From: Christopher Pratt [mailto:
cgp2002@columbia.edu]
Dear Colleagues,
It is a pleasure to invite you to join our international speakers at
Important Intersections among Economic Development, Entrepreneurship,
Immigration, Higher Education and Work-Integrated Learning in a Global
Economy , the Government Leaders Plenary Session in Boston on Friday, June
17th at 10:30am - 12 Noon at the WACE 14th World Conference - Global
Workforce Development: Defining, Developing and Managing with:
* Prof. Dr. Wichit Srisa-an, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the
Education Committee, Government of Thailand
* Mr. Mark Batho, Head of the Lifelong Learning Group, Scottish
Executive, the Devolved Government of Scotland
* Mr. Neil Bouwer, Director General of the Learning Policy
Directorate, Human Resources and Skills Development, Government of Canada
* Dr. Christopher Pratt, Dean, Career Education, Columbia University,
USA
And the concurrent session, International Research in Work-Integrated
Learning at 11:00am - 12 Noon on Thursday, June 16th with:
* Dr. Frank Achtenhagen, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
* Dr. Per-Olof Thång, Göteborg University and the University-College
of Trollhättan/Uddevalla, Sweden
* Dr. Maureen Drysdale, St. Jerome's University, University of
Waterloo, Canada
* Dr. Christopher Pratt, Columbia University, USA
You may also be interested in our concurrent session, Work-Integrated
Learning, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Leadership Education at 4:15pm -
5:15pm on Wednesday, June 15th with:
* Ms. Sharon Bamford, CEO, Scottish Institute for Enterprise, Scotland
* Mr. Chris Resto, Director, Undergraduate Practice Opportunities
Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
* Dr. Christopher Pratt, Dean, Career Education, Columbia University,
USA
The international program will is also highlighted by:
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* Nobel Laureate Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University, USA, an
expert on the economic policies of developing and developed nations will
address the role education plays in human capital workforce development in
his Keynote Address on Wednesday morning.
* Dr. Etienne Wenger, USA, author and visionary leader in the field of
Communities of Practice will deliver a Plenary Luncheon address
* Dr. Weijang Zhang, Director-General of the Education Commission for
Shanghai in the People's Republic of China, responsible for developing
educational policies for 17 million students will discuss the impact
Work-Integrated Learning has had on Shanghai's economy since China's reform
in his Plenary Address on Thursday
A panel of university leaders from all across the globe will discuss how
they integrate Work-Integrated Learning programs in a wide variety of
cultures and economies. Four US presidents will be joined by top officials
of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Charles Strut University in
Australia, and the Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa.
The 14th WACE World Conference is the only time in the next decade that an
international group of educators, employers, and government officials will
meet in the United States to discuss Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and
Practice-Oriented Education (POE). The 15th World Conference will be at
Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, July 10-13, 2007.
You can learn more about WACE, register online and see the conference
schedule online at:
http://waceinc.org/ .
Hope to see you in Boston!
All the best,
Chris
Dr. Christopher Pratt
Dean
Columbia University, 1754
Career Education
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