Dear IEEE Education Society Members,

We would like to send you a warm greeting and present to you the 2021 WEEF/GEDC Conference, an IEEE Education Society technically co-sponsored event. WEEF/GEDC 2021 being organized as a hybrid conference in Madrid, Spain, from 15-18 November 2021.

My name is Manuel Castro, President Emeritus of the IEEE Education Society, and I am co-chairing the conference with Edmundo Tovar, the current President of the IEEE Education Society, and Hans H. Hoyer, the Secretary of the IFEES and GEDC institutions.

The theme of this year's WEEF/GEDC Conference is "Diversity and Ethics in Education for an Inclusive and Sustainable World", but we will also cover many other topics that fall within our Society's field of interest. 

We invite you to visit the conference website for additional information. 

Call for Participation/Papers

We encourage your participation in the conference, as an author, presenter, participant, or sponsor.

If you are interested in participating in the conference as an author or presenter, the deadline for submitting extended paper abstracts, workshops, special sessions, panels, and round tables, is 30 April 2021. Additional information can be found here. 

The platform selected for submission management is ConfTools, and we recommend that you submit papers to the conference through their website.

We also invite you to participate in the conference as a reviewer. If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for WEEF/GEDC 2020, please register through the ConfTools System and send an email to mcastro@ieec.uned.es. 

The conference will host several meetings for different institutions, including IFEES, GEDC, etc., as well as some Student and Young Professionals meetings. We would like to extend a special invitation to all IEEE Student Members, IEEE HKN Student Members, or Young Professionals to be involved in the conference.

Thank you for your time! We hope to see you at this new and exciting event, WEEF/GEDC 2021, being held face-to-face and online (hybrid) from 15-18 November 2021, in Madrid, Spain.

Manuel Castro, Hans J. Hoyer, and Edmundo Tovar
WEEF/GEDC 2021 Conference Co-Chairs