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The Society for Organizational Learning Learning Plaza (SoL Learning Plaza), formerly the SoL European Learning Plaza, the GASC European Conference, and the SoL European Forum, is the European conference of the Global Association of Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) Communities (GASC), formerly known as the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL).

It is an event where you will be inspired – and inspire others, explore and experience, and be an active part of an international learning community of people and organizations building knowledge for systemic change. The plaza, piazza or place is the central space where community members meet to see each other, talk, share and learn.

The SoL Learning Plaza may be the successor of or the complementary conference to the Society for Organizational Learning Global Forum (SoL Global Forum) which last took place in Paris in 2014. The SoL Global Forum is an international forum that builds upon “learning stories” from across the world to feature concrete, new ways of working and collaborating based on co-creation and co-transformation. It is the meeting point of learning organizations in all sectors of society.

Prior to the SoL Global Forum there have been several Global SoL Network Start-up Meetings organized by the SoL International Organizing Committee (IOC) and local SoL chapters called fractals (learning communities). The meeting in France in 1999 is also known as the 1st SoL Europe Conference. A 2nd SoL Europe Conference was organized in 2000 in Norway.

Conference History:

2022 SoL Learning Plaza 2022, 31 May – 1 June 2022, Stockholm, Sweden / Virtual venue

Conference Theme: A Shift towards Living and Learning organizations!
(Organizer: SoL Sweden)

Leadership in a living system – A conversation
Grand challenges and us – Embodied exploration through group constellation work
Learning from nature. Embodied practice
Conversation: Inner Development Goals (IDG) as a lever of true progress
How do I walk differently from here? Harvesting and Pathways to Action
Conversation on creating network of networks

Learning Circles/Conversations:
Human wellbeing in systems: Living and working well together in turbulent times
Regenerative food systems in action
How we make sense of our challenges: stories of culture and language
Business as Unusual: the new living and learning organisational paradigm

Group constellation work: Exploring deeper and subtler dynamics underlying the themes that we talk about

Learning Visits:
Food supply strategy in a complex public education, health and ealderly care ecosystem
Tentant and Partners – a self-organizing organization
Experience the bioregion of Järna
The Saami Peaople – what can we learn from the last indigenous people in Europe
Ubuntu in practice – redefining the Jobourg inner-city landscape
Indigenous Amazon Tribe Call to the World

General Assembly of the GASC, May 30

2020 SoL European Learning Plaza, 25 May – 29 June 2020, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Generative Aqua-Agri Systems & Healthy Food
(Host: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

Note: The Learning Plaza was originally scheduled for 4-5 June 2020 in Madrid

Digital Hackathon (25 May, 8 Jun, 15 Jun, 29 Jun)
Dialogue Session (5 Jun)

2019 SoL European Learning Plaza, 24 May – 2 June 2019, Bölcske-Budapest, Hungary

Conference Theme: Spaces For Transformation: What does our presence make possible for the benefit of all?

Note: The Learning Plaza was announced as SOL European Conference originally scheduled for 29 May – 1 June 2019

Conference program n.a.

Spaces for transformation in art and architecture (May 24-26, Bölcske)
Developing core competencies for systemic, mindfulness based education for the 21st century (May 28, Budapest)
SoL Open Conference: Systemic dialogues for transformative action (education, business, community…) (May 29-30, Budapest)
Co-creating Global SoL 4.0 (May 30 – Jun 2, Bölcske)
Mind walk and heart walk: Healing and constellating for the wholeness of Europe (Jun 2, Budapest)

GASC European Conference, 25-27 May 2017, Porto-Braga, Portugal

Conference Theme: The empowered society: Transforming cities, citizens and organizations for resilence and prosperity

Conference program n.a.

Sharing understanding conversation (plenary)
Exploring opportunities conversation (first in plenary and them in parallel sessions by domain)
Converging conversation (parallel sessions and then plenary)
Action conversation (parallel sessions)
Learning conversation (plenary, morning of 27)

GASC European Conference, 20-21 May 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria

Conference Theme: Igniting Systems Change: Creating a Culture of Hope, Possibility and Collaboration

Connecting to our Purpose
Reclaiming positive experiences from Bulgarian history – an appreciative inquiry
Developing personal and collaborative capabilities. Evolutionary leadership contributions

Systemic Constellations
Collaborative Conversations: include more voices, make better choices
Social Initiatives Today: Being Part, Being Within, Being in-Between

Emerging conversations
Integrating and measuring learning progress in the three pillars

Parallel sessions:
Field experience sessions about the three pillars
– Self: Unleashing the Self
– Systems Cooperation: Unleashing Systems Cooperation
– Social innovation: Systems thinking – systems tinkering – systems sharing – systems caring
– Integration Conversation
Field experience sessions of projects related to the three pillars
– Botev’s road – Why should we keep walking?Understand the past, create the future (self)
– Intunity Coaches Project: a program for coaches encompassing elements of tango, tai chi and taoist principles of quantum physics; impro theatre, storytelling techniques, music and arts (self)
– Refugees trauma treatment in Darmstadt (social innovation)
– “Life-in-between” in Freiburg (social innovation)
– The experience of the Learning Alliance at the Florida’s Indian River County, involving 17.000 students from 22 schools to improve literacy (social innovation)
Project cre100do: a multi-stakeholder nation-wide initiative to accelerate business growth in the mid-market companies (system cooperation)
A five year-term pro-bono initiative to help 100 companies (up to 200 Million euro sales) to become large companies (system cooperation) Stakeholders initiatives, influencers and resistances (system cooperation)

Pre-conference Workshops: (May 19)
SoL European Workshop: Why Organizational Learning?

SoL European Workshop, 21 May 2015, Paris, France

Workshop Theme: Learning for transformation: entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership and cooperation challenges

Workshop program n.a.

4th SoL Global Forum 2014, May 19-21, 2014, Paris, France

Conference Theme: Investing in Emerging Futures: New Players, New Games — Welcoming Metamorphosis

Post-conference Workshops:
SoL European Workshop: Learning for transformation: entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership and cooperation challenges, May 21

Daily Themes:
A Metamorphosis of Civilization: Experiencing complexity
Tthe Metamorphosis Under Way… A Learning Journey: New games, new players
Tomorrow’s Shared Projects: Let us dare and act

Workshops:
Starting the Learning Journey (Teams’ Base Camp)
Learning stories from all over the world would be presented (Thematic Workshops)
Key learnings of the day (large groups and roundtable discussions)
Transformation in companies and organisations through ActionResearch and learning stories (Shared Stories, Working Groups)
Exploring tracks, how to go further, looking forward to implementing transformations (Shared Stories, Working Groups)
What do we know about finding pathways to transformation? (World Café open to civil society)Practical applications – civil society, public authority, companies (Shared Stories, Working Groups)
– Open Space : tomorrow’s projects, practical application of the learning journey (Shared Stories, Working Groups)

Presentations:
Session: Propose pathways for “a transforming civilization, shifts and opportunities (4)
– Learning how to implement strategic projects, the science of delivery
– How to create a shared vision on a national level
– …Titles n.a.
Self-Transformation: a required step to live at ease in our times
Domains for action – The Necessary Revolution
The Hubris syndrome, an obstacle to the transformation of organizations
To react and manage complexity: Power & Love
Looking for innovation in the world: the role of women and the emerging countries

Panels:
Young people questioning Arie de GEUS
Conclusion : Your vision for the planet and for SoL in one sentence
Collective creation (artistic event)

1st SoL European Forum, 21-23 May 2012, Stockholm, Sweden

Conference Theme: Towards a New Reality – Transformation of Organisations and Values

Conference program n.a.

Pre-conference Workshop: (May 20)
Welcome to the Mental Model Game!

Co-creative Workshops:
The art of leading the young
The Art of Leading Yourself in Turbulent Times – Developing Your Authentic Leadership for a Just, Resilient,and Thriving World
A new learning process based on Lean principles
Tacit knowledge can be found in your inner images and covered perspectives
Cultivating Leadership Presence – experience Leadership Embodiment practices
One Tonne Life – what does it take to move us from consuming single CO2 lean products to a truly sustainable life?
Lean and learn – Implementing day by day transformation
Being Intrapreneur as a driver to transform organizations and values
From shared reality to shared vision
My values consciousness – the key to transformation in to a new reality
Positive interaction yields business results
Why we don’t do, what we know?
Children are the leverage for a sustainable future
Emergent Learning Practice for collective reflection and results
The Butterfly Model for organizational transformation – Giving clients and colleagues access and mobility within the systems in which they work
Combining the power of crowdsourcing with the discipline of critical thinking to meet complex challenges
U-Process, Effectuation and Lean Start-Up: Leading in the Regime of Radical Innovation
Authentic self-leadership
Co-Creating Future in this Moment – Renewing Ways of Seeing in Organizations and with Ourselves
Introduction to SoL and the five disciplines
Leadership of tomorrow
Playing the IFF World Game
The 2060 prospect – Management consulting for an open future
Catalyse the metamorphosis of big companies

Learning/Storytelling Circles:
Development of Clusters as Learning Communities – Experiences from IKT Grenland in Norway
Listening to the inner voice
Social leadership with business relevance for a sustainable future
How corporate culture can change the world
Ideas in synergi – an entrepreneurial take on the not-for-profit organization
The digital era and how that affects the human behaviour and the conditions for business
Sustainability as a leverage to corporate development
How Chalmers School of Technology has integrated sustainability into their research and education program and into community outreach projects
Can gaming bring any good to society?
The new era of sustainable business, powered by The Human element
To attain real change in an organisation you will have to address your own spirituality
Power of Encountering – Organizational Renewing Process
The “Mutmacherei” or an Austrian initiative inspiring for change
Leadership and Pain
Growing with values
Business turnaround with a humanistic approach
Consumer based demand for change via sustainable fashion
Sustainable leadership – Yasuragi Hasseludden’s journey towards sustainability

Open Space Session: “Presencing”, “Crystallizing” and start of ”Prototyping” how to cope with the new reality that we are facing
Consciousness and cash
End of days – The perfect end in mind
Engaging physicians in organizational improvement work
Strategic decision making with awareness
Business Alliance Local Living Economies
Three basic principles and reflection – A source for change
Head and heart leadership in Africa
Performance besides money
The importance of authentic communication
New Business Models
Innovation and behaviour change / human development
How to stay mindful at business
Self-organizing – leadership tools & structures
Global SoL as a Living System
How our lives will look like in the future?
The new mold for the global fashion industry
What is friend leadership
Leadership of the future
Community based organisations
Love and transformation
Sociocultural revolution in companies: catalysing metamorphosis
Teamwork and innovation; Team Academy
Leadership Practice in Primary and Secondary schools
Create a vessel to bring organisations towards a new reality

Presentations:
Global Shifts driving transformation of organisations
The Economic Shift
Leadership For a New Paradigm
Next Generation Values and Leadership
Leadership from the edge – conscious leaders engaged in complex sustainability initiatives

3rd SoL Global Forum 2008, April 13-16, 2008, Muscat, Oman

Conference Theme: Bridging the Gulf: Learning Across Organizations, Sectors, and Cultures

Pre-conference Workshops:
The Art of Framing Powerful Questions: Conversational Leadership and the World Café, Apr 12-13
Introduction to the Five Disciplines with Robert Hanig, Apr 13

Daily Themes:
The value of our diversity
The role of the organizationShifts from possibilities to practicalities

Plenary Sessions: (Presentations & Panel Discussions)
Culture & Coviction: Learning from Our Differences
The Role of the Corporation in Supporting Local Development
Solving Tough Problems in Practice
Cocreating the Future, Embodying the Change that We Envision

Concurrent & Deepening Sessions (related to the dasily theme)
Flying the Magic Carpet of Multi-Cultural Knowledge and Innovation Networks
Managing Globalization While Giving Poor People the Opportunity to Escape Poverty and to Improve their Lives: The International Finance Corporation’s Five Year Organizational Learning Journey
Sustainable Learning Environments: A New Approach to Corporate Strategy
The Cultural Photo Lab: Taking Pictures of What We Can’t See
Developing Local Talent through Workplace Learning in Oman
Changing Faces: Bridging the Gap between Chinese High Tech Workers and a Western Multi-National Corporation
Cross-Boundary Leadership: An Experiential Workshop Exploring Leadership across Boundaries
Struggles of Inclusion: Implementing Participatory Methods in the Hierarchal Workplace
Systemic Constellations as a Way of Co-Sensing
The Indirect Approach: Building Cross-Sector Connections at the Crossroads of Socio-Economic Development and Security
LEGO(R) Serious Play Workshop: Exploring and Bridging
Strategy, Learning and Sustainability: Moving Beyond Failed Attempts to Delivering New Levels of Capacity and Success
Team Academy Network: Creating Team Entrepreneurs for Bringing Social and Cultural Divide
Towards Integral Transition Management: The Case of the Sustainable Materials Usage Transition in Belgium
Archetypical Energy in Complex Living Systems! A Learning Journey
Conversational Leadership–Methods to Bridge the Understanding Gulf
Cultivating Transformative Leadership in Civil Society and the Co-creation of the Energy Field for Democratization in Asia
Exploring Sustainable Solutions for the Limits to Growth Archetype
Community Action Research and Cultural Theory for Effective Decision Making and Implementation in Complex Environments: Bridging the gulf between plural voices and solidarities
Drivers of Resilience and Sustainability – Lessons from the Long-Living Organizations and Institutions
Knowledge Interventions as a Solution to the Challenges of Integration
Local Development: A Process Supported by the Investment in Social Capital
RWS Renews: 5 Generations of Innovation in a Civil Service Organization

Learning Souq: (Open Space/Poster Sessions; Expected Contribitions)

SoL Community Exchange: Sharing the work from the different SoL communities worldwide

Connecting

Pre-/Post-conference Events:
SoL Global Coordinators Meeting, Apr 13
Post Forum Sessions, Apr 17

2nd SoL Global Forum 2005, September 13-16, 2005, Vienna, Austria

Conference Theme: A Symphony of Innovation: Leveraging Complexity to Create Knowledge and Confidence

Keynote & Plenary Sessions:
Creating a Living and Learning Space
How Can We Leverage Complexity and Learn Together?
“Making Sense” – The New Sciences of Simplicity
The Art of the Waltz
Creating a World Where All Life Flourishes
Creating a Learning Organization: The Shell Experience
Arie de Geus: Organizational Learning Innovator
Innovative Thinking for Innovative Action
From Cacophony to Symphony (Closing Session)

Learning Labs’ Sessions:
Organisational Learning & Strategic Transformation of a Regional Governmental Organisation at the Lombardy Region – Italy
3-D System Thinking
Insights into Extraordinary Leadership / Transformative & Shape-Shifting Questions as a Genesis for Change
Aspects of Leadership Behaviour that Enable Continued Organisational Success
Corporate Consciousness Raising: Preparing Leaders to Address Global Issues
Trans-Cultural Dialogue and Sustainability: Exploring Potentials in Chinese Culture
Discovering the DNA of Education as a Living System
Keys to Efficient Team Work in a Multiparty Stakeholders Project Organisation
Enabling “Learning Organisation” Mental Models – a thinking/talking game to challenge and support dialogue in resilient organisations
Rapid Prototyping Spaces for Policymaking: a Future Center Approach
Composing a Symphony of Learning: Environment, Design, and Personal Mastery
…

Lunch and Learn Sessions:
How Do We Find Knowledge?
The Tao of Learning Taiwan – Use Complex Generative Processes to Presence Taiwan’s Future
Room for Love in Organisations
The Critical Steps of Entrepreneurship: Birth and Growth
Causa Nostra – How Knowledge Management Induces Organizational Learning – and Vice Versa
Confidence in Organisational Consulting?
Systems Thinking in 21st Century Schools
Developing an Instrument to Assess the Learning Capabilities of Schools
Communities as Learning Organisms: Opportunity for Sustainability?
The Emergence of a SoL Fractal and The Breadth and Depth of Relationships in Learning Leveraging Depth of Relationships in Smaller Communities to Create Knowledge and Confidence
The Abduction from the Harem to the New World: Music, Change, and what this all means for Learning Organisations
Public Space – Paradise Lost or Silent Desire? Building Public Sector Learning Organizations
A Learning History Case Study and Experience and Paths to be a Learning Organisation
Sports as Leverage Point for Change Towards Sustainability
Creating a Sustainable Future – a World Cafe to Explore our Most Important Questions on the Theme of Sustainability

Special Early Morning Session:
Sabbatical pianissimo

Poster Sessions:
…

Pre-conference Events:
World Cafe Celebration and Community Gathering, Sep 12-13
Local Consultants Meeting, Sep 13
Local SoL Community Coordinators Gathering, Sep 13

1st SoL Global Forum 2003, June 11-14, 2003, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli, Espoo, Finland

Conference Theme: Learning in Organisations – Inventing Desired Futures in a Global Society

Note: The 1st Sol Global event was originally planned for Fall 1999 (SoL International meeting), November 2000 (Annual Global Meeting) and for February, April, and September 2001 (February 2001, South America (SoL Global Conference); April 21-23, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Global SoL Network Annual Meeting or SoL International Annual Gathering); September 2-5, Brazil (Brazil gathering)).

Pre-Meeting Capacity Building Sessions:
XB: Creating a Prototype Learning Organisation in a Day (Cancelled)
The Art and Architecture of Powerful Questions: How to Make Conversations a Core Business Process
Synergy of Shared Vision: Using the Power of Intention to Create a New Future
Systems Thinking Tools for Team Learning in Organisations and Communities
Designing a SoL European Platform
Myth and Personal Integrity
AIKI Principles: Essential Values for Living and Learning in Organization and Community (Cancelled)
Ready-Steady-Goals! From Individual Experience and Learning to Common Success – Theory and Practice (Cancelled)
Introduction to Organizational Energy-Field Cultivation (Cancelled)
Growing a Learning Society: Building a Shared Future in Northern Ireland, Beyond Fear (Cancelled)
Rethinking Principles of Power and Organization from a Social Cognition Perspective (Cancelled)
The Knowledge and Innovation Network: Creating Collective Reflection on Coordinated Action

Daily Themes:
Questions, Challenges and Vision for the Future
Building Capacity for Action and Reflection
Actualising the Desired Futures

Keynote & Plenary Sessions:
SoL’s Learning Journey (Opening Session)
Inventing Desired Futures in a Global Society
Managing the Macroshift to a Sustainable World – Evolving a Planetary Consciousness: sine qua non of a Sustainable World
Improving Business Performance and Organisational Transformation by Developing the Leadership Quality
World Café: Bringing Together the Learnings
To the Desert and Back: The Story of the Most Dramatic Business Transformation on Record – Unilever
The Desired Futures of SoL (Fish Bowl Dialogue – Closing Session)

Parallel Sessions’ Themes: (50+ sessions)
Innovation
Organisational Learning
Large System Change
Spirit in Business
Leadership Development
Sustainability
Learning Regions
Learning Schools

Open Forum – Sessions for Local SoL Communities, Networks, Consortia, Projects
Sharing and Closing

Pre-conference Events:
SoL Education and Youth Development Forum, Jun 10-11
– Youth Core Competency Workshop
– Youth and Education Network (YEN) Meeting

2nd SoL Europe Conference (ConferSense), August 1-4, 2000, Håholmen (near Molde), Norway

Conference Theme: Learning Naturally
(Organizer: Laerende Nettverk (SoL Norway); SoL Sweden)

Note: Regarding its concept the conference was officially named 2nd SoL ConferSense

Daily Themes:
Travel to the edge of the world
Explore the peaceful viking: Outward exploration
Retreat and reflect: Inner wisdom
Embodyment and broadcast: Learning

Workshops:

Butterfly Excersise
Butterfly Clans open space

Open Space: (parallel workshops)
Awareness and Tracking Tips: Fine-tuning the senses
New Renaissance
Exploring an integral framework for leading profound and systematic change
Living knowledge and health: a global SoL agenda (draft)

Presentations:

The story of SoL globally in Scandinavia
The story of Håholmen and Saga Siglar
Stories from the edge of the world
Telling the story of Learning Naturally

Bringing the SoL to the world?
Bringing the tourch to SoL
Our VIKING expedition

Associated Conferences:
13th International Conference in System Dynamics, Aug 6-10, 2000, Bergen
Theme: Sustainability for the 3rd Millenium

Plenary Presentations:
Building the SoL Sustainability Consortium

Presentations:
Presentation from Laerende Nettverk (SoL Norway)

3rd Global SoL Network Start-up Meeting, January 23-25, 2000, London, United Kingdom

Conference program n.a.

Associated Events:
How to make learning and work the same thing, March 30-31, London School of Economics, London, UK
(SoL Workshop; follow-up of the Bordeaux 1999 open space)

2nd Global SoL Network Start-up Meeting, November 15-17, 1999, Bordeaux, France

Joie de vivre

Note: The Meeting is also known as the first SoL Europe Conference

Daily Themes:
Exploring
Co-Creating
Thge Tapestry – Processing Visions, “Maillage” and Joint Projects

Presentations:
Exploring of learning journeys
The need to change managerial priority
Lessons on initiating and sustaining learning and meaningful change
Composing together; integrating diversity and creativity in management
Presentations from Open Space work:
– Common understanding, proposals for joint action projects
– Visions for SoL Europe? Our next step?

Parallel Session
Reflections

Open Space Sessions:
How to make learning and work the same thing
…n.a.

1st Global SoL Network Start-up Meeting, October 31-November 2, 1999, Atlanta, USA

A vision for the Global SoL Network

Conference program n.a.