MIT LINC 2010: Three News Announcements!

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MIT LINC 2010: Three News Announcements!

Fifth International Conference of MIT's Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) May 23-26, 2010 on the campus of MIT in Cambridge, MA U.S.A.

"University Leadership: Bringing Technology-Enabled Education to Learners of All Ages"

http://linc.mit.edu/linc2010/ <http://linc.mit.edu/linc2010/>

Announcement #1: The Call for Papers Deadline Has Been Extended to February 15th, 2010.

Announcement #2: Optional Half-Day Workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER's): Sunday, May 23

Announcement #3: 15 Highly Distinguished Plenary Speakers to Speak at LINC 2010!!!

Complete List of Plenary Speakers:

-- Charles Vest - President of the U.S. National Academy of Engineers, MIT President Emeritus.

-- Huda M. Al-Ghoson - General Manager, Training & Development, Saudi Aramco.

-- Miguel Brechner - President of the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU) and director of "Plan CEIBAL", the one laptop per child project in Uruguay.

-- Cathy Casserly - Senior Partner, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

-- Milton Chen - Executive Director, George Lucas Educational Foundation.

-- Patricio López del Puerto - President of the Virtual University Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico.

-- Bakary Diallo - Rector of the African Virtual University

-- Andy DiPaolo - Executive Director, Stanford Center for Professional Development, and Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford University.

-- Michael Horn - co-founder and Executive Director of Innosight Institute and co-author of Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns <http://www.disruptingclass.com/> (McGraw Hill, June 2008).

-- Vijay Kumar - Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education at MIT and Director of the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, providing leadership for sustainable technology-enabled educational innovation at MIT.

-- Naveed Malik - Rector of the Pakistan Virtual University, Director of the PANdora Project and Project Manager for MIT BLOSSOMS in Pakistan.

-- David Pritchard - MIT Professor of physics and inventor of CyberTutor, an interactive computer program that functions as a personal tutor for students.

-- Rana Abuzeid Qubain - General Manager, Investment World for Development and Technology, Jordan and Project Manager for MIT BLOSSOMS in Jordan.

-- Andrew Reynolds - Deputy and Chief of Staff for the Office of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.

-- Milad Sebaaly - Founder and CEO of Universal Knowledge Solutions, Lebanon and Managing Director of Global Investment, Lebanon.