Featured Speakers & Programme
ACE/ACSET Keynote Speaker: Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova
Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova is President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, and Professor Emeritus in the University. She holds a Doctorate of Philology from Lomonossov Moscow State University, and has
published more than 200 books and papers both in Russian and English on Foreign Language Teaching, Linguistics and Cultural Studies, and has lectured widely throughout the world.Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova is President of National Association for Applied Linguistics (NAAL), Chair of the Russian Ministry of Education's Foreign Language Research and Methodology Council, and President and founder of both the National Society for English Language Teachers in Russia, and the National Association of Applied Linguistics. She holds the Lomonosov Award for teaching achievements, Fulbright’s 50th Anniversary Award, and was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Birmingham in the UK, the State University of New York (SUNY) in the USA, and the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, in Armenia.
ACE/ACSET Featured Speaker: Professor Mary Stuart
Professor Stuart joined the University of Lincoln, UK as Vice Chancellor in November 2009. She is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and the Open University where she obtained her Doctorate in Social Policy in 1998. Her research interests are focused on life histories, social mobility, higher education students and community development. Since joining the University of Lincoln, Mary has renewed the curriculum at Lincoln, growing science provision and establishing the first new engineering school to be created in the UK for more than 20 years in collaboration with engineering giant Siemens plc. Mary recently announced plans to create a new science and innovation park, including a school of pharmacy, in collaboration with Lincolnshire Co-operative. Mary has been a champion of widening participation and life-long learning and her latest book, ‘Social Mobility and Higher Education: The life experiences of first generation entrants in higher education’, was published in 2012. She has extensive experience of developing partnership working between institutions and leading change within universities. She is a Board member of Universities UK, a member of HEFCE’s Teaching Quality and Student Experience Strategic Committee and the Higher Education Public Information Steering Group as well as being Chair of the Universities Association of Lifelong Learning (UALL), Chair of Open Educational Resource (OER) Steering Group, Chair of Action on Access Advisory Committee and Deputy Chair of the University Alliance.
ACE/ACSET Featured Speaker: Professor Keith Miller
Keith W. Miller is the Schewe Professor of Liberal Arts and Science at the University of Illinois Springfield. He is a member of the Computer Science Department, and an associate member of the Philosophy Department there. Dr. Miller's research interests are in software testing and in computer ethics. He is currently the editor-in-chief of IEEE Technology and Society. He was awarded the 2011 Joseph Weizenbaum Award by the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology. He is the principal investigator of a recent grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study the effects of ethics education for computer science students.
ACE/ACSET Conference Co-Chair & Featured Speaker: Professor Sue Jackson
Sue Jackson is Pro-Vice-Master (Vice-President) for Learning and Teaching, Professor of
Lifelong Learning and Gender and Director of Birkbeck Institute for
Lifelong Learning at Birkbeck University of London. She publishes widely
in the field of gender and lifelong learning, with a particular focus
on identities. Sue's recent publications include Innovations in lifelong
learning: critical perspectives on diversity, participation and
vocational learning (Routledge, 2011); Gendered choices: learning, work,
identities in lifelong learning (Springer, 2011, with Irene Malcolm and
Kate Thomas); and Lifelong learning and social justice (NIACE, 2011). Sue is delighted and honoured that she has been involved
with the Asian Conferences on Education since their inception: first as a
featured speaker in 2009; then as co-Chair and keynote speaker in 2010;
and co-Chair for the 2011 and 2012 conferences.ACE/ACSET Conference Co-Chair: Professor Barbara Lockee
Dr
Lockee is Professor of Instructional Design and Technology at Virginia
Tech., USA, where she is also Associate Director of the School of
Education and Associate Director of Educational Research and Outreach.
She teaches courses in instructional design, message design, and
distance education. Her research interests focus on instructional design
issues related to technology-mediated learning. She has published more
than 80 papers in academic journals, conferences and books, and has
presented her scholarly work at over 90 national and international
conferences. Dr. Lockee is Immediate Past President of the Association
for Educational Communications and Technology, an international
professional organization for educational technology researchers and
practitioners. She earned her Ph.D. in 1996 from Virginia Tech in
Curriculum and Instruction (Instructional Technology), M.A. in 1991 from
Appalachian State University in Curriculum and Instruction (Educational
Media), and B.A. in 1986 from Appalachian State University in
Communication Arts.
ACE/ACSET Conference Co-Chair: Professor Michiko Nakano
Michiko Nakano is a Full Professor in the School of Education at Waseda
University in Tokyo. She is currently Director of the Digital Campus
Promotion Office, Director of the Distance Learning Center, and Director
of Cross-Cultural Distance Learning. A former Deputy Dean of Student
Affairs, School of Education at Waseda University and a former Chairman
of the Department of English Language and Literature. Dr Nakano's
research concentrates on the practical applications of Computer
Technology as it relates to Language Teaching and Assessment. She is the co-founder of the Pan-Pacific Association of Applied
Linguistics (PAAL), and co-editor-in-chief of its journal, and a former
secretary general of the Japan Association of College English Teachers
(JACET). Dr Nakano has edited and published more than 220 papers and
books.ACE Featured Speaker: Terry Small
Terry Small is a master teacher and learning skills specialist with extensive involvement in applied neuroscience, and who has presented on the brain for over 30 years to organizations around the world. Terry works with schools, universities and some of the world's largest corporations, and is featured regularly on television, the radio and in the press.
Terry believes, "Anyone can learn how to learn easier, better, faster",
and that "learning to learn is the most important skill a person can
acquire." Terry holds a B.Ed. and M.A. from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and now resides in Vancouver. He is a frequent lecturer at both his alma mater, as well as Simon Fraser University.Conference Registration and Information Desk
The Registration and Information Desk will be open from 15:00-17:00 on Wednesday and 9:00-18:00 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It will not be open during the plenary sessions.
Presentation ScheduleParallel panels are organized into thematic streams and run on Thursday afternoon, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The plenary session will be on Thursday morning.
***PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SCHEDULE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***
Thursday Plenary Session: 9:00-12:00
Thursday Parallel Sessions: 13:00-14:30, (4) 14:45-16:15, (5) 16:30-18:00
Friday Parallel Sessions: (1) 9:00-10:30, (2) 10:45-12:15, (3) 13:00-14:30, (4) 14:45-16:15, (5) 16:30-18:00
Saturday Parallel Sessions: (1) 9:00-10:30, (2) 10:45-12:15, (3) 13:00-14:30, (4) 14:45-16:15, (5) 16:30-18:00
Sunday Parallel Sessions: (1) 9:00-10:30, (2) 10:45-12:15, (3) 13:00-14:30, (4) 14:45-16:15
Sunday Closing Session: 16:45-17:30
Events
Conference Welcome Reception
Wednesday October 23 – 18:00-19:30
Come and join fellow delegates for a drink or two at the conference welcome reception at the Lampada bar on the 16F. No need to book, just show up! This is included as part of your registration.
Conference Dinner
Thursday October 24 – 19:00-21:30
The official conference dinner will be held in a downtown Osaka izakaya, and provide a relaxed and enjoyable environment to meet and network with other delegates. This is ticketed and there are a limited number of places. For booking, please go to the registration page. For more information email conferences@iafor.org.
23-27 October Osaka, Japan
