MEC (former NBE) is an informal and friendly conference, which participants attend to exchange ideas and information dealing with media education, educational use of ICTs and learning environments. MEC is organized by the Media Education Hub at the University of Lapland.
MEC is organized every second year and MEC 2025 will be the eleventh media education conference. The previous conferences:
• MEC 2023, Media Education Meets Wilderness, Salla
• MEC 2021, Media Education Conference in Autumn Colors, Rovaniemi
• MEC 2019, Media Education Conference on the Top, Salla
• MEC 2017, Under the Northern Lights, Rovaniemi (in connection with the FERA Conference on Education)
• MEC 2015, In the Light of the Midnight Sun, Sallatunturi, Salla
• NBE 2013, Media Education in No Man’s Land, Pyhätunturi
• NBE 2011, The Social Media in the Middle of Nowhere, Sallatunturi, Salla
• NBE 2009, Rovaniemi (in connection with the ISATT 2009 Conference)
• NBE 2007, The Power of Media in Education, Rovaniemi
• NBE 2005, Rovaniemi
In 2025 MEC will be back in Rovaniemi. Conference dates are 3 – 5 November 2025.
The theme of the conference is “AI in the Arctic”.
Welcome to join MEC 2025!
Organizing Committee