The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning invites conference proposals and subsequent manuscripts as part of a special issue on competency orientation in problem-based learning. The special issue is directly linked with the conference “Problem-based Learning—Promoting Skills, Shaping the Future,” which will take place on June 16–17, 2016, in Zurich, Switzerland. The publication in the special issue is attached to the following conditions: Authors submit an abstract for the conference and present their accepted work at the conference PBL2016 in Zurich. It also is possible to participate at the conference without a publication in the IJPBL. The special issue will be published in fall 2017, which gives authors the possibility to ...