Wednesday, March 8, 2000 4:30-5:45 APRUNet Working Group Meeting (open to APRU members only) Figueroa Room, Davidson Conference Center 6:00-7:00 Reception Town and Gown 7:00 Dinner Town and Gown Thursday, March 9, 2000 7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast and Registration Main Lobby, Davidson Conference Center 8:30-9:00 Steven B. Sample, Chairman of APRU and President, University of Southern California Embassy Room, Davidson Conference Center 9:00-10:00 Randy Yeh, Corporate Vice President for Globalization Development, Lucent Technologies (Beijing) Embassy Room, Davidson Conference Center 10:15-11:15 Panel on Theme I: Infrastructure Support and Technology Trends in Distance Education Embassy Room, Davidson Conference Center William Graves, Chairman and Founder, Eduprise.com The Law of the Virtual Campus and the Virtual Campus Challenge Wu Jianping, Director, Network Research Center, Tsinghua University and Director of the Technical Board, China Education and Research Network (CERNET) Vijay Kumar, Assistant Provost and Director of Academic Computing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Acting Globally, Thinking Locally Rubens Melo, Associate Dean for Extension Programs, Catholic University of Rio (PUC) Technology Trends in Distance Education 11:30-12:30 Discussion Sessions on Theme I topics: Five Parallel Discussions Alumni, Boardroom, Club, and Figueroa Rooms at Davidson Conference Center 12:30-2:00 Luncheon Speaker: Lord Asa Briggs Town and Gown 2:00-3:00 Panel on Theme II: University Level Distance Learning Programs Embassy Room, Davidson Conference Center Jaime Alonso Gomez, Dean, Graduate School of Business Administration and Leadership, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Ellis Horowitz, Director, Distance Education and Information Technology Programs, University of Southern California Prospects for Webcasting as a Form of Distance Education Michihiko Minoh, Center for Information and Multimedia Studies, Kyoto University, Japan Trans-pacific Interactive Distance Education (TIDE) Project Lawrence Wong, Director, Centre of Instructional Technology, National University of Singapore Singapore-MIT Alliance Distance Learning Program Via Internet II 3:15-4:15 Discussion Sessions on Theme II Topics Alumni, Boardroom, Club, and Figueroa Rooms at Davidson Conference Center 4:30-6:00 "Birds of a Feather" Sessions Alumni, Boardroom, Club, and Figueroa Rooms at Davidson Conference Center 6:00-7:00 Reception Town and Gown 7:00-9:00 Dinner Town and Gown Friday, March 10, 2000 7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast Main Lobby, Davidson Conference Center 8:30-9:15 Dr. Burks Oakley, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois e-Learning: The Impact of the Internet on Higher Education Embassy Room 9:30-10:30 Panel on Theme III: Pre-University Distance Learning Programs Embassy Room James Bower, Co-Director, Caltech Precollege Science Initiative (CAPSI), California Institute of Technology Elizabeth Lowe, Associate Director, Distance Learning & Program Development, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida Vitalii I. Vovna, Director, Pacific Institute of Distant Learning and Technologies, Far Eastern State University (Vladivostok) Far Eastern State University Distance Education: Background, Approaches, and Interests of International Partnership Wee Ling Wong, Information Technology Scientist, Integrated Media Systems Center, University of Southern California BioSIGHT 10:45-11:45 Discussion Sessions on Theme III Topics Alumni, Club, Gold, and Figueroa Rooms at Davidson Conference Center 12:00-1:00 Luncheon Speaker: Jerry Campbell, Chief Information Officer and Dean of University Libraries, University of Southern California Town and Gown 1:15-2:15 Panel on Theme IV: Distance Learning and Economic Development Embassy Room, Davidson Conference Center Alain Dumort, Director, New Technologies in Education and Training, European Commission; European Union Fellow, University of Southern California New Media in Higher Education: An EU-US perspective Robert Raab, Independent Consultant Strengthening Agricultural Research Capacity in Developing Countries Through Application of Internet-based Distance Learning Technologies: Experience and Lessons Learned Edward Schneider, Dean, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California The Development of Internet Distance Learning at USC 2:30-3:30 Discussion Sessions on Theme IV Topics Alumni, Club, Gold, and Figueroa Rooms at Davidson Conference Center 3:45-4:30 Summary of Discussion Sessions and Closing Remarks Embassy Room 5:00-8:00 APRUNet Working Group Dinner Meeting (open to APRU members only) Town and Gown