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International Summit Invited Speakers

Mike Abrashoff CEO, Grassroots Leadership, Inc
The affects of effective leadership

Professor Shirley Alexander Director of the Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, University of Technology, Sydney
E-learning ecologies

Professor Claudio Dondi President, SCIENTER
What accelerates and what delays eLearning adoption in Europe

Professor Bob Fryer Chief Executive, National Health Services University (NHSU)
Learning, choice and personalisation: opportunities and issues for e-Learning

Professor Charles Grisham Professor of Chemistry and Director, Student System, University of Virginia
Co-presenter: Active Learning: profile of a partnership with University of Virginia, HP, Thomson Learning and Microsoft

Thomas R. Hazard Director, Office of Continuous Learning (OCL), Naval Postgraduate School
NPS and the US Navy's Learning System of the Future

Michael Humke Director Higher Education, US Public Sector, Hewlett-Packard
Co-presenter: Active Learning: profile of a partnership with University of Virginia, HP, Thomson Learning and Microsoft

Professor Diana Laurillard Head, eLearning Strategy, DFES, UK
Understanding the brakes and drivers for e-Learning

Dr Juilan Lombardi Assistant Director, Division of Information Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Co-presenter: Next generation of network services: PlanetLab and Croquet

Mark McCahill Assistant Director, Office of Information Technology, University of Minnesota
Co-presenter: Next generation of network services: PlanetLab and Croquet

Dr Rick McGeer HP Scientific Liaison to CITRIS, University of California
Next generation of network services: PlanetLab and Croquet

Dr Nicole Melander Senior Director of Worldwide Higher Education Strategy, Microsoft Corporation
The future of e-learning: is the future already here?

Doug Nelson President and CEO, Kinection
Co-presenter: NPS and the US Navy's learning system of the future

Professor Ian O'Connor Vice-Chancellor and President (Ag), Griffith University; e-Agenda Deputy Patron
e-Agenda 2004 International Summit opening address

Ron Perkinson Principal Education Specialist, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Setting the scene with: 'Overview of global trends In financing and cross-border education' and 'Relevance and quality of cross-border on-line delivery'

Matthew Pittinsky Chairman, Blackboard Inc.
Towards a global networking learning environment

Professor Tom Reeves Department of Instructional Technology, College of Education, The University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Digital libraries as Cognitive Tools

Andrew Rosen Chief Corporate Officer, President International, Blackboard Inc.

Professor Allison Rossett Professor of Education Technology, San Diego State University
Strong options. Weak participation. Tangible strategies for engagement and persistence

Patricia Sabosik Vice President and General Manager, Thomson Learning Labs, Thomson Learning
Active Learning: profile of a partnership with University of Virginia, HP, Thomson Learning and Microsoft

Corporate Panel

Dr Richard T. Hezel, Corporate Panel Chair President, Hezel Associates, LLC; International Summit Corporate Panel Chair
Industry-Education partnerships to overcome the digital divide