Anyone going to this conference or want to try to get a paper in? It would be a good place to get some visibility, the funders who fund OCW usually send people. <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Wiley <<a href="mailto:david.wiley@byu.edu">david.wiley@byu.edu</a>> Date: Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:39 PM Subject: Open Education Conference 2009! To: <a href="mailto:david.wiley@byu.edu">david.wiley@byu.edu</a> Cc: Brian Lamb <<a href="mailto:brian.lamb@ubc.ca">brian.lamb@ubc.ca</a>>, Scott Leslie <<a href="mailto:edtechpost@gmail.com">edtechpost@gmail.com</a>>, Chris Lott <<a href="mailto:chris.lott@alaska.edu">chris.lott@alaska.edu</a>> As someone who attended the annual Open Education Conference in the past, I thought you might enjoy hearing about Open Education 2009. If you're not interested in this year's conference, please delete this email and enjoy the rest of your day! Come spend a few energizing days with the Open Education family in a beautiful city at a beautiful time of year... WEBSITE: <a href="http://openedconference.org/" target="_blank">http://openedconference.org/</a> LOCATION: For the first time in its six year history, the Open Education Conference is moving! This year’s conference will be held in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, and will be hosted by the University of British Columbia. DATES: This year's Open Education Conference will be held August 12-14, with pre-conference activities on the 11th. COST: Registration fees are greatly reduced this year! The early registration rate is only $250 Canadian ($215 US) and is good until July 15. CALL FOR PAPERS: The Call for Papers is still open! Proposals are due by May 15th, and the submission process has been significantly simplified. KEYNOTES: This year's keynote speakers include Fred Mulder, Rector of the Open University of the Netherlands, Catherine Ngugi, Project Director of OER Africa, and Ken Freedman, Station Manager and Program Director of WFMU. I'm sincerely grateful to be working with Brian Lamb, Scott Leslie, and Chris Lott on the planning and execution of this year's conference. Also, we're grateful for the financial support of conference sponsors and friends - the University of British Columbia, the David O. McKay School of Education at Brigham Young University, BCcampus, Agilix, IBM, and the Commonwealth of Learning. If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing you in Vancouver! David </div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax