New Millennium Learners Conference

Programme

	“New Millennium Learners”
11u30 – 13u30	Registration & Welcoming lunch
13u30 – 14u30	Opening session Chair: Micheline Scheys, Flemish Ministry of Education and TrainingOpening speeches: Flemish Ministry of Education and Training Barbara Ischinger, OECD
14u30 – 15u15	Keynote speaker I Andreas Schleicher, OECDICT and education
	Students’ Voices Video Message
15u15 – 15u45	Coffee break
15u45 – 18u00	Roundtable: The New Millennium Learners – Needs, Opportunities and Responses Chair and moderation: Ms. Frances Kelly, Chair of the CERI Governing BoardPresenter: Francesc Pedró, OECDPanel members: Phil Bannister, BECTA (UK) Patrick Belpaire, European Learning Industry Group Tom March, Ozline (USA) Mark Bullen, British Columbia Institute of Technology (Canada) Dr. Soo-Siang Lim, US National Science Foundation

	“NML: The Policy Perspective”
09u30 – 10u15	Keynote speaker IIProf. Dr. Jos De Mul, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
10u15 – 12u00	Research session: Survey on government policies on fostering 21st century competencies Chair: Jan De Craemer, Flemish Ministry of Education and TrainingPresenters: Magdalena Claro and Katerina Ananiadou, OECDDiscussants: Marc Durando, European Schoolnet Martin Ripley, e-learning consultant Oystein Johannessen, Norwegian Ministry of Education
	Students’ Voices Video Message
12u00 – 13u30	Lunch buffet
13u30 – 15u30	Country case studies: Curricula and competences for the 21st century Chair: Karl Desloovere, Flemish Ministry of Education and Training Belgium/Flanders: Prof. Johan van Braak, University of Ghent Chili: Dr. David Preiss and Magdalena Claro, CEPPE South Korea: Prof. Heeok Heo, Sunchon National University and Jeonghee Seo, Korean Education Research and Information Service Australia: Paula Christophersen, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
	Students’ Voices Video Message
15u30 – 16u00	Coffee break
16u00 – 17u30	The views from industry and social partners Chair: Dirk Van Damme, OECDPresenter : Charles Fadel, CiscoThe industry perspective First Discussant: Geoffrey Taylor, Business and Industry Advisory Committee (OECD) Second discussant: Roland Schneider, Trade Union Advisory Committee (OECD)
19u00 -	Reception and gala dinner

	“New ways of assessing 21st century skills”
09u00 – 09u45	Keynote speaker IIIRobert Kozma, ConsultantToward the Assessment of 21st Century Skills
09u45 – 11u15	E-assessment and e-practice session Chair: Francesc Pedró, OECDEstela Souza, Lumiar Institute (Brasil)E-assessment in the Lumiar Project in Brasil Steen Lassen, Danish Ministry of Education E-assessment policy & practice in Danish secondary schools Serge Ravet, European Institute for E-Learning E-portfolio for e-assessment: overview and future developments.
11u15 – 11u30	Coffee break
11u30 – 12u30	Closing session Chair: Micheline Scheys, Flemish Ministry of Education and Training Conference report: Anthony Mackay, conference rapporteur General conclusion: Dirk Van Damme, Head of CERI Closing of the Conference: Pascal Smet, Flemish Minister for Education, Youth Equal Opportunities and Brussels.
12u30 -14u00	Lunch