Thought Leadership Q & A Forum
Wednesday 25 November 2009

The Grandstand, Flemington Racecourse
9am -10.30am FORUM

Steve Hargadon
California Social Learning Consultant at Elluminate, Director K12 Open Technologies Initiative at Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network
(www.classroom20.com)

11am-1pm SKYLINE

New technologies are delivering rapidly changing solutions for education, business, industry, politics and government. Where are we headed in the 21st century? How will emerging technologies affect our society? What will they offer education and business? This is the only event where the ICT industry and educators have the opportunity to explore new opportunities and challenge perceived wisdom about the future of our society.

Panel Members:

• Susie Seigler-Peters - National General Manager, Education, Industry Telstra Enterprise and Government
• Ken Gooding - Senior eLearning consultant, eWorks
• Jenny Buckland – CEO, Australian Children’s Television Fund
• Dr Shanton Chang – Information Systems, University of Melbourne
• Ian Dennis – Chairman, Whitehorse Strategic Group and Australian Computer Society
• Geoff Elwood –CEO, Etech Group
• Katrina Reynen – Innovation Next Practice, Department of Education & Early Childhood
• Professor Margaret Robertson – Education and Research, Latrobe University
• Professor Ron Weber – Information Technology, Monash University
• Derek Wenmoth – Director eLearning, CORE Education, New Zealand
• Graham Whelan – CEO, Online Learning International and eLearning Industry Association of Victoria
• Brenda Frisk - Nextspace, Business Development and Education Strategies Director, Nextspace, Auckland, NZ