| Wednesday, 23 June, 11.00 - 17.30, Hall O
Pre-Conference Day in Association with ICDE
Distance Learning as an Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Venue for the Joint Day with ICDE:
Austria Center Vienna
Am Hubertusdamm 6
A-1220 Vienna, Austria
9.00-11.00 Registration
11.00-11.45 Keynote Speech
Bernd Schachtsiek and David Sewart: Is private distance learning a growing or dying
market?
11.45-12.30 Seppo Alaluusua: The Profits and pitfalls of buying outside services
12.30-14.00 Lunch at a restaurant of your choice (not included in conference fee)
14.00-14.45 Keith Rawson-Jones: Penury or plenty from selling your services
14.45-15.30 Plenary discussion - successes and failures in buying and selling services
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.00 Public/Private partnerships - synergies and challenges
Speakers from public and private institutes who have set up partnerships will discuss and
evaluate problems they had to overcome and opportunities presenting themselves. What are
the rewards that make the effort worth while?
17.15 Coaches leave from Austria Center Vienna for city sightseeing tour (by invitation of
Humboldt Fernlehrinstitut).
| This joint day with ICDE will provide a
meeting point for service providers and service buyers and it is hoped that it will also
lead to the development of public/private partnerships. |
Speakers:
Dr. Seppo Alaluusua, Principal, Markkinointi-instituutti, Helsinki
Prof. Keith Rawson-Jones, Moscow State University and Modells, Ltd., Moscow
Bernd Schachtsiek, AECS President, SGD, Darmstadt
Prof. David Sewart, Director of Student Services, The Open University, Milton Keynes |