OEB Global 2026 Berlin

OEB Global is a yearly conference and trade exhibition about digital learning that mixes schools and universities with corporate training and the public sector. The 2026 edition takes place from 2 to 4 December at the InterContinental Berlin on Budapester Strasse. This year runs under the banner "Sovereign Learning: Trust, Agency & the Education Reset" and looks at how artificial intelligence is changing knowledge, jobs and teaching. The official pages do not name the organising company. Attendees are teachers, academics, researchers, policymakers, edtech vendors and learning and development staff from companies and governments in many countries. Wednesday 2 December is set aside for pre-conference workshops. The main programme fills Thursday and Friday, and the organiser cites more than 130 sessions. Donald H Taylor, who chairs the Learning Technologies Conference, moderates the opening plenary. The yearly debate argues whether AI should take over the teaching role with human coaches in support, and Friday plenaries deal with identity after the reset and with the place of workplace learning. A panel on AI Literacy at Scale in Higher Education is also listed. Named keynote speakers include Kenneth Cukier of The Economist, Helen Beetham of the University of Manchester, Donald Clark of Wildfire Learning, Laureen Rwatirera Chivere of Prosus and Gregory Fowler of University of Maryland Global Campus. An exhibition runs alongside, and an event app handles networking and schedules. Standard registration costs EUR 1,075 plus VAT. It includes both main days, the app, lunches and refreshments, later access to slides and session recordings, and entry to the exhibition. Workshops are booked separately and may cost extra. The EUR 970 early-bird rate ended in June, and group rates are quoted on request. A Thursday evening networking event called Vibrant Night starts at 19:30 on 3 December and costs EUR 80 excluding VAT. Deutsche Bahn and Lufthansa Group offer travel deals, and the venue hotel has reduced room rates for participants. For affiliates the fit is indirect. OEB has no performance marketing or traffic track, and the people buying here are institutions and corporate training teams. It is more useful for publishers covering edtech and AI learning software, who can meet vendors such as the 2026 gold sponsors Mentimeter, Open edX, TalentLMS and Wooclap, look for B2B partner programmes, and learn how universities and employers choose tools. Media buyers working on consumer study or essay offers will find little here.