The papers from the May 2010 UNESCO Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning are now available and can be downloaded from a UNESCO site. The Forum was convened by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning at the time of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 in association with a number of Chinese organisations including the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy and the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO.

The papers range over conceptual, policy, and descriptive country papers on lifelong learning and provide a useful overview of developments in countries such as China, Korea, Canada, and the United States. An interesting paper by  Robert Carneiro, provides suggested foundations in working towards a new theory of lifelong learning relevant to twenty first century conditions. Overall, there is much in the papers that could be brought into the PIE dialogue.