[Crosstalk] MIT Conference Update

[Alison Hearn]

*MIT LINC 2010:  Three News Announcements!!!!!!!*
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*Fifth International Conference of MIT's Learning International Networks 
Consortium (LINC)*
*May 23-26, 2010 on the campus of MIT in Cambridge, MA U.S.A.*
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*"University Leadership: Bringing Technology-Enabled Education to 
Learners of All Ages"*
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*http://linc.mit.edu/linc2010/*
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*Announcement #1**:*
*The Call for Papers Deadline Has Been Extended to _February 15th, 2010._*
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*Announcement #2:*
*Optional Half-Day Workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER's): 
Sunday, May 23
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*Announcement #3**:                                                        *
*15 Highly Distinguished Plenary Speakers to Speak at LINC 2010!!!*
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*Complete List of Plenary Speakers:*
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*--  Charles Vest - President of the U.S. National Academy of Engineers, 
MIT President Emeritus.*
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*-- Huda M. Al-Ghoson - **General Manager, Training & Development, Saudi 
Aramco.*
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*-- Miguel Brechner - President of the Technological Laboratory of 
Uruguay (LATU) and director of "Plan CEIBAL", the one laptop per child 
project in Uruguay.*
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*-- Cathy Casserly - Senior Partner, The Carnegie Foundation for the 
Advancement of Teaching.*
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*-- Milton Chen - Executive Director, George Lucas Educational Foundation.*
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*-- Patricio López del Puerto - President of the Virtual University 
Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico.*
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*-- Bakary Diallo - Rector of the African Virtual University*
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*-- Andy DiPaolo - Executive Director, Stanford Center for Professional 
Development, and Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford 
University.*
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*-- Michael Horn - co-founder and Executive Director of Innosight 
Institute and co-author of **Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation 
Will Change the Way the World Learns* 
<http://www.disruptingclass.com/>* (McGraw Hill, June 2008).*
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*-- Vijay Kumar - Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education at 
MIT  and Director of the Office of Educational Innovation and 
Technology, providing leadership for sustainable technology-enabled 
educational innovation at MIT.*
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*-- Naveed Malik - Rector of the Pakistan Virtual University, Director 
of the PANdora Project and Project Manager for MIT BLOSSOMS in Pakistan.*
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*-- David Pritchard - MIT Professor of physics and inventor of 
CyberTutor, an interactive computer program that functions as a personal 
tutor for students.*
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*-- Rana Abuzeid Qubain - General Manager, Investment World for 
Development and Technology, Jordan and Project Manager for MIT BLOSSOMS 
in Jordan.*
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*-- Andrew Reynolds - Deputy and Chief of Staff for the Office of the 
Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State, U.S. 
Department of State.*

-- *Milad Sebaaly - Founder and CEO of Universal Knowledge Solutions, 
Lebanon and Managing Director of Global Investment, Lebanon.

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