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ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors, is the key annual networking(December 2 - 4, 2009) event for the international e-learning and technology-supported learning and training industry, attracting and bringing together experts in the vanguard of technology-enhanced learning from around the world.

Programme Highlights of This Year’s Conference

Berlin, Germany – Brain research, the financial crisis and award-winning film producer Lord Puttnam will all feature at this year’s Online Educa Berlin 2009, which is Europe’s leading conference on online education. Conference Director Astrid Jaeger says: “Workplace learning, learning environments of the future, inclusion, mobile learning and e-learning in the wake of the financial crisis: this is just a small selection of the themes that will be addressed at the most important global meeting on e-learning, taking place from December 2nd – 4th, 2009.”

Online Educa Berlin 2009 – Highlights:

• Oscar-winning film producer, politician and e-learning advocateLord Puttnam will open the conference with a speech on innovative learning and the integration of video games into the learning process. (please also see: www.online-educa.com/press_release.php?id=596)
• In “The New Era of Corporate Learning”, Jay Cross and Charles Jennings present effective methods for workplace-learning. Both experts will initiate a series of mini-master classes with social learning experts. By introducing an “Unconference” dealing with top-of-mind issues in corporate learning, they will break up traditional conference formats. At the “Instructional Video-Fest”, the best of the best of online learning material, lectures, presentations and how-to videos will be shown. Another hot topic and format is “The Great Training Robbery” – conversations with leading thinkers about why so much time, effort and money is wasted in corporate learning and recommendations for alternative approaches and better practice.
• E-Learning pioneer and Moodle-founder Martin Dougiamas from Australia will deliver a keynote speech at the conference and will talk about the expansion of e-learning and Open Source in the corporate sector. Here you can find an interview with Mr Dougiamas on the OEB News portal: www.icwe.net/oeb_special/news126.php. Joining him at the plenary “Responding to the Changing World of Work” is Toolwire-founder David James Clarke IV.
• "Delivering More For Less - In Business" with presentations by Deloitte and SAP: Here, learning technology as an efficient means of further education will be presented.
• In “Remaining Competitive in an Economic Downturn“, representatives from worldwide businesses will discuss how the financial crisis can be overcome and in “Recession – An Open Door for Learning Innovation?“, experienced participants will discuss how the crisis serves as a breeding ground for technical learning innovation.
• Information overload, distraction and biological implications of the Internet: a controversial topic that will be addressed by Dr Aric Sigman. During the “Online Educa Debate“, he will examine the pros and cons of new technologies and the social web with prominent e-learning expert Donald Clark and consultant Jerry Michalski (podcast: www.icwe.net/oeb_special/category_podcast.php) A recent article about Sigman can be found here: www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/aric-sigman-parents-control.

To view the entire conference programme, please see

www.online-educa.com/programme

Please contact us if you would like further information about any of the themes or if you would like to get in touch with one of the speakers.

Online Educa Berlin 2009

15th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training
December 2 - 4, 2009
Hotel InterContinental Berlin, Budapester Str. 2, D-10787 Berlin, Germany
Organisers: ICWE GmbH
E-mail: info [AT] online-educa.com
Web: www.online-educa.com

Press Contact:

ICWE GmbH
Franziska Steiger, Nina Wittrock
Tel:. +49-30-310 1818-20
E-mail: press-service [AT] icwe.net

Location:

The conference will take place in the centrally located Hotel InterContinental Berlin, the innovative business hotel in the city center, which has struck an impressive pose on the city skyline for nearly half a century. A better location is hard to imagine — the government quarter, historic centre, shopping districts and the world-famous Potsdamer Platz and Kurfürstendamm Boulevard are just minutes away.

As a leading 5-star business and conference hotel with a high international reputation, the InterContinental Berlin – chosen as the Best Business Hotel in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 – presents itself in a new, modern design. Unique event possibilities and the highest quality standards are just as characteristic of the hotel as is its outstanding location in the metropolis.

Luxury in a new dimension awaits the sophisticated guest: new rooms with an unusual design and an exclusive Club Floor which sets new standards.

ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN participants are offered preferential room rates. Detailed information and a booking form will be sent to you upon receipt of your conference registration form. If you should decide to stay at the InterContinental Berlin, please make the reservation as soon as possible as rooms at reduced rates are limited and go on a first-come, first-served basis.

The address of the Hotel InterContinental Berlin is:

Budapester Str. 2
10787 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49 - 30 - 26 02 0
Fax: +49 - 30 - 26 02 26 00
www.berlin.intercontinental.com

Photo Gallery of the conference:

http://www.online-educa.com/media-picture-gallery