The 1st GEBF conference took place in Kiel from Monday the 11th to Wednesday the 13th of March 2013 in cooperation with Kiel University and the IPN. The conference’s theme was “Educational trajectories across the life span”.

From Saturday the 9th to Monday the 11th of March there was a special program for young academics, with the same theme, with methodological workshops from the Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB) taking place on the first day.