ePIC 2024

Paris November 6-8

Opening and scaling up digital credential initiatives

Beyond the finish line: ePIC 2024 races towards open recognition!

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Join the 22nd International Conference on Open Learning and Recognition Practices, Technologies and Policies

Join us in Paris at EPIC 2024, the 22nd international conference on Open learning and recognition practices, technologies and policies. ePIC 2024 welcomes participants and speakers from all continents and backgrounds to explore all dimensions of the emerging recognition culture that emerged, thanks to the invention of Open Badges.

Marking a significant step forward, ePIC 2024 for the first time brings together key stakeholders from civil society and territories, enterprises, and public authorities. This milestone reflects the maturity of discussions around recognition practices, technologies, and policies, which have been ongoing since 2003. (more details here)

Building upon the legacy of ePIC 2016 in Bologna, where the concept of Open Recognition was first articulated in the Bologna Open Recognition Declaration, ePIC 2024 will be dedicated to the Paris Declaration, a declaration which advocates for recognising the equal value of all forms of recognition, whether informal, non-formal, or formal.

Furthermore, ePIC 2024 aims at establishing an international committee mirroring the structure of the French Committee, with dedicated representation from:

  • Civil society and territories
  • Enterprises and the world of work
  • Public services and authorities

Recognition

Digital Credentials

Empowerment

Who were the Keynotes and Guest Speakers at the previous edition?

Keynote Speakers

Designer and Director
Workforce Integration Network
California State University - Dominguez Hills

Meena Naik

Director
Skills First Design
JFFLabs

Professor of Practice in Education, University of Johannesburg SA

UNESCO/UIL Juror, Lifelong Learning Cities Award
Board Director, Groningen Declaration Network
Former CEO, South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)

Chair, CERIC Integrative Career & Capstone Learning, UFV Sustainable Development Goals, KPU

Guest Speakers

Creative EdTech leader with a portfolio of diverse experiences advancing the global credentialing ecosystem

Noah Geisel

Conference Organizer
The Badge Summit
Micro-Credentials Program Manager
University of Colorado Boulder

Keynote Speaker

“Open and Inclusive Recognition: Challenge and Hope in Regulated and Unregulated Occupations”

André Gariépy

Commissioner for Admission to Professions

Government of Québec

Organising Committee

Serge Ravet

President
Reconnaître - ORA

Don Presant

Learning Agents
Canada

Sylvie Teynier

#Leplusimportant
France

Esther Linley

Member
Reconnaître - ORA

Philippe Petitqueux

General Secretary
Reconnaître - ORA

Deb Carr

International RPL Expert
TVET Global

Julie Keane

Participate
USA

Simone Ravaioli

Global Ecosystem and Innovation Product
Parchment

Organising Committee

In Progress

Serge Ravet

President of Reconnaître - ORA

Don Presant

Learning Agents, Canada

Sylvie Teynier

#Leplusimportant
France

Esther Linley

Member of ORA

Julie Keane

Participate (USA)

Deb Carr

International RPL Expert
TVET Global

Simone Ravaioli

Global Ecosystem and Innovation Product
Parchment

Philippe Petitqueux

SG of Reconnaître-ORA
(France)

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Association Reconnaître – Open Recognition Alliance – 3, Esplanade Stéphane Hessel – 14 000 Caen (France)

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