These themes and sub-themes give a range of areas which conference participants can address in their presentations:
- Reminiscences of adult education in Tanzania
- Nyerere on adult education and development.
- Preparation of leaders and adult educators.
- The national drive against illiteracy.
- Mass education campaigns and awareness raising.
- Adult education in the globalized world
- Harnessing ICT for community development.
- Expanding learning opportunities through Open and Distance Learning.
- Ethics and moral education for the youth and adults.
- E-farming and productivity.
- Optimizing the benefits of adult learning
- Adult education and the building of an industrial economy.
- Vocational Education and the role of Folk Development Colleges (FDCs).
- Entrepreneurship education for the youth and adults.
- Adult education and women empowerment.
- Towards inclusive and equitable quality education for all
- Learning opportunities for marginalized and disadvantaged groups and communities.
- Innovative approaches to teaching youths and adults.
- Gender issues in education.
- Adult education in higher learning institutions.
- Comparative and international adult Education
- Adult learning in a comparative perspective.
- Country case studies.
- Comparative adult education research.
- Adult education for multiculturalism and diversity building.