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UPDATE: EUROPE

he European Forum Committee is working hard have had trouble finding new state officers. However,
Twith the members from Great Britain to organize almost every country will send new state officers to
the European Forum Conference in Brighton at the be present at SOLT at the end of July. Many of these
University of Sussex, held from July 18-20, 2025. officers will stay to attend the International Conference
Visit the Forum Conference website at https://dkg- in New Orleans. We hope to meet many of you there to
ef-conference2025.weebly.com/ to register and learn make new friends and renew our existing friendships.
more. Registration is open until July 17. You do not In my last update I spoke about new countries

need to be a European member to participate. Brighton joining our membership. I am proud to present our first
is a wonderful place to stay, offering many possibilities member from Poland. She is currently a member of
for a day trip to one of the host spots in the South of Germany State Organization. Hopefully more members
England. If you have any questions, please contact the from Poland will follow soon. Gitta Franke-Zoellmer
European Forum Conference Committee via web. and I have a regularly planned open Zoom meeting to
The theme of the conference is Education and accommodate our new members.
Wellbeing. This subject is a struggle for educators all The European Forum Committee continues to
over the world. Similar to other countries, education in organize the Educational Topics presentation every two
Europe is facing many challenges, including a lack of months. The Zoom link can be found on the European

staff, a large percentage of educators with burn out, and website (http://www.dkgeurope.org/). One of the
educators who are feeling high pressure from parents, upcoming subjects will be the Ethics of AI, presented
colleagues, and principals. During the conference we by Dorina Girbovan from Romania. Recordings of
want to give the participants an opportunity to learn previous presentations can also be found on the
how to cope with these issues in all kinds of different European website.
ways—theoretically and practically—with fun, exercise, I hope to see many of you in Great Britain at our
and music. Our outstanding keynote speakers are from first European Forum Conference.

all across Europe—from Iceland and Finland to the View the event flyer on the Forum Conference website.
Netherlands, Italy, and Great Britain. Marie-Antoinette Hubers de Wolf
In other news, some European state organizations Europe Regional Director

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