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| Volume 4, Issue 2, 1999
Making Sense of Program Development
- ACCC National Forum Understanding the new careers for the new economy can be difficult. The Making Sense of Program Development national forum has been designed by the ACCC Careers Task Group to ease this task for post-secondary program planners. The forum will take place March 9-11, 2000 at the Delta Hotel in Ottawa. Sessions will focus on the most up-to-date market information and mechanisms needed by post-secondary education program planners to develop, renew, adjust, reduce and cancel programs. With keynote speaker Colin Campbell, author of Where the Jobs Are: Career Survival for Canadians in the New Global Economy, participants will address issues of program renewal, cancellation, planning and development as well as market trends, critical skills, performance indicators and labour, community and government perspectives. For more information, please contact Gail Mulhall, Senior Program Officer/Coordinator, Conferences and Awards Unit, at tel.: 613-746-5916 ext 3115, fax: (613) 746-6174, e-mail: gmulhall@accc.ca. Interface 2000, June
7-9, 2000 Sponsored by the Alberta Distance Education and Training Association, CML Provincial Users Group, Grant MacEwan Community College and NorQuest College, Interface 2000 will focus on the design, development, and delivery of courses in the information age, whether these courses are offered in a classroom or at a distance. The conference will be of interest to educators and support staff in high schools, colleges, technical institutes, and universities who want to learn how best to use technology to meet the needs of their students. Concurrent session proposals should be submitted as e-mail attachments to Judith Johnson at johnsonj@admin.gmcc.ab.ca by Monday, February 7, 2000. Individuals will be notified by February 29 whether their proposal has been selected to be included in the conference proceedings. To obtain additional information about Interface 2000, please contact Clayton R. Wright at wrightc@admin.gmcc.ab.ca or fax (780) 497-5425. A Web page with up-to-date information will be located at www.interface2000.gmcc.ab.ca. ACCC Annual Conference
2000 The theme for the 2000 ACCC annual conference is "Reaching Out - Reaching In: building Success on our Traditions for the New Millennium." The theme was developed to reflect the ways in which Canadian colleges and institutes are interacting to serve an increasingly diverse student body and community. Hosted by Yukon College, Aurora College and Nunavut Arctic College, the 2000 conference will celebrate past successes and build a common direction for continued success into the new millennium. For more information, contact Gail Mulhall, Senior Program Officer/Coordinator at tel.: (613) 746-5916, fax: (613) 746-6721 or e-mail: gmulhall@accc.ca. Call for Papers Sponsored by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), the International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education will take place in Cancun, one of Mexico's finest resorts. The conference will act as an international forum for scientists and educators involved in research, development and implementation of computers and advanced technology in education. Educators concerned with the impact of new technologies on education, and engineers and computer scientists concerned with the creation and implementation of new educational technologies will benefit greatly from CATE 2000. Submissions for workshops, tutorials, special sessions and presentations must be received by the IASTED Secretariat by February 1, 2000. For more information or to be placed on the mailing list, contact: IASTED Secretariat - CATE 2000, #80, 4500 - 16th Avenue N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T3B 0M6. Tel.: (403) 288-1195, fax: (403) 247-6851 or e-mail: calgary@iasted.com. You may also visit www.iasted.com. CADE - May 3-6, 2000 The15th conference of the Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) will be held May 3 - 6, 2000 in Quebec City, hosted by Laval University. For more information on the conference, visit www.ulaval.ca/aced2000cade or contact Bill Frick, Technology Integration and Innovations Marketing Consultant, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and CADE College Sector Representative at billf@nait.ab.ca or tel: (780) 471-7862. Mining Millennium
2000 The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) in conjunction with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada are organizing the largest and most comprehensive international convention and trade exhibition of the mineral industry. With the theme "A Spectrum of Mining for the Future," the event will cover all facets of the industry. For more information, contact the CIM at tel.: (514) 939-2710, or visit www.miningmillennium.org. Literate Cities 2000 Organized by the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators, this conference will focus on work force education programs and their impacts on stakeholders. For more information, contact Patricia Nutter, Project Director, CAMA at tel.: (613) 236-1600 or (613) 726-9532, fax: (613) 726-8247 or e-mail: pnutter@cyberus.ca. National Consultation
on Career Development (NATCON) The 26th NATCON will feature over 160 sessions on career development and employment-related issues. Participants will learn about emerging career development initiatives, hear from experts about economic and labour market trends affecting the workplace and discover new techniques and resource aids. To receive a copy of the Preliminary Program and registration form, contact the NATCON office at tel.: (416) 978-8011, fax: (416) 978-2271 or e-mail: natcon.conat@utoronto.ca. New Media 2000 Conference
and Tradeshow Explore the world of digital media and communications at one of Canada’s largest international multimedia showcase events. Conference sessions will cover digital content creation, production, design and development and distribution and delivery. For more information, visit www.newmedia.ca. TESOL 2000 - "Navigating
the New Millenium" The TESOL 2000 convention will offer English as a Second Language (ESL) professionals a host of exciting opportunities for professional development. With over 10,000 participants from 90 countries expected, this will be a dynamic convention with four days of valuable workshops, panels, and speakers as well as a showcase of current research in the field of TESL. Don’t miss this chance to network with other ESL professionals on an international level. For program and exhibit information, please contact: TESOL, Convention Department, 700 South Washington Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 USA. Tel.: (703) 836-0774, fax: (703) 836-7864, e-mail: conv@tesol.edu. The main website can be found at www.tesol.edu or check www.vcn.bc.ca/bcteal. Global Knowledge
II The theme of the second Global Knowledge Partnership conference will be Building Knowledge Societies: Access, Empowerment, Governance. More than 1,000 people, representing the public and private sectors, key NGOs and international agencies, are expected to attend the conference. The three broad themes will provide participants with a framework within which to examine opportunities to harness knowledge and information as tools for development at local, national, regional and global levels. For more information, visit the GKII website at www.globalknowledge.org. World Education Market An international conference and trade show, billed as the first truly international, intersectoral, education forum and known as the World Education Market (WEM) will take place in Vancouver from May 24-27, 2000. The WEM will showcase practical, effective and innovative approaches for the delivery of education, training and lifelong learning and address major issues impacting on the world of education today as well as providing practical workshops on adapting content to refect local needs and how to sell, buy and produce materials in the international education marketplace. The conference is expected to draw 4,000 decision-makers and education leaders from around the world and is designed to facilitate cross-border education business arrangements. Visit www.wemex.com for more information or e-mail: info@wemex.com, tel.: +33 (0)1 41 90 49 61 or fax: +33 (0) 1 41 90 49 60. |
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