The International Educational Leadership Conference

March 3-5, 2027, Hungary

Tema: «LLAMADOS» — Formar, equipar y empoderar a líderes y educadores cristianos para llevar adelante la misión

Lugar: Mercure/Ibis Budapest Castle Hill, Budapest, Hungría

     41-43 Krisztina krt, 1013 BUDAPEST. Hungary

¿Qué es la IELC?

La Conferencia Internacional de Liderazgo Educativo (IELC, por sus siglas en inglés) reúne a líderes de escuelas cristianas de toda Europa y otras regiones para fomentar la colaboración estratégica y brindar inspiración. Desde 2015, ACSI Europe organiza la IELC, la cual ha contado con participantes de más de 40 países. Nos sentimos bendecidos de poder colaborar con ustedes en la promoción de una educación de calidad centrada en Cristo alrededor del mundo.

Cada sesión se presenta en inglés para una audiencia internacional. Es posible que haya servicios de traducción disponibles para algunos grupos; no obstante, contar con cierto dominio del inglés resulta útil para establecer contactos y conversar con otros líderes escolares y participantes.

Objetivos de la conferencia:

• Inspirar una visión compartida para la educación cristiana a nivel global.
• Fomentar la comunión entre los líderes de escuelas cristianas.
• Promover la colaboración entre escuelas cristianas.
• Inspirar un liderazgo basado en principios bíblicos a través de sesiones interactivas.

Donations and Conference Costs

• Your donations can enable a school leader to attend IELC! We will match your gift to a specific need at your request. Give online HERE.
• Conference fees can be paid online and receipted from ACSI HERE. 

Conference Venue: Mercure Hotel (Castle Hill), Budapest, Hungary

• The Mercure Hotel venue includes hotel options as well as meals for participants. Meals (other than breakfast) are included in the Conference Fee. 
• Please book your own lodging based on your preferences. Rooms will be available at special rates. 
  • IBIS rooms with breakfast included - Single room: 95 E, Double: 109 E
  • Mercure rooms with breakfast included - Single room: 110 E, Double: 126 E
  • The links for booking will be included here soon.
• Room availability is guaranteed until 1 February, with a special rate available for participants. After this date, availability cannot be assured. You may also look for other local accommodations that might fit your needs.

Keynote Speakers:

Neil Malherbe
Neil Malherbe es el director nacional de ACSI Sudáfrica. A lo largo de su trayectoria, ha ejercido la docencia y ha ocupado cargos directivos en diversas escuelas de Sudáfrica, aportando su experiencia tanto en el aula como en el liderazgo a su labor de apoyo a las escuelas cristianas en todo el país.

Christian Baldauf
Christian Baldauf dirige la VEBS-Akademie, la división de formación y desarrollo profesional de la Verband Evangelischer Bekenntnisschulen (VEBS), la asociación de escuelas cristianas evangélicas en Alemania. Desde este puesto, capacita a educadores y directivos escolares para que crezcan en su vocación y en su práctica profesional.

Jonas Turunen
Jonas Turunen es el director de la Espoon kristillinen koulu (Escuela Cristiana de Espoo), en Finlandia. Él lidera a la comunidad escolar en la provisión de una educación de calidad fundamentada en una cosmovisión cristiana.

Laci Demeter
Laci Demeter se desempeña como director de ACSI Europa, donde brinda apoyo y establece conexiones entre escuelas cristianas y educadores de todo el continente, ayudándoles a buscar la excelencia en una educación centrada en Cristo.

Program Details:

• The event begins with 17:30 dinner on Wednesday and ends with 12:30 lunch on Friday. See the DRAFT schedule.
• This conference will highlight keynote speakers who are leaders in Christian educational philosophy and practice and engage our hearts and our minds with God's Word.
• Workshops will be available, presented by highly experienced and qualified educators working in Christian school settings.
• Various learning tracks will be offered to participants wanting to focus their attention on themes related to the opportunities for Christian education to address real and pressing challenges in our communities.
• If you do not speak English, you will need to provide your own translator for networking. There are various apps such as GoogleTranslate that can be used for simultaneous written translation in selected languages when translation is unavailable.

Workshops

The conference committee will select the workshops for the conference from the submitted proposals. The proposal form will be available in September.

Workshop Titles and Descriptions:

1. Workshop submissions are open. Please submit this form for review.
2. All workshops must fit within the conference theme and be related to the opportunities for Christian education to address real and pressing challenges in our culture and educational context. 
3. Please make your titles and descriptions "attention getting" and informative.
4. Many of the conference participants will be non-native English speakers but workshops must be presented in English. Translation for some languages may be available in the Super Seminar.

The ACSI Europe Christian School Improvement Platform (CSIP)

ACSI is committed to supporting excellence in both academics and spiritual formation for Christian schools. ACSI Europe has developed a multi-lingual tool to build school communities through identifying strengths and weaknesses in a setting of strategic professional support between member schools and partner organizations. Your use of this platform as a member school will further enable you to build meaningful partnerships through your connections at IELC that best support the needs of your school community. You can read more about CSIP here.

Conference Booths and Partnership Development:

• Organizations can be assigned space to host conversations with other participants during the conference breaks.
• We encourage you to think about ways that you want to collaborate with schools from other countries for mutual benefit and support based in a biblical vision of education. The best encouragement for partnership is highlighting what you can offer to others in these partnership opportunities.
• Reserve your table by February 15, 2027. An sponsorship fee will be collected for any organizations promoting paid services or products.

Projected Conference Costs: 

Note that conference prices do not include accommodation. We will provide a link to discounted prices at the conference hotel where you may reserve your preferred room type in your confirmation email. You may also select from other local accommodation options.

* This is a subsidized price for certain member schools, from Central and Eastern Europe.

All registrations include 2 dinners, 2 lunches, 4 coffee breaks, access to main sessions, workshops, translation options, conference materials, the digital conference resources and networking.

Payment and Cancellation Policy:

• Conference fees must be paid by February 15, 2027.
• Payment can be made by credit card or bank transfer after completing the registration process.
• Cancellations between January 15 and February 15 receive a 50% refund.
• No refunds or cancellations after February 15.

Updated on Nov 5