SURF Education Days

Retrospective SURF Education Days

Setting the right tone for the future together was at the heart of the SURF Education Days on 12 and 13 November 2024. During this 26th edition, education professionals looked ahead to the educational developments that will become relevant in the coming years.

Below you will find all the highlights and sessions in the form of videos, photos and presentations.

Watch the aftermovie of SURF Education Days 2024

Watch sessions and keynotes

Watch presentations? View the slides of all sessions

Videos 12 November

Opening dance by the Royal Conservatoire
Opening: Jan Linkens, director of Royal Conservatoire Dance, shares his vision of leading education.
Debate: What do we educate for? With Anne Marie van Rooijen and Jan Bransen

SURF Education Awards

Videos 13 November

Musical opening: Boomwhackers by Drums & Barrels.
Keynote: Peter Paul Verbeek' s vision on digitisation in education.

To the full 2024 programme

This is how institutions work together within the SURF Cooperative

Highlights with photos

Winnaars SURF Onderwijsawards 2024 — Winners SURF Onderwijsawards 2024: Marian Soepenberg-Zwanepol (Landstede MBO), Anouschka van Leeuwen (Utrecht University) and Paul Gobée (UMC Leiden)

Openingsdebat SURF Onderwijsdagen: waartoe leiden wij op? — Opening debate: what are we educating for?

Ron Augustus voorzitter Raad van Bestuur tijdens SURF Onderwijsdagen 2024 — Ron Augustus (chair of SURF's Executive Board) during SURF Education Days 2024

Jitske Kramer en Dolf Jansen — Jitske Kramer and Dolf Jansen on the dynamics of change and transformation

Paul Gobée wins public vote at Education Days

Dansvoorstelling SURF Onderwijsdagen — Dance performance entitled: Follicles of Weary Travelers by choreographer Jon Bond and performed by students of the Royal Conservatoire of Dance

Thank you to all partners who contributed to SURF Education Days 2024

Look back: SURF Education Days from previous years

Curious about inspiring keynotes, fascinating sessions and innovative developments in education and technology? Check out the retrospectives of SURF Education Days from previous years! Be inspired by the stories of education professionals, policymakers and experts from the field.

Will you be there this year?

The SURF Education Days is the education and ict event of the year. Innovation and technology take centre stage, with a focus on the future of education in an increasingly digital world.

The next edition is on 11 and 12 November 2025.

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