Welcome to Its21

Its21 welcomes you to Bergen; gateway to the fjords (ext) and beautifully located between seven mountains with picturesque viking- and Unesco world heritage-buildings.

Its21: the 7th Conference on Interdisciplinary teamwork skills for the 21st century, will be held in Bergen, Norway on 27th-28th April 2023. 

Conference theme: In pursuit of a sustainable future: creating and anchoring interprofessional- and sustainability mindsets in educations and in the work field. 

Registration: Its21 conference 2023

Program: The program will be launched in February 2023 on this website. It will consist of different types of sessions including inspiring keynotes, workshops, oral research presentations and poster presentations. We are planning for a conference with interactive sessions that encourage activity and discussions. 

Target audience: This conference welcomes attendance from those with interest in interdisciplinary teamwork, collaborative learning and group work in higher education, valuable synergies between educations and the work field, entrepreneurial mindset and competences for sustainability.

Venue: Grand Hotel Terminus, in the heart of Bergen, in close proximity to the train station to ease an environmental-friendly conference journey.

Accommodation at the venue, Grand Hotel Terminus, or at the neighbouring hotel Zander K may be booked following this link: Hotels - De Bergenske  (discount code: RAB10)

Conference fee:

Conference registration fees are paid in NOK, which is the currency of Norway. The fees are inclusive of 25% Value Added Tax (VAT), which is required by the Norwegian government.

The conference fee includes lunch both days. Registrations are non-refundable. 

Conference dinner thursday evening NOK 1000

Abstracts: Topics include (but are not restricted to): Research results, innovative examples of interprofessional education, societal value of student learning, reducing inequality and increasing sustainability in interprofessional education and in society, educational facilitators as change agents.  

About Its21: The conference is hosted by Centre for interprofessional workplace learning (TVEPS), with support from the Nordic Experts in teams network working on developing students’ interdisciplinary teamwork skills for sustainability.