25.03.15
The driving forces behind education policy
An interesting global education conference is coming up next month, examining topics like print vs digital in delivering education, and who is best-placed to commission the content: tge public sector or private publishers?
The ‘What Works? Successful Education Policies, Resources and Technologies’ conference is on Thursday 16 April at Olympia Conference Centre in London.
The event is organised by the International Publishers Association (IPA) and The London Book Fair (LBF), in association with The Publishers Association.
Orna O’Brien, conference manager at The London Book Fair, said: “‘What Works?’ is now an established part of our conference line-up, and we are delighted to be hosting the third edition at LBF this year, and provide an opportunity for delegates to hear the views and research findings from experts who are shaping education policy around the world.”
The core themes will be how technology, policy and content may be most effectively applied to raise educational standards.
The speakers are:
- Luis Benveniste, Practice Manager, Education, World Bank (USA)
- Yu Chunchi, ED, China Education Publishing & Media (PRC)
- Andrew Fong, Head – International Markets, Marshall Cavendish Education (Singapore)
- José Ignacio Echeverría, President, CANIEM (Mexico)
- Colin Hughes, Managing Director, Collins Learning (UK)
- Ian Livingstone CBE, President of Eidos (UK)
- Sarah Maughan, Associate Director of Research, AlphaPlus Consultancy (UK)
- Miklós Nagy, Director, Európa Publisher (Hungary)
- Wouter Oosterheert, Stichting leerKracht (Netherlands)
- Professor Gino Roncaglia, Senior Research Fellow, University of Viterbo ‘La Tuscia’ (Italy)
- Professor Lucia Santaella, São Paulo Catholic University (PUCSP), Director of CIMID, Center of Research in Digital Media (Brazil)
- Debborah Smith, Bond University (Australia)
- Lis Tribe, Managing Director, Hodder Education (UK)
- Jo Twist, CEO Ukie (UK Interactive Entertainment) (UK)
- Wouter van Tol, Director Corporate Citizenship, Europe, Samsung (UK)
- Professor Werner Wiater, Augsburg University (Germany)
There is a discounted delegate rate for public sector and not-for-profit representatives. Full details are at: www.londonbookfair.co.uk/whatworks