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| Friday,
March 2 |
| 8:30 am |
Gathering, registration (Poster
presenters mount their work) |
| 9:00 |
View and discuss posters |
| 11:00 |
Informal finger-food lunch with posters |
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Session One: Global Education for
Human Development |
| 12:30 pm |
Welcome and introductions |
| 1:00 |
Innovations in Open Learning
and Virtual Education for Human Development: Sir
John Daniel, President and CEO, The Commonwealth of
Learning, Vancouver, Canada |
| 1:45 |
Knowledge Production and Human
Capital: An Indian perspective:
R. A. Mashelkar, F.R.S., Director General, Council
of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India
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| 2:30 |
Panel discussion leader: Robert
L. DeHaan, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| 3:00 |
Break |
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Sesson Two: Knowledge Innovation and
Social Policy |
| 3:30 |
Exploring “mini-c”
Creativity Across Cultures: James C. Kaufman,
Director, Learning Research Institute, California State University,
San Bernardino, CA, USA |
| 4:15 |
Designing Education for Innovation:
William F. Massy, Professor Emeritus and former VP
for Business and Finance, Stanford University; President, The
Jackson Hole Higher Education Group, Inc., Jackson, WY, USA |
| 5:00 |
Discussion leader: V. K. M. Narayan,
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| 5:30 |
Reception |
| 7:00 - 9:00 |
ICA Institute dinner
Speaker: Jagdish Sheth, Kellstadt Professor
of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, and
Chairman, ICA Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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Saturday, March
3 |
| Session
Three: Poster Presentations |
| 8:30 |
View posters; presenters at posters |
| 9:15 |
Three 10-minute oral presentations of selected
posters (Plenary session) |
| 10:00 |
Discussion |
| 10:30 |
Break |
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Four: Science and Technology Education in the Local Context |
| 11:00 |
China’s Emerging High-end
Talent Pool: Challenges and Prospects:
Denis Fred Simon, Provost and Vice-President
for Academic Affairs, Levin Graduate Institute, State University
of New York, NY, USA |
| 11:30 |
Higher Education for Innovation
in China: Zhou Mansheng, Deputy
Director -General, National Centre for Education Development
Research, Ministry of Education, PRC |
| 12:00 pm |
Discussion leader: Yiping Wan,
Dean, Bagwell College of Education, Kennesaw State University,
Kennesaw, GA, USA |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch and view posters |
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Five: Impact of Emerging Technologies on Education |
| 1:30 |
Innovative Teaching to Promote Innovative Thinking:
Katherine K. Perkins, Associate Director, Physics Education
Technology Project, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA |
| 2:00 |
Connexions: Building Communities and Sharing Knowledge:
Richard G. Baraniuk, Victor E. Cameron Prof.,
Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Founder, Connexions,
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA |
| 2:30 |
Discussion leader: Ronald Frank, Singapore
Management University |
| 3:00 |
Break |
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Six: Technology, Education and Global Competitiveness |
| 3:30 |
Psychometrics and International Learning Assessment:
Barry McGaw, Dir., Melbourne Education Research Institute,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
| 4:00 |
Economics of Education for Innovative Capacity:
MaryAnn Feldman, Miller Distinguished Professor, Institute
of Higher Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
Session
Seven: Panel Reprise - What Have We Learned? |
| 4:30 |
Facilitator: Sam Pitroda, Chair, National
Knowledge Commission, New Delhi, India |
| 5:30 |
Adjourn |
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