Cologne (GER), October 2010 - Education plays a key role in Europe's efforts to achieve a leadership role in the globalised world, and companies within the Union in particular have to face up to that task. In order to promote this point of view, an initiative committee associated with the HRM Expo in Cologne, Germany, has brought a new award to life that honors new ideas and ways of making education more productive.

New York, NY (USA), October 2010 - The international eLearning Association (IELA) has announced the winners of the 2010 International eLearning Awards. Awards were given in both the academic and business/professional categories for eLearning, blended learning, and mobile learning.

Zurich (CH), August 2010 - A forum of European business leaders has expressed concern that technology and cultural barriers could slow the adoption of mobile and cross-platform learning within their organizations despite the great potential they see for its use. This worry emerged from a roundtable discussion event organized by LINE Communications, the leading provider of learning and communications solutions, on the theme of mobile and multiplatform learning.

Tbilisi (GE), August 2010 - The first eLearning conference in the Caucasus region was organized by the Austrian eLearning and training consultants common sense on behalf of the German development organization InWEnt in Tbilisi. The "eLearning Caucasus Conference" was the closing event of the first phase of the successful project "Institution Building and Human Resource Development in the Southern Caucasus".

Florence (IT), July 2010 - Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of Giunti Labs and chair of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), presented a five-point plan to ensure economic competitiveness through worker competency at the recent Training Transformation Symposium, held at the Royal School of Mechanical Engineering (RSME) in Chatham, Kent.

London (UK), June 2010 - Led by speakers including talent-management industry expert Charles Jennings and former Formula One racing-car driver Derek Daly, who is now a businessman and television sports personality, delegates at Plateau Systems' first European user conference - held in Barcelona - discussed current talent management trends, technology, and best practices in Europe.

London (UK), June 2010 - LINE Forum Lunch at L'Escargot in London was well attended. The wide range of private and public sector organisations were keen to hear the two keynote presenters, David Saunders, Head of Dealer Training at Jaguar Land Rover and Paul Goundry, Learning Design Manager at LINE.

Thessaloniki (GR)/Florence (IT), June 2010 - Our societies need to do more to communicate the benefits of training, upskilling, and qualifications to citizens. This was the message of Cedefop Director Aviana Bulgarelli at the conference of the Economic and Social Committee "Education to Combat Social Exclusion", held in Florence on 20-22 May.

Lusaka (ZM), June 2010 - "Information and communication technologies can play a major role in building peace, security, and stability in some of the most troubled places on the planet", says New Security Foundation Chairman, Dr Harold Elletson. Dr Elletson was speaking at the eLearning Africa conference in Lusaka, Zambia during a session hosted by the New Security Foundation that involved participants from all over Africa.

Leeds (UK), May 2010 - Kath Wilkinson, nurse consultant and continence-service manager with NHS Bradford and Airedale, was a keynote speaker at a groundbreaking conference in Barcelona targeting urinary-incontinence healthcare professionals from Spain and the UK.

Boston, MA (USA), May 2010 - The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) presented the 2010 USDLA Eagle Award in conjunction with its 2010 national conference in St. Louis, Missouri on May 4, 2010. This year's honor went to Bob Riley, Governor of the American State of Alabama.

London (UK), March 2010 - (by Bob Little) While it has not been announced with a great fanfare of publicity there is, nonetheless, a strong rumour that National Learning at Work Day 2010 in the UK will take place on 20th May as part of Adult Learners' Week. Apparently, the Day is about workplaces making a commitment to learning and skills by holding events and activities for their employees.

Hemel Hempstead (UK), March 2010 - Migrating to easier-to-use learning management systems and mobile learning are the two 'hottest topics' in the learning technologies world at present, according to research by Omniplex. Matthew Lloyd, Omniplex's managing director, speaks at the eLearning Gulid's annual conference, to be held on 24-25 March, in Orlando (FL) USA, giving a 'guided tour of knowledge theory and its practical implications.'