Learning technologies in critical times
Learning Bytes Festival is a one-day experience full of thought-provoking ‘learning bites’ aimed at inspiring you for the digital transformation of your L&D, HR, and talent development strategy.
It is an initiative from imec and Edtech Station, and its current, 5th edition takes place at HRTech Unfolded.
The festival showcases the latest insights from digital learning, AI, and workplace innovation, bringing together researchers, innovators, and practitioners to explore how people and organisations learn in a rapidly changing world.
Digiwijs
Connect
2026
Digiwijs Connect 2026 brings together teachers, education and innovation experts, and partners around digital innovation in education.
This edition is extra special: we are celebrating 10 years of Smart Education at Schools, an innovation program for and by Flemish education in which teachers tackle didactic challenges with educational technology.
- Learningbytes
- 5th edition
- 200–300
- attendees
- 1 day
- talks, demos & networking
- HR Unfolded
- co-located event
- 800–1000
- attendees
- 1 gala + 1 day
- talks, demos & networking
The theme for 2026
We seem to be at a turning point in history where AI and robotics are profoundly and radically impacting the nature of work — affecting operators in manufacturing, white-collar professionals, and the high-tech industrial workforce alike.
How do we make learning with technologies like AI and XR stick? How do we stay curious, cognitively engaged and critical when it's too easy to delegate work to chatbots? How do we capture the promise of adaptive learning in real working environments?
Read more about the theme →Talks will address
- Learning technologies & the future of work (AI & robotics)
- Learning technologies in a VUCA world
- Critical use of AI for learning and development
- Sustainability of learning technologies
- Effective collaboration models within the LearnTech ecosystem
Inspire. Connect. Innovate.
Premier insights from international EdTech researchers, technology startups and scaleups, and innovation leaders implementing EdTech in daily practice — plus demo booths, workshops and informal networking.