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International Symposium is held annually during the Annual Conference. This full day workshop pulls from a global perspective and expertise on prominent issues in the industry through a highly interactive curriculum.
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013 | 8:30am - 5:00pm Grande Ballroom A
Digital Inclusion: The Global Imperative of Bridging Schools and Home
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| DRAFT AGENDA |
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| MORNING |
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| Breakfast buffet to be served starting at 8:00am |
GLOBAL REPRESENTATION |
| 8:30 - 8:45 |
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Welcome & Setting Context |
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Keith Krueger, Chief Executive Officer
Consortium for School Networking |
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UNITED STATES |
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| 8:45 - 9:45 |
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Global Visions on Digital Inclusion |
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Miguel Brechner, President
Plan Ceibal
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URUGUAY |
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Mario Franco, President
Mobile Communications Foundation
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PORTUGAL |
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Carolyn Hall, Co-Founder/Executive Director
Laptops4Learning Nigeria |
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NIGERIA |
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| 9:45 - 10:30 |
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Moderated Discussion Visionary Speakers and Audience |
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Bette Gray, Executive Director
Learning and Technology Resources Alberta Education
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CANADA |
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Susan Mann, CEO
Education Services
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AUSTRALIA |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
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Break |
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| 11:00 - 12:15 |
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The Economic & Education Imperative of Digital Inclusion |
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Kathy Hurley, Executive Vice President for Education Alliances
Pearson Foundation
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UNITED STATES |
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Francesc Pedro, Chief, Teacher Development and Education Policies, Division for Teachers and Higher Education
UNESCO
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SPEAKER BASED
IN FRANCE |
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Alicia Banuelos, Universidad de La Punta 2005-2012
San Luis
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ARGENTINA |
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Bill Kowba, Superintendent
San Diego Unified School District (CA)
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UNITED STATES |
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Marcel Fukayama, CEO
CDI Ventures |
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BRAZIL |
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AFTERNOON
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GLOBAL REPRESENTATION |
| 12:15 - 1:45 |
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Working Lunch
The Political Imperative of Digital Inclusion
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Esteban Bullrich, Minister of Education
City of Buenos Aires
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ARGENTINA |
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Congressman George Miller, Senior Democrat of the House Education and Workforce Committee
U.S. Congress |
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UNITED STATES |
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| 1:45 - 2:00 |
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Break |
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Global Digital Inclusion Challenge: Making the Case
BREAK INTO TEAMS
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Gavin Dykes, Programme Director, Education World Forum & Director
Cellcove Ltd
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UNITED KINGDOM |
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Laura Motta, Professor, Consejera, Consejo de Formación en Educación
Administración Nacional de Educación Pública |
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URUGUAY |
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| 3:00 - 3:20 |
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Break |
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| 3:20 - 4:00 |
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Out of the Mold Strategies |
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Ajith Basu, Chief Program Executive
Agastya International Foundation
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INDIA |
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Zach Leverenz, Chief Executive Officer
Connect2Compete |
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UNITED STATES |
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Into the Lion’s Den: Making the Case to Policymakers & the Public
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Esteban Bullrich, Minister of Education
City of Buenos Aires
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ARGENTINA |
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Stacey Childress, Deputy Director of Education
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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UNITED STATES
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Francesc Pedro, Head of Lion Pride
UNESCO |
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SPEAKER BASED
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Digital Inclusion Facts
Economically disadvantaged families increasingly lack the ability to use technology to seek jobs, to access online government resources and increasingly their children are unable to connect to formal education opportunities. In the US there are nearly 27 million families without a home computer or connection to the Internet (312 million total US population). Globally, of 1.8 billion households worldwide, 0.6 billion have Internet access and 0.7 billion have a PC[1]. Strong disparities also exist between countries: In South Asia, for instance, only 6.4% of homes have a computer and 4.3% have Internet access compared to 77.1% and 74.6% in the U.S.[2].
While computing devices in schools is growing, technology is not ubiquitous in most classrooms around the world. For example, according to MDR Research only 13% of US classrooms have a one device/per child technology environment. And, if you are from a U.S. family of modest income ($30,000 or less annually) you have 50% less likelihood of having broadband access at home compared to families with incomes over $75,000. Only 28.75% of U.S. population subscribed to broadband in 2011 compared to 8.42% worldwide according to ITU[3]. Moreover, available Internet bandwidth per Internet user remainsvery different between regions; with on average almost 90’000 bit/s of bandwidth per user in Europe compared with 2’000 bit/s per user in Africa[4]
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[1] The World Facts and Figures, ITU, 2011, http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/facts/2011/material/ICTFactsFigures2011.pdf
[2] World bank data, 2010, The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012 http://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9780821389966/1
[3] http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/explorer/index.html
[4] The World Facts and Figures, ITU, 2011, http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/facts/2011/material/ICTFactsFigures2011.pdf
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