| 8.30–17.30 | Registration & info desk open |
| 9–14 | Preseminar |
| 15–15.30 | Coffee |
| 15.30–16 | Opening |
| 16–17 | Keynote (Professor Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret & Senior research fellow Nina Haltia) |
| 17.15–18.45 | Thematic parallel session 1 |

Nordic Adult Education 2026
Scientific programme
Programme overview
| 8:30–18:00 | Registration & info desk open |
| 9:00–10:30 | Thematic parallel session 2 |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00–12:00 | Keynote (Professor Michael Tomlinson) |
| 12:00–13:30 | Lunch and coffee |
| 13.30–15:00 | Thematic parallel session 3 |
| 15:00–15:30 | Fruit |
| 15:30–17:00 | Thematic parallel session 4 |
| 17:15–17:45 | General Assembly |
| 19:00–23:00 | Dinner (Koulu) City of Turku Welcome Words |
| 08:30–14:00 | Registration & info desk open |
| 9:30–11:00 | Thematic parallel session 5 |
| 11:00–12:00 | Lunch and coffee |
| 12:00–13:00 | Keynote (Professor Magnus Dahlstedt) |
| 13:00–13:30 | Closing |
Full programme
View the programme from the Oxford Abstracts system (requires no sign-in) by clicking the button below. Last update: 20 April. Please note that the programme may be subject to small changes.
Guidelines to use the online programme
In the upper right corner of the programme, you can choose whether you want to view the programme in a calendar view or as a list. Please use the scroll bars to read the calendar view programme. The programme also works well on a mobile device!
By clicking on the programme items, you will get more information and a list of e.g. abstracts to be presented in a given session. You can read the abstract by clicking on the title of the presentation.
Menu on the left sidebar:
Programme: from the programme icon, you can always return to the programme
Bookmark: you can bookmark the sessions that interest you
Titles: list of abstract titles
Presenters & authors: list of presenters and authors
Groups: List of thematic sessions. Click on the arrow to see the presentations in the session.
Special issue
A special issue of the journal Aikuiskasvatus is currently under preliminary planning, focusing on themes related to the Nordic Adult Education Conference. The issue will be published in Finnish.
For further inquiries, please contact Tiina Tuijula, tiina.tuijula@utu.fi.