Full-day conference in English
What is Nordic Track?
Nordic Track at Sett is a unique meeting place focused on strengthening cooperation between the Nordic education systems. In an era where technology is reshaping the way we learn, it is crucial for us as Nordic countries to identify our common values, challenges, and potential.
Share insights and learn from each other
For Nordic school leaders
This platform is created for school leaders, educators, policymakers, and technological innovators to meet, share insights, and learn from each other. Our goal is to promote a stronger and more cohesive Nordic educational community and willingness to collaborate, drawing lessons from our similarities to meet future demands.
Theme of the Year
Democratic Resilience
- education in an age of AI and societal change
In a time of rapid technological development, increasing polarisation, and growing exposure to misinformation and disinformation, education plays a critical role in strengthening democratic resilience. Schools and early childhood education must not only adopt new technologies such as artificial intelligence, but also ensure that these tools are used in ways that support understanding, equity, and democratic values.
Through perspectives on AI readiness, future competencies, and evolving learning environments, the conference highlights how strategic leadership and research-informed practice. By focusing on critical thinking, media and information literacy, and democratic participation, Sett 2026 aims to support educators and decision-makers in building education systems that enable every learner to succeed — and to actively participate in democratic societies across the Nordic region.
Keynote speaker
Ivo Visak
Ivo Visak is the CEO of the AI Leap Foundation (TI-Hüpe) and the former principal of Saaremaa Upper Secondary School. He leads Estonia’s national initiative to integrate AI-based learning tools into secondary and vocational education, focusing on responsible, human-centred adoption of new technologies. Prior to this role, he introduced modern learning methods at Saaremaa Upper Secondary School, including educational design practices, local culture studies, and argument-centered education. His background spans teaching, design-agency production, and leadership of the Estonian National Youth Council. Visak has been recognised as Estonia’s Youth Worker of the Year (2017) and Saaremaa’s Educational Institution Leader of the Year (2022).
Shape the future
At Nordic Track
Collaborative Learning
Facilitate a mutual learning space where educators, leaders and stakeholders from across the Nordic region can exchange best practices, innovative methodologies, and address common challenges.
Tech Integration
Highlight and discuss the latest educational technologies that can be integrated into the Nordic educational frameworks, keeping the region at the forefront of edtech advancements.
Discussions
Create a forum for discussions on challenges, and opportunities in the education and edtech sector across the Nordic countries.
Moderator
Katarina Pietrzak
Katarina Pietrzak is a researcher and senior project manager in lifelong learning at RISE’s unit of the same name. She works on developing and exploring methods, motivation, processes and mindsets around learning as the foundation for everything. This includes who we are and how we develop as people, how we contribute to innovation, development and results in our workplaces, and how we can help each other design a better society. Much of this has to do with what adult life demands of us today in terms of continuous learning, and Katarina will talk about lifelong learning and the connection between school and working life, between education and skills provision, and between formal and informal learning. Katarina has also been hosting the Livslångt podcast for almost four years.
Nordic Track
Partners
Programme teaser
First speakers of the year
The entire programme will be released in January.
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Sustainable travel
To contribute to a sustainable future, we encourage those travelling from any of our Nordic neighbours to choose a sustainable mode of transport such as train or boat when visiting us.
