ICoBC Symposium
Our annual conference brings the digital credentialing community together in Berlin — practitioners, researchers, policy makers, employers, and technology providers.
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20266th symposium
Navigating agentic recognitionUpcoming
1 December 2026, 14:00–18:00, Office Club Berlin
Agentic AI in learning & enablement: balancing autonomous systems, trusted credentials, and human agency. How can digital credentials ensure trusted recognition when AI agents act on our behalf? An interactive Open Space afternoon.
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20255th symposium
Building global capabilities
2 December 2025, Berlin
In an increasingly interconnected world, the ability to recognize and validate skills and experiences across borders is paramount. The 5th symposium explored how digital credentials can enhance the portability of skills and experiences, so that people can perform effectively in diverse and regulated sectors such as industry and healthcare.
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20244th symposium
Ensuring equal inclusion
26 November 2024, Berlin
Ensuring equal inclusion is particularly important in the design and adoption of digital badges and verifiable micro-credentials. Digital credentials can transform the way we validate learning — but only if they are designed and implemented in a way that is equitable and accessible to all.
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20233rd symposium
Connecting the dots
21 November 2023, Berlin
“Connecting the dots” between open badges, micro-credentials, and verifiable credentials: how these digital credentials enhance learning, recognition, and employability, with best practices, case studies, and research from various sectors and regions.
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20222nd symposium
The journey of the champions
22 November 2022, Berlin
Champions — sometimes called intrapreneurs — follow a vision bigger than the tasks they are assigned. They understand that building ecosystems with organizational, governmental, and educational stakeholders is key to scaling their programs.
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20211st symposium
From theory to practice
30 November 2021, Berlin and online
The first ICoBC symposium identified pathways “from theory to practice”, with views from companies, education providers, ministries, and associations — woven together with 21st-century skills and digital identity.
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