The Bitkom Future of Learning working group (Arbeitskreis) focuses on innovative educational technologies and didactic approaches across lifelong learning. It promotes digital learning ecosystems, adaptive and immersive formats (e.g., AI, VR, Metaverse), and explores the impact of technology on learning culture and processes. Bitkom members meet regularly as part of the Future of Learning working group to exchange knowledge across business, academia, and public institutions, identify e-learning trends, develop guidelines for Germany’s education landscape, and share best practices for digital transformation.

More information on the → Bitkom working group Future of Learning.

As Bitkom member you can directly register here for the working group meeting → Registration for the Bitkom working group Future of Learning.

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Discover how interoperability is shaping the future of digital education. In this event tutorial, you will explore how open standards and modular architectures enable sustainable, flexible, and future‑proof educational ecosystems.

• Interoperability in education – foundations & relevance
  Learn why interoperability is a key prerequisite for scalable digital education and how it helps overcome platform silos, vendor lock‑in, and fragmented learning landscapes.
• Connecting learning platforms, tools & content
  Discover how learning platforms, external tools, and educational content can be seamlessly connected to form coherent learning experiences across institutional and organizational boundaries.
• Learner data, learning records & transparency
  Gain insights into how interoperable data flows make learning activities and progress visible and reusable – enabling evidence‑based decisions for learners, educators, and organizations.
• Standards as enablers of sustainable ecosystems
  Learn how established interoperability standards provide a common language for systems, ensure long‑term portability, and support innovation without sacrificing stability.
• From integration to ecosystems – architectural perspectives
  Understand how interoperable architectures support modular growth, simplify the integration of new services, and create resilient digital education ecosystems.

Experience how artificial intelligence is redefining the world of education. In this event tutorial, you will immerse yourself in the most exciting current developments in AI-supported learning technologies.

• AI in education – basics & possible applications
  Learn how AI is rethinking learning methods and advancing digital learning environments through automation, analysis, and intelligent support.

• Personalized Recommendations & Adaptive Learning Paths
  Discover how AI enables individual learning paths and supports and motivates learners through targeted incentives.

• Learning Analytics – Data-Based Optimization of Learning Processes
  Gain insights into how data-based analyses make learning progress visible and support informed decisions – for learners, teachers, and organizations.

• Large language models (LLMs) – intelligent support in everyday learning
  Learn how modern language models make content more accessible, simplify learning processes, and open up new forms of interactive learning.

• Integration into learning management systems (LMS) & digital education ecosystems
  Learn how AI can be seamlessly embedded into existing learning platforms and what added value it creates in holistic learning environments.

We look forward to exploring and discussing the diverse opportunities and potential of learning technologies with you.

Symposium Opening

Frontier agentic Learning Experiences (Microsoft Perspective)

AI in Learning Management Systems (working title)
André Kairies, Lieutenant Colonel, Desk Officer in German Army Training Command, German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr)

AI & Interoperability in School Education: The German Federal Approach Towards an Educational Ecosystem (working title)

Die digitale Bildungsplattform SCHULE@BW: aktueller Stand und Perspektiven.

16 Bundesländer – ein Standard: Chancen und Herausforderungen für Schulconnex
Samuel Nietzsch, Projektmanagement | Licence Connect, FWU – Das Medieninstitut der Länder gGmbH

Die Pädagogische Cloud Infrastruktur (working title)
Danny Pajak, Gesamtprojektleiter der PCI, Capgemini

Breaking up the monolith: the journey from an over-customized Moodle learning platform to a modern distributed software architecture

Ausbildungssysteme für die Zukunft der Bundeswehr (working title)

KI Brillen für das Lernen: Die Post-Smartphone-Klasse befindet sich im Freien.

Praktische Einblicke aus der Schule: Mit VR und KI zu neuen Wegen des Lernens (working title)
Judith Jung, Lehrkraft und Projektkoordinatorin, BBS Wechloy (requested)
Laura Fastabend, Lehrkraft und Projektkoordinatorin, BBS Wechloy (requested)

Die emotionale Kraft von XR. Wie Magic Moments das Lernen aufs nächste Level heben.

AI agents in the industrial metaverse. From advisor to assistant and supporter with multi-agent systems (working title)

The Agent-Ready Organization: Orchestrating Talent Velocity & Capability Sovereignty (in English)
Clarisse Ni Mhuineachain, Talent Acquisition Partner, LinkedIn

Paneldiskussion “Verändern wir das Lernen oder verändern die Technologien uns? – Über Chancen und Herausforderungen innovativer Lerntechnologien” (working title)
Dr. Yvonne Konstanze Behnke, Autorin des Buches „Lernmythen aufgedeckt“
Judith Jung, Lehrkraft und Projektkoordinatorin, BBS Wechloy (requested)

Symposium Closing Remarks

The Learning Tech Night will take place at TROFEO, within walking distance of Fraunhofer FOKUS. More details will be announced on the LTS.

Free tickets are available at the registration desk (while supplies last) when you check in at Fraunhofer FOKUS for the Learning Technology Symposium on the morning of the event.