• International conference "Sustainable development, culture, education. Phenomenological approach" (Paris, 2010) (dr. L. Duobliene)
• International conference "Challenges for Science in the context of Globalization"  (Vilnius, 2010) (dr. G. Purvaneckiene)

2009

• 2nd International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics (Orlando, Florida, USA, 2009) (habil. dr. V. Targamadze)
• International conference "Pedagogy in the Changing Historical Conditions in the 20th Century in the Baltic Countries" (Riga, 2009) (dr. I. Stonkuviene).
• International conference "Universities in Central Europe: 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall" (Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, 2009) (dr. G. Purvaneckiene)
• International conference "Sustainable development, culture, education" (Daugavpils, 2009) (dr. L. Duobliene)
• International conference "Science and Education of the Epoch of new Revival in the Global Scientific-Educational System" (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 2009) (dr. T. Bulajeva)

2008

• National conference "The role of reflection and dialogue in values education throught the lesson" (Kaunas, 2008) (dr. L. Duobliene).

• On 14-18 March 2006 Virginija Budiene, Project Director of the Education Policy Center, participated in the Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu (USA). In this Conference the results of international education monitoring project "Dropouts" were presented. The project is coordinated by the Education Policy Center. Presentations:
  • Monitoring Drop outs
    Virginija Budiene, Education Policy Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania
  • Definitions of Dropouts
    Indra Dedze, OSI ESP, Budapest
  • Perspectives, Experiences and Calls for Action from Post-Socialist Countries
    Mercedes del Rosario, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
  • Children in School but out of Schooling: Kazakhstan case
    Education Policy Analysis Center, Kazakhstan
  • School Dropout Monitoring: Slovakia
    Marcela Maslova, Center for Education Policy at the Orava Association, Slovakia

2005

• On 11-12 November 2005 international conference "Education Policy Transformations: Migration, Borrowings, Glocalization" took place at Vilnius University, Faculty of Philosophy. This conference was organized by the Education Policy Center and Department of Education. Conference programme and other information >>>. OSI Education Conference Education and Open Society: A Critical Look at New Perspectives and Demands. June 30, 2005 - July 2, 2005, Budapest, Hungary

Presentations on education monitoring projects: 

• "The Rise of Private Tutoring in Post-Socialist Eurasia"
• "School Dropouts: Different Faces in Different Countries"

• Comparative and International Education Society's meeting at Stanford University, was held March 22-26, 2005. The convention theme "Beyond Dichotomies" explores thought about the meaning of the many oppositions that is created to discuss education theory and practice. The group of Education Policy Centers, who are conducting education monitoring project on Private Tutoring, supported by OSI ESP, was invited to deliver presentations in a special panel devoted to the issue. Panel at the CIES conference "The Rise of Private Tutoring in Post-Socialist Eurasia" :
  • An overview of monitoring studies of the new policy network in Eurasia
    Virginija Budiene, Education Support Program, Open Society Institute, Budapest
  • Shadow Education: Findings from the international monitoring study on private tutoring in Eurasia. Iveta Silova, Baku State University, Azerbaijan
  • Private tutoring in Poland
    Elzbieta Putkiewicz, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw, Poland
  • Scope, Perspectives, Social and Ethical Implications of Private Tutoring in the Education System of Georgia
    Nino Kutateladze and Anna Matiashvili, International Institute for Education Policy, Planning and Management (EPPM), Tbilisi, Georgia
  • Private Tutoring in Azerbaijan
    Elmina Kazimzade, Center for Inclusive Education, Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Mark Bray (Discussant), Hong Kong University

2001

• Curriculum development for social inclusion: regional seminar for the Baltic and Scandinavian countries. Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-8 December 2001