The Open edX & EMOOCs Conference 2025 has come to a close, and what an incredible week it was! From June 30th to July 4th, our community gathered at Télécom Paris to share knowledge, build connections, and advance the future of open-source education.
Conference Highlights
Outstanding Community Engagement With 73% of attendees downloading our event app and 86% loving the Whova experience, our community truly embraced the conference spirit. We saw remarkable participation with:
- 398 community board messages shared
- 948 private messages exchanged between attendees
- 132 photos capturing memorable moments
- 1,720 profile views as people connected across the community
Impressive Attendance & Participation We welcomed over 350 attendees and 169 speakers from around the globe, with attendees from organizations like IBM, University of Turin, Télécom Paris, and Imperial College London leading the way. The diversity of participants enriched every session and networking opportunity.
Knowledge Sharing at Its Best The most popular sessions included workshops on mainstreaming AI in the training cycle, research tracks on generative AI and chatbots, and discussions on gender-responsive pedagogies in AI-powered learning environments. Our community demonstrated their commitment to collaborative learning.
Innovation Showcase Our sponsors gained over 109,000 impressions throughout the event, highlighting the cutting-edge solutions and services driving our ecosystem forward. The sponsor pavilion was a hub of activity with meaningful connections being made.
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the sponsors who made this conference possible:
Premier Sponsor: Unicon
Contributing Sponsors: Edly by Arbisoft, Raccoon Gang, Aulasneo, edunext, OpenCraft, and Intela
Friends of Open edX Sponsors: Abstract Technology and Schema Education
Media Sponsors: ClassCentral and OnEdTech
Your support enabled us to bring together this vibrant global community and create an environment where innovation and collaboration flourished.
Looking Ahead
The enthusiasm and energy from our Paris gathering will continue to drive the Open edX community forward. The connections made, ideas shared, and collaborations started will have lasting impact on open-source education worldwide.
Thank you to everyone who attended, presented, sponsored, and contributed to making this conference a tremendous success. Here’s to continuing our mission of democratizing education and making high-quality learning accessible to all!
Session recordings will be available on our YouTube channel in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more updates from the Open edX community.
