a paper presentation at ipda.

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