POLICY
Welcome to EMINENT 2009 - Programme

Programme of sessions (pdf)
Detailed programme of workshops (doc)

DAY ONE

Time

Item

Details

08.45-09.30

Registration

 

09.30-11.00

Plenary session 1 - Welcoming address
Conference hall, building 3

  • Valentinas Stundys, Chairman of Committee on Education, Science and Culture, Lithuanian Parliament
  • Gintaras Steponavičius - Minister of Education and Science, Lithuania
  • Giovanni Biondi, Chair of European Schoolnet – Director General, Ministry of education, Italy
  • Marc Durando, Executive Director, European Schoolnet

Moderator: Vainas Brazdeikis, Director of Centre of Information Technology of Education (Lithuania)

11.00-11.30

Coffee and networking break
(Foyer, building 1)

 

11.30-12.45

Plenary session 2
Conference hall, building 3

François Taddei – University Paris Descartes Medical school
Presentation of the report made for the OECD:
"Training creative and collaborative knowledge-builders: a major challenge for 21st century education"

  • Discussion:
    Tim Rudd – Senior Researcher - Futurelab
    Jan De Craemer, Flemish Ministry of Education and training, Belgium
    Dorte Olesen, Director General, UNI.C, Denmark

 

Moderator: Patricia Wastiau, Senior Advisor, European Schoolnet

12.45-14.15

Lunch
  (Scandic hotel)

 

14.15-16.15

Workshop session 1

  • Track a: Developing and accrediting teacher and pupil competencies Conference hall, building 3
  • Track b: Supporting new pedagogies through digital learning resources
    Constitution Hall, building 1
  • Track c: European networking for eSafety and eSkills
    Hall 218, Building 3

Chair a: Gavin Dykes (BECTA, UK)

Chair b: Jim Ayre (European Schoolnet) and David Massart (European Schoolnet)

Chair c: Alexa Joyce (European Schoolnet)

16.15-16.45

Coffee and networking break
  (Foyer, building 1)

 

16.45-18.30

Plenary session 3
Conference hall, building 3

  • eLearning awards ceremony

Sponsors – ACER, Promethean, SMART Technologies, eInstruction, Elluminate, Intel, Young Digital Planet, CISCO, Microsoft

Master of ceremony: Anne Gilleran, European Schoolnet

18.30

Close and Industry partners meeting

 

19.30*

Gala dinner
Belmontas

 

*Buses leaving time

DAY TWO

Time

Item

Details

09.15-11.15

Workshop session 2

  • Track a: Developing and accrediting teacher and pupil competencies
    Conference hall, building 3

  • Track b: Supporting new pedagogies through digital learning resources
    Constitution Hall, building 1

  • Track c: European networking for eSafety and eSkills
    Hall 218, Building 3

 

  • Chair a: Jean-Luc Barras (Educa CH)
  • Chair b: Riina Vuorikari (European Schoolnet)
  • Chair c: Janice Richardson (European Schoolnet)

11.15-11.45

Coffee and networking break
  (Foyer, building 1)

 

11.45-13.00

Plenary session 4
Conference hall, building 3

  • General report from the workshops – Roger Blamire (European Schoolnet)

  • High level panel discussion – Education 2025 – scenarios for future classrooms or learning spaces?
    • Key speaker: Tim Rudd , Senior Researcher - FutureLab 
    • Introduction to the Roundtable – the iTEC project
      • Jim Ayre, European Schoolnet 
      • Stephen Jury – Vice Chairman Promethean 
      • Nancy Knowlton  - CEO Smart Technology
         
    • Round table discussion – Animation – Jim Ayre – European Schoolnet
      • Stephen Jury – Vice Chairman Promethean 
      • Nancy Knowlton  - CEO Smart Technology 
      • Gavin Dykes, Becta  
      • Giovanni Biondi – Chair of European Schoolnet
      • Mike Morris, manager Education Sales Business development, Europe, Cisco (tbc)  
      • Emanuele Accolla, Vice President ACER Europe
      • Richard Galvin  - Director European School Woluwe II
  • Closure of the Conference – Marc Durando, Executive Director, European Schoolnet

Chair: Jim Ayre (European Schoolnet)

13.00-14.00

Lunch
Scandic hotel

 

14.00-16.00


Complementary programme

  • Guided visit of the Lithuanian Houses of Parliament 

Optional

16.00

Close

 

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