OEB (Online Educa Berlin) 25 Years On: A Glimpse Back Through a Business Lens


“Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it it’s supposed to be”

Bob Dylan

Looking back on the first OEB (Online Educa Berlin) we could accurately reflect that nothing has changed but everything has changed.

Held under the patronage of Dr Martin Bangerman, the European Commissioner for Industry, Information Technology, and Telecommunications as well as the Daniel Tarschys, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, OEB95 was a very different event to OEB19, yet the introduction to the inaugural 1995 event, with a few minor tweaks, could have been written today.


We are on the brink of a new phase of development in the world economy; the information society is approaching in leaps and bounds. Information and communication technologies are turning knowledge-intensive services into one of the most powerful motors of economic growth. The digital revolution is already triggering enormous structural alterations. As this revolution is based on information – itself an expression of human knowledge – the impact on education and training will be fundamental.





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