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IAB & VPET-ECON Conference on "Vocational and Professional Education and Training"
The conference focuses on key issues in vocational education as well as aspects of continuing education and retraining. The event brings together researchers of the IAB and the Leading House VPET ECON as well as selected experts from the UK, Austria and Germany. A particular highlight will be the Policy Session, which aims to foster a focused dialogue between research and practice.
The conference is jointly organized by the Institute for Employment Research and the Swiss Leading House VPET-ECON.
Date
08 - 09 October 2026
To plan your trip to Nuremberg, you may want to note that the conference will start on October 8, 2026, at around 9:00 and will end on October 9, 2026, at the latest at 15:00.
Keynote Speakers
Sandra McNally - University of Surrey
Harald Pfeifer - Federal Institute for Vocational Education & Training
Holger Bonin - Institute for Advanced Studies
Rudi Winter-Ebmer - University of Linz
Policy Panel
(Panel will be in German)
Patrick Chuard-Keller - Schweizerischen Arbeitgeberverbands
Karl-Sebastian Schulte - Zentralverbandes des Deutschen Handwerks und des Unternehmerverbandes Deutsches Handwerk
Jan Krüger - Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
Susann Dengler - Bundesagentur für Arbeit
Moderation: Uschi Backes-Gellner
Program
tba
Informal Get-Together (07.10. – 19:30 Uhr)
Tucher-Bräu am Opernhaus (https://wirtshaus-oper.de/)
Conference Dinner (08.10. – 19 Uhr)
Restaurant Estragon (https://www.estragon-nuernberg.de/)
Location
Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Regensburger Strasse 104
D-90478 Nuremberg, Germany
Accomodation
Since Nuremberg is popular with tourists, we recommend taking care of your accommodation well ahead of time.
For participants interested in an overnight stay in Nuremberg, we have reserved a contingent at the Hotel Advantage Nürnberg (http://www.hotel-advantage.de/). There are 25 single rooms available from 07. - 09. October 2026 at a price of 74,00 € per night. Of course, it is also possible to reserve just one or two nights.
Participants can book rooms at the Hotel Advantage themselves by sending an E-mail to info@hotel-advantage.de or by calling 0049 (0)911 94 55 0 and quoting the reservation number 19087. The rooms must be reserved by 07 September 2026 at the latest by credit card.
Contact
Julia Holleitner & Pascal Heß
Institute for Employment Research
Regensburger Straße 104
D-90478 Nuremberg, Germany
