Keynote Speakers

webcast  Steven B. Sample, Chairman of APRU and President, University of Southern California

webcast  Randy Yeh, Corporate Vice President for Globalization Development, Lucent Technologies (Beijing)

webcast  Burks Oakley, Director, Center for Asynchronous Learning Networks; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign


Panelists

I.  Infrastructure Support and Technology Trends in Distance Education

webcast  William Graves, Chairman and Founder, Eduprise.com

biographywebcast Wu Jianping, Director, Network Research Center, Tsinghua University and Director of the Technical Board, China Education and Research Network (CERNET)

webcast  Vijay Kumar, Assistant Provost and Director of Academic Computing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

webcast  Rubens Melo, Associate Dean for Extension Programs, Catholic University of Rio (PUC)

II.  University Level Distance Learning Programs

webcast Jaime Alonso Gomez, Dean, Graduate School of Business Administration and Leadership, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

webcast  Ellis Horowitz, Director, Distance Education and Information Technology Programs, University of Southern California

webcast  Michihiko Minoh, Center for Information and Multimedia Studies, Kyoto University, Japan

webcast  Lawrence Wong, Director, Centre of Instructional Technology, National University of Singapore

III.Pre-University Distance Learning Programs: Community College, High School, and Middle School

webcast  James Bower, Co-Director, Caltech Precollege Science Initiative (CAPSI), California Institute of Technology

webcast  Elizabeth Lowe, Associate Director, Distance Learning & Program Development, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida

webcast  Vitalii I. Vovna, Director, Pacific Institute of Distant Learning and Technologies, Far Eastern State University (Vladivostok)

webcast  Wee Ling Wong, Information Technology Scientist, Integrated Media Systems Center, University of Southern California

IV.Distance Learning and Economic Development: Corporate Training Programs, Small & Medium Enterprise Training Programs, Rural Development Programs, Government Agency Programs, etc.

webcast Alain Dumort, Director, New Technologies in Education and Training, European Commission; European Union Fellow, University of Southern California

webcast  Robert Raab, Independent Consultant

webcast  Edward Schneider, Dean, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California