Calendar of events
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May 2023

Cultivating communities of practice
May 16-19, 2023
Social learning lab, Sesimbra, Portugal
A 4-day workshop for people interested in learning the art of cultivating communities of practice


Communities of practice summit
May 22-23, 2023
Social learning lab, Sesimbra, Portugal
A 2-day summit for people interested in discussing the state-of-the-art in the field of communities of practice


Cutting-edge BEtreat
May 24-26, 2023
Social learning lab, Sesimbra, Portugal
A 3-day retreat for people interested in exploring the cutting in the field of social learning: this year, social learning spaces
Join all three:
Cultivating communities of practice
CoP summit
Cutting-edge BEtreat
May package discount
May 16-26, 2023
Get a substantial discount when you book all three May events as one package
Face-to-face: 3,800 3,200
Online: 3,100 2,700
Early-bird: book by April 1
for a further 450 discount
July 2023



Cultivating communities of practice
July 18-21, 2023
University of Western Washington
Bellingham, WA, USA
A 4-day workshop for people interested in learning the art of cultivating communities of practice
September 2023


Systems convening
September 6-8, 2023
Social learning lab, Sesimbra, Portugal
A 3-day workshop for those who convene learning engagements across boundaries


Monitoring and evaluation
September 11-13, 2023
Social learning lab, Sesimbra, Portugal
A 3-day workshop for people interested in using our value-creation framework to articulate the value of social learning.
Join both:
Systems convening
Monitoring and evaluation
September package discount
September 6-13, 2023
Get a discount when you book both September events as one package
Face-to-face: 2,800 2,400
Online: 2,100 1,800
Early-bird: book by August 1
for a further 300 discount
October 2023


Reading retreat
October 17-20, 2023
Social learning lab, Sesimbra, Portugal
A 4-day retreat for taking the time to read selected books and enjoy the luxury of discussing them with others – and with the authors.


Writing retreat
October 23-26, 2023
Social learning lab, Sesimbra, Portugal
A 4-day retreat for people with a writing project who enjoy the company of other writers willing to act as critical friends
Join both:
Reading retreat
Writing retreat
October package discount
October 17-26, 2023
Get a discount when you book both October events as one package
Face-to-face: 3,600 3,000
Online: 3,000 2,600
Early-bird: book by Sept 1
for a further 400 discount