The American Association for Adult & Continuing Education annual conference has taken on a new look in 2020 using a virtual format for its annual conference 27-30 October 2020. The virtual conference environment was used for the very first time in its history and opened Wednesday with cocktails and a welcome from Dr Mary Alfred, President and the President-elect Dr Thomas Cox. We were able to chat informally and engage in warm-up activities using for example a conference quiz.

After three months of planning with partners across the globe, including the team from the PASCAL Observatory and the UNESCO UIL team, the launch and day 1 of the inaugural 2020 Global Learning Festival was a huge success!

The Australian Learning Community Network is pleased to provide the latest news from around the network.

We are particularly pleased to, along with PASCAL, and other partners to support the City of Wyndham and the City of Melton as the first Global Learning Festival takes place on 1-4 September.  Make sure you urge your community members to register for the events https://www.globallearningfestival.com/.

We are delighted to announce that two cities in Rwanda, Kigali and Huye, have become members of PASCAL’s Learning Cities Networks (LCN). Both cities are participants in the Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) and it is a pleasure to be able to welcome them to PASCAL.

Rutgers, with the distinguished Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, is a major institution located strategically mid-way in the Boston-Washington corridor that the geographer Jean Gottmann named “Megaloplis” in his path-finding book of 1960. This effort includes pursuit of synergistic activities between PASCAL associates and Rutgers faculty and students.