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On 22-23 September 2026, partners in the Nordplus project Digital Transformation and Leadership in Schools met at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) in Reykjavik for a two-day workshop. It was the second in a series. The aim was to move from imagining possible futures to thinking concretely about what school leaders can do now.

Unfortunately, Icelandair technicians were striking, so the Swedish team who had were supposed to fly with Icelandair couldn't come and therefore attended the workshop via Teams.

NKUL — the National Conference on the Use of ICT in Education and Learning — is one of Norway's most important gathering points for everyone working on digital development in schools. It was held in Trondheim, 6.– 8. May 2026. Our Nordplus project Digital Transformation and Leadership in Schools was represented with two contributions: a project presentation in the early afternoon, and a lightning talk at the TeachMeet in the evening. It made for a long day — and a very good one.

This year, two of our Swedish school leaders attended SETT 2026 — Skandinaviens största Ed Tech-konferens — not as presenters, but as participants. Since our Nordplus project launched after the abstract submission deadline, we had no paper on the programme. And honestly? That turned out to be a gift.

Without a presentation to prepare or a session to host, we could do something we rarely get to do: just listen, wander, wonder, and let ideas land.

At NERA 2026, project partners presented two complementary papers, both situated within the conference's ICT and Education and Educational Leadership networks. Together, they map the intellectual terrain of our work — from diagnosing the challenge to proposing an innovative methodology for building leadership capacity.

25–26 February 2026 • Umeå University

The second workshop of our Digital Transformation and Leadership in Schools project brought participants together for the first time in person — and what a gathering it was. Set against the crisp winter backdrop of Umeå University in northern Sweden, school leaders from Iceland, Sweden, and Norway spent two intensive and inspiring days exploring how their schools can not only respond to digital change, but actively shape their own digital futures.

On Thursday 13th November the Nordplus funded project Digital Transformation and Leadership in Schools the core project team had inspriring discussions during the digtial KickOff.