WHY ATTEND?
Come for the knowledge. Leave with renewed purpose.
Two days of practical knowledge, meaningful professional connections, and new perspectives to take back to your community.
The International Science of Learning Symposium is designed for people who want more than inspiration. It offers practical knowledge, meaningful professional connections, and new perspectives that participants can take back to their classrooms, schools, organizations, and research communities.
Nine perfect reasons to join the Science of Learning movement
RESEARCH TO REALITY
Turn research into better learning
Discover what current research tells us about attention, memory, motivation, self-regulation, collaboration, assessment, and deep learning. The programme helps translate these findings into principles and approaches that can be applied in real educational settings.
PRACTICE SPEAKS
Learn from practice—not only theory
Meet educators who are testing new ideas in classrooms, schools, online learning environments, and community projects. Their experiences provide honest insight into what worked, what did not, and what others can learn from the process.
IDEAS TO USE
Gain practical ideas you can use
Take home approaches, tools, and examples that can inform your own work. Whether you are developing a single lesson, leading school improvement, designing educational technology, or conducting research, the Symposium will help you connect new knowledge with your professional context.
WIDEN YOUR WORLD
Meet people beyond your usual network
Connect with teachers, researchers, school leaders, policymakers, and education innovators from different countries. The Symposium creates space for genuine conversation—not only formal presentations—so that participants can exchange ideas, explore collaborations, and build lasting professional relationships.
SHARE YOUR WORK
Present your work to an international audience
The Call for Abstracts welcomes research, practice-based inquiry, innovative educational approaches, and projects that connect evidence with real learning environments. Presenting at the Symposium gives you an opportunity to receive feedback, develop your ideas, and make your work visible beyond your own institution or country.
PURPOSEFUL INNOVATION
Discover educational innovation with a purpose
Explore innovations that respond to real challenges in education. Rather than focusing on novelty alone, the Symposium examines whether new approaches improve learning, strengthen learner agency, support inclusion, or help educational communities work more effectively.
STAY CONNECTED
Become part of a continuing community
The event is intended to begin conversations, not end them. Participants become part of a growing international community working to make scientific understanding of learning more accessible and educational innovation more visible.
CELEBRATE EDUCATORS
Celebrate the educators shaping the future
At the Innovative Teacher Awards Gala, we will recognize educators whose creativity, courage, and commitment are making a meaningful difference. It is an opportunity to celebrate achievement, hear inspiring stories, and end the Symposium together in a spirit of possibility.
EXPERIENCE HELSINKI
Experience Helsinki and Finnish education
Meet in one of the world’s most recognized education environments and experience Helsinki—a welcoming seaside city known for thoughtful design, public learning spaces, and a strong culture of education. The setting offers a distinctive backdrop for reflecting on how trust, equity, research, and innovation can contribute to the future of learning.
HELSINKI · 13–14 MAY 2027
Come for the knowledge. Leave with new ideas, new connections, and renewed purpose.
Whether you are a teacher, researcher, school leader, policymaker, teacher educator, student, or educational innovator, you will leave with a deeper understanding of learning and a wider network of people committed to improving it.
Join us in Helsinki and help turn knowledge about learning into meaningful educational change.