ICALLD SYMPOSIUM 2026

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    March 31-April 1, 2026 | 12am-11:59pm EST
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Symposium theme: Beyond Survival: Agency, Advocacy and Impact in Learning Development 

The ICALLD Symposium Over Time 2026 invites colleagues to look beyond survival narratives to explore questions of agency, advocacy, and impact in Learning Development. We welcome proposals that centre our successes, trace the scope and impact of diverse third-space professional journeys, and examine how Learning Developers shape, influence, and communicate their value within complex institutional ecosystems.

This symposium offers a space to reflect collectively on Learning Development as purposeful, relational, and influential practice, and to share the ways in which we exercise agency and create impact – even and especially in challenging times.

Please review the submission information below.

Submission Information

We invite colleagues to submit a proposal based on one of the following three provocations:

  1. Good News Stories:  

Inviting accounts of initiatives, collaborations, pedagogies, or moments where Learning Development has made a clear, positive difference to students, staff, institutions, or communities. Successes worth celebrating, however small or large. 

  1. Third-space Professional Journeys 

A space to share how your professional journey has informed and shaped your Learning Development practice. For example: how has your path into Learning Development shaped the opportunities for practice you now have, and/or how did your path shape the ways in which you use these opportunities? 

  1. Third-space Advocacy 

Encouraging reflections on how we navigate, shape, and influence the ‘third space’, including advocacy strategies, boundary-spanning roles, leadership practices, and ways we communicate our value within complex institutional ecosystems. 

We welcome proposals across the following submission types: 

  • Presentation: 15 mins  + 10 mins Q&A 
  • Interactive workshop: 40 mins  
  • Wildcard (creative delivery format of your choice!): 15 mins + 10 mins Q&A

We welcome proposals across the following submission types: 

  • Presentation: 15 mins  + 10 mins Q&A 
  • Interactive workshop: 40 mins  
  • Wildcard (creative delivery format of your choice!): 15 mins + 10 mins Q&A

  1. For all proposals 
    • Please specify how the proposal is relevant to the following: 
      • Symposium theme 
      • Chosen provocation 
      • ICALLD audience 
    • Individual or co-delivered sessions are welcome 
    • We will do our best to incorporate as many proposals as possible into the programme, allowing for the constraints of the time zones.  
  2. For interactive workshops 
    • Please include an overview of the activity/activities you plan to lead, and let us know how these will be delivered online
  3. For wildcard submissions 
    • Please detail the structure of, and rationale for, your delivery approach 

  1. During the symposium: 
    • Please document your session in a format of your choosing. It is absolutely up to you how you do this – previous presenters have used screenshots of anonymised group discussions/activities as well as drawing on planning and in-session notes. 
  2. After the symposium: 
    • Please create a blog post of 500 words (+/- 10%) to disseminate the key points/outcomes/calls action that arose from the session, to be shared on the ICALLD blog page
    • The ICALLD Steering Group will provide support with and review the blog post 
    • We welcome alternative formats if you prefer – please share your ideas! 

    Please submit proposals via  this Microsoft Form. We look forward to hearing from you!

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