The 20th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) conference will take place from March 11–13, 2027. This international gathering of professionals and students is unique: it is completely virtual, free to attend, and hosted across multiple platforms including Second Life® and live-streamed on YouTube.

This year’s theme is Together.

It is how we will face the new challenges that are coming our way.

The future is here, and it belongs to educators who use immersive spaces to keep learning deeply human.

With this Call for Proposals, we challenge you, our grassroots community of intrepid teachers and learners, to come together and confront the realities of this new era.

We invite you to come, from all corners of the metaverse, to bring proposals that explore:
human agency;
AI literacy and ethics;
equity and accessibility;
academic integrity and assessment; and
the role of empowered educators in an AI-augmented world.

The pace of technological change has never been faster. AI, immersive simulations, and augmented realities are transforming not only how students engage with content, but how educators define their own roles.

No doubt you have already started preparing what you will share with this community. We need your voice, your research, and your heart.

Let’s step into the next two decades the best way we can – together.

You can find all the details of the full Call for Proposals here: vwbpe.org/cfp2027.

You will see that there are four categories: presentations, immersive experiences, exhibits and posters. Think about what you will share with the community, get excited!

The submission deadline for the first round Call for Proposals, for presentations and immersive experiences, is January 17, 2027. A second round will open immediately for these, and the final deadline will be January 31, 2027. The calls for Exhibits and posters will also close January 31, 2027.

Get started now – gather your ideas, assemble your teams, sketch out your concepts, and start building. Then submit your proposals!