It’s only January, but already 2016 is shaping up to be a big year of PD opportunities for e-learning professionals down under.
The following list of conferences is an organic one, so keep an eye on it!
Gamification Central 2016
• Where: Melbourne
• When: 18-19 February 2016
• More info: ARK Group
Learning Cafe UnConference
• Where: Sydney
• When: 25 February 2016
• More info: Learning Cafe
National FutureSchools Conferences
• Where: Sydney
• When: 3-4 March 2016
• More info: FutureSchools
iDESIGNX Live 2016
• Where: Sydney
• When: 16 March 2016
• More info: LearnX
National Blended Learning Conference 2016
• Where: Sydney
• When: 16-17 March 2016
• More info: Liquid Learning
Digital Disruption X 2016
• Where: Sydney
• When: 22-23 March 2016
• More info: IQPC
Connected Education Summit
• Where: Melbourne
• When: 19-20 April 2016
• More info: Connect Expo
CeBIT Australia
• Where: Sydney
• When: 2-4 May 2016
• More info: CeBIT Australia
AITD National Conference
• Where: Sydney
• When: 5-6 May 2016
• More info: AITD
EduTECH
• Where: Brisbane
• When: 30-31 May 2016
• More info: EduTECH
Education Nation
• Where: Sydney
• When: 7-8 June 2016
• More info: Quest Events
Online & e-Learning Summit
• Where: Melbourne
• When: 21-23 June 2016
• More info: IQPC
Forward Government Learning 2016
• Where: Canberra
• When: 26-28 July 2016
• More info: ARK Group
Emerging Trends in Learning & Working
• Where: Sydney
• When: 3 August 2016
• More info: Global Mindset
Learning Cafe UnConference
• Where: Melbourne
• When: 18 August 2016
• More info: Learning Cafe
Leading a Digital School Conference
• Where: Melbourne
• When: 25-27 August 2016
• More info: iwbNet
Blended Learning Conference for Emergency Services, Enforcement and Defence
• Where: Sydney
• When: 20-21 September 2016
• More info: Liquid Learning
Australasian Simulation Congress
• Where: Melbourne
• When: 26-29 September 2016
• More info: Simulation Australasia
2016 Eportfolio Forum
• Where: Sydney
• When: 28-29 September 2016
• More info: ePortfolios Australia
Australian Council for Computers in Education Conference
• Where: Brisbane
• When: 29 September – 2 October 2016
• More info: ACCE2016
MoodleMoot Australia 2016
• Where: Perth
• When: September / October 2016
• More info: MoodleMoot
LearnX Live 2016
• Where: Melbourne
• When: 18 October 2016
• More info: LearnX
mLearn 2016
• Where: Sydney
• When: 23-26 October 2016
• More info: mLearn 2016
Learning@Work 2016
• Where: Sydney
• When: 24-25 October 2016
• More info: Learning@Work
Gamification Sydney 2016
• Where: Sydney
• When: 25-27 October 2016
• More info: ARK Group
Digital Transformation & Emerging Trends in Learning & Working
• Where: Sydney
• When: 3 November 2016
• More info: Global Mindset
ASCILITE 2016
• Where: Adelaide
• When: 28-30 November 2016
• More info: ASCILITE
MoodlePosium 2016
• Where: Canberra
• When: 5-6 December 2016
• More info: MoodlePosium
If you are aware of another e-learning related conference in Australia, please let me know and I’ll add it to the list.
E-Learning Provocateur 
Hi Ryan- happy new year! Thanks for taking the time to compile this list again – very useful. I also like how you have included a broad range of events- not just focused on corporate elearning but education/schools & general digital events as well. Always valuable to look outside our own industries.
Happy new year to you too, Tanya!
Indeed, I have purposefully included events that aren’t purely e-learning oriented, yet have something meaningful to offer the e-learning professional. It can be a long bow to pull sometimes, so I try to err on the safe side.
Don’t forget mLearn 2016 – The 15th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning. Happening Oct 23-26 in Sydney, Australia. http://www.mlearn2016.com
Good one Rob, I’ve added it in. Thanks.
Does anyone know of any of these conferences will be broadcast online? Or of any excellent online e-leanring conferences in 2016?
I believe MoodleMoot is online, not sure if the others will be supplemented by an online channel.
You may have more luck with the bigger international conferences. I’ll keep my eyes peeled.
Hi Ryan, thanks for putting this up. There is also MoodlePosium which is scheduled for 5-6 Dec in Canberra. http://moodleposium.net.au/ (site hasn’t been updated yet but this is where the info will be)
Thanks for letting me know, Colin. I’ve added it to the list.
Hi all, we won’t be broadcasting online this year, but you can follow the convo live using the #DDX hashtag
Online & eLearning Summit 2016
21 – 23 June, 2016 – Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria,
http://www.onlineandelearning.com.au/conference-day-two-agendaday
Thanks Mel, I’ve added it to the list.
You might want to add the following.
Click to access LELD0916A_E.pdf
Thanks Alfred, done!
Hi Ryan, there’s also ASCILITE
http://2016conference.ascilite.org/
Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education.
Added, thanks Shannon!