The purpose of the conference is to encourage the sharing of most recent findings in the field of management of knowledge and learning in businesses and other organisations (e.g. public institutions, non-profit organisations). In particular, this year's conference focuses on the issues brought to our attention by the current crisis situation in the economy and society in general, which is reflected in the subtitle of the conference "Knowledge as Business Opportunity".

In recent years, knowledge management has been given a lot of attention. Businesses and other organisations have increased the number of activities related to the transfer of knowledge, innovation, training, etc., and their products and services are increasingly based on the development and application of knowledge.

The importance of knowledge and learning is also reflected in rapidly increasing numbers of scientific and expert publications (papers, books, etc.) on knowledge, learning, organisational learning, knowledge management, etc. worldwide.

Furthermore, there are important conferences worldwide that at least partly cover the content of MakeLearn - mainly conferences on organisational learning and management of knowledge and information. Most of them focus on "hard elements" of learning and knowledge processes, i.e. the management of information, use of information technology, etc., and less on the "softer" areas of learning and the transfer of (tacit) knowledge. However, in Slovenia no such event has taken place although there are many researchers dealing with these issues. The organisation of a conference in this field therefore to a large extent fills the content and supply gap in the region, Slovenia and beyond.