The 3E 2026 Conference promises an unforgettable experience, blending cutting-edge research and educational insights with the breathtaking Arctic surroundings. Get ready for a conference like no other – where innovation meets the northern lights and conversations continue under the midnight sun.

Conference theme: Developing Change Agents through Entrepreneurship Education
The urgent need to empower individuals with the skills and mindset to drive positive change for a better future makes entrepreneurship education more relevant than ever. Now is the time to advance the research within this field and delve deeper into its transformative potential. By exploring entrepreneurship education across levels, disciplines, industries, and contexts, we can deepen our understanding of how entrepreneurship education can develop change agents who drive positive social, economic, and environmental transformation. This year’s 3E Conference, set against the Arctic landscape of Bodø, highlights the importance of these questions in regions facing depopulation and environmental change – where entrepreneurship education can play a crucial role in building resilient communities and enabling students to shape their own futures.

Through an innovative and non-traditional format, the 3E Conference establishes a new paradigm for entrepreneurship conferences. It offers an inclusive setting to fully collaborate with researchers, educators and policymakers to debate and exchange the best practices, the major challenges and novel advances in entrepreneurship education with a special and unique focus on Europe. Unlike more traditional academic events, this conference puts the spotlight on problems and questions; the format is ‘unplugged’ without power point presentations. Instead, engaging round table discussions are held with participants who have read papers beforehand. Further, the keynote speakers are chosen from among the best submission of the participants.

Potential participants

Entrepreneurship education educators and researchers, research-based educators from primary, secondary, and higher institutions, practitioners involved in entrepreneurship support programs including trainers, policy makers and program managers, and special interest group representatives from local or international organisations.

Key dates

Submission Deadline for Abstracts: 1 December 2025
Notification of Acceptance: 31 January 2026
Submission Deadline for Final Contributions: 15 March 2026
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: 15 March 2026
Conference: 20-22 May 2026