IEEE DEMOcon 2026 at the Politehnica University Timișoara: five days of Summer School and the IEEE DEMOcon 2026 Digital Education and MOOCs International Conference, held for the first time at the Politehnica University of Timișoara: 5 days, with over 110 participants from 23 countries
Timișoara, June 2026 Politehnica University Timișoara, through the Department of ID/IFR hosted, during June 21–26, 2026, two consecutive international events dedicated to digital education: DEMOcon Summer School 2026 (June 21–24) and IEEE DEMOcon 2026 Digital Education and MOOCs International Conference (June 24–26), organized by the IEEE Education Society. The events brought together more than 110 […]
UPT projects inspire the international community: Nokia Bell Labs VR application, developed through the European project Accelerate Future HEI, presented at IEEE DEMOcon 2026
Timișoara, June 2026 Politehnica University of Timișoara (UPT) continues to reconfirm its status as a leader in innovation and digital education through strategic partnerships and active participation in large-scale European projects. An example of good practices in this regard is the Nokia Bell Labs Virtual Reality application, a successful student project developed […]
UPT's digital transformation, presented at IEEE DEMOcon 2026: How the European project "Accelerate Future HEI" supports institutional transformation
The Politehnica University of Timișoara, through the Department of ID/IFR and Digital Education, hosted for the first time, from June 24 to 26, 2026, the IEEE DEMOcon 2026 International Conference on Digital Education and MOOCs — organized by the IEEE Education Society and which, this year, merged with eMOOCs, the European Summit of MOOC Stakeholders. The conference […]
European Museum Night 2026 at the UPT Museum: Hundreds of visitors discovered history with the help of technology and experimented with state-of-the-art applications alongside the DeL UPT team
The DeL and CM teams offered dozens of guided tours to the participants, who discovered MECIPT-1 – the first computer in the Romanian university environment. Alongside it, visitors could experience the latest virtual reality and mixed reality applications, developed by UPT students and faculty within the Spotlight Heritage Timișoara project.
DEMOcon Summer School (PhD/Master/educators/researchers)
June 21–24, 2026, Timisoara, Romania
Organized in collaboration with IEEE Education Society, EMOOCs and Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
And in parallel with the IEEE DEMOcon 2026 International Conference on Digital Education and MOOCs (June 24–26, 2026)
E³UDRES² PhD Summer School 2026 – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Science and Education
The second edition brought together 28 master's and doctoral students from six European countries. Each morning's presentation sessions were broadcast live via Zoom, with over 20 online participants — master's and doctoral students who watched the presentations of the international speakers for free.
Hundreds of participants at the Open Education & Science Practices Workshop 2026 UPT
Main theme: the response of educational and research systems to the challenges brought by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), virtual reality and blockchain.
IEEE DEMOcon Digital Education and MOOCs International Conference 2026 at UPT: June 24-26
Information about the 12th edition of the IEEE DEMOcon Digital Education and MOOCs Conference at UPT: Free plenary sessions, Keynote speakers, program