The main topics are usually problems of contemporary education related to the cultural and social change. We especially invite transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary scholars as one of our aims is to avoid the sometimes unclear divisions between different branches and disciplines as well as to promote knowledge above all boundaries. We invite all papers, yet especially those dealing with the following: - modern challenges of education, culture and society - problems in education related to the social and cultural change - issues in higher and adult education - the idea of the university in the modern world - academics and academic work in the contemporary times - cultural and social experience - gerontology and Third Age education - foreign language acquisition and learning - religious education in the world of mixed values The application form should be filled in by 31 December 2016. The conference participants are also entitled to submit their papers for the international academic semi-annual “Journal of Education, Culture and Society”.