Asia Pacific Forum Programme

Day 1 - Thursday, 25 March 2004
MORNING SESSION
9.00 - 9.10	Welcome From Co-convenors Michael Crock and Darien Rossiter Welcome from the e-Agenda 2004 Patron Professor Glyn Davis Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University
9.10 - 9.30	Icebreaker Introductions
9.30 - 9.50	Opening Keynote Session Chair – Daniel Tan Opening Speech: e-Learning Business: Coming out of the shadows Mr Alex Siow, Chairman, Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation
9.50 - 10.25	Breakout Discussion Groups Session Chair – Michael Crock Facilitators John Stevenson (Education) David Asirvatham (Industry) Sally Joy (Government)	Three facilitated discussion groups of seven to eight participants. Each group is to identify three key e-Learning issues from government, education and industry sector perspective to report back to the Forum.
10.25 - 10.40	Report Back on Group Discussions Session Chair – Michael Crock Reporters Paul Gagnon (Education) Maish Nichani (Industry) Ken Jewell (Government)	Each group has five minutes to report back on the three key issues from their group.
10.40 - 11.00	MORNING TEA – Apple Wireless Café
11.00 - 12.30	Ten Minutes Presentations and Angel/Devil Critiques Bracket One: Session Chair – Darien Rossiter Topic and Presenter Moving beyond an e-Learning Paradigm – Marcus Bowles e-Learning issues for multi campus, multi country teaching institutions – Sally Joy Learner support and new business models – Stuart Hamilton Burning Questions (two minutes) ‘Angel’ Critique (five to seven minutes) – Patrick Danaher ‘Devil’ Critique (five to seven minutes) – James Dalziel Bracket Two : Session Chair – Daniel Tan Topic and Presenter The importance of technology in transnational teaching – Bruce King Mobile e-Learning – Doug Vogel A new learning and service delivery model based on re-usable learning objects and SCORM – Graeme Barty Burning Questions (two minutes) ‘Angel’ Critique (five to seven minutes) – Patrick Lambe ‘Devil’ Critique (five to seven minutes) – Donald Babcock
12.30 - 2.00	LUNCH

Day 1 - Thursday, 25 March 2004
AFTERNOON SESSION
2.00 - 3.30	Ten Minutes Presentations and Angel/Devil Critiques Bracket Three: Session Chair – Michael Crock Topic and Presenter A case for more research oriented e-Learning – Maish Nichani Delivering audience relevant, engaging and integrated education across multiple platforms – Lynley Marshall Using cultural historical activity theory to expand the object of e-Learning – John Stevenson Burning Questions (two minutes) ‘Angel’ Critique ( 5- 7 minutes) – Doug Vogel ‘Devil’ Critique (5- 7 minutes) – Bruce King Bracket Four: Session Chair – Darien Rossiter Topic and Presenter Learning Design – the next generation of learning technology – James Daziel Democratisation of Learning Design – Patrick Lambe e-Learning Perspectives from China – Karl Engivist ‘Angel’ Critique (five to seven minutes) – Paul Gagnon ‘Devil” Critique (five to seven minutes) – John Simmons
3.30 - 3.45	AFTERNOON TEA
3.45 - 4.15	Reality Check – Three Breakout Groups (self-selected) Session Chair – Michael Crock Facilitator Marc Bowles (Education) Lynley Marshall (Industry) Stuart Hamilton (Government)	The task for each group is to confirm three mission critical e-Learning e-Training issues from government, education and industry sector perspective to report back to the forum.
4.15 - 5.30	AFTERNOON BREAK

Day 1 - Thursday, 25 March 2004
EVENING SESSION
5.00 - 5.30	Arrival and Registration of Evening Guests
5.30 - 5.35	Welcome to ‘Evening Invitation Session’
5.35 - 6.00	Keynote Speech The Internet: A disrupting or sustaining innovation in higher education? – Mr Terry Hilsberg, CEO, NextEd
6.00 - 6.20	Evening Snapshot Presentations Snapshot Presentations on key e-Agenda issues from the Asia Pacific Forum	3 x 5-10 minute presentations from each of the government/ education/corporate/industry breakout groups.
6.20 - 6.55	Panel Session – Unlimited Learning: Challenges,Collaborations and Convergences in the e-Knowledge Age Panel Chair – Ken Jewell Panel Members Patrick Danaher Paul Gagnon David Asirvatham	Questions/Feedback from presentations and facilitated open forum discussion of other key issues.
6.55 - 7.00	EVENING BREAK
7.00 - 7.30	Pre-Dinner Drinks Presentation: Mr Ravi Rajendran, Country Manager, EMC Corporation
7.30 - 10.30	FORUM DINNER – Traditional Chinese Banquet
	Presentation by Mr Aaron Ma, Director, Public Sector & Utilities, Hewlett-Packard Far East Pte Ltd. Keynote Speech Building Virtual Centre of Excellence over Asia using Ultra Fast Internet Satellite – Professor DongSheng Cai, University of Tsukuba

Day 2 - Friday, 26 March 2004
MORNING SESSION
9.00 - 9.15	Welcome and Opening Instructions Co-convenor – Michael Crock
9.10 -10.30	Matrix Activity Facilitator – Darien Rossiter	Each participant has three minutes to articulate their preference for a topic / issue on the matrix. Participants to indicate whether they would like to work solo or collaboratively, and who are the key stakeholders required for input.
10.30–11.00	MORNING TEA – extended break for collaboration task discussion
11.00 - 11.30	Convergent Activities Facilitator – Michael Crock
11.30 - 12.15	Closing Keynote Measuring Success In eLearning: The Academic Perspective – Mr Samuel Lo, Sun Microsystems eLearning: Reflections on the Journey – Professor John Hedberg
12.15 - 12.30	Farewell from e-Agenda Deputy Patron Professor Ian O’Connor, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Deputy President, Griffith University Forum Close Daniel Tan, Michael Crock and Darien Rossiter
12.30 - 1.30	LUNCH
1.30	Departure