-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [EDEN-News] EDEN 2011 Annual Conference in Dublin - Registration open Datum: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:30:57 +0100 Von: EDEN Secretariat secretariat@eden-online.org An: EDEN News Eden-News@eden-online.org

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*/The Call for Papers has resulted again a great success, over 200 contributions received!/*

*Registration is now open! *

Online Registration

The EDEN Secretariat is taking care of the registration for the 2011 Annual Conference http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=530. To read the registration procedure and conditions as well as registration fees arranged, please, visit the Registration menu http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=540 on the web and use the Online Registration Form to join the event. All attendees (presenting or visiting) are expected to register.

The registration fee includes all conference facilities: the Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM, the Book of Abstracts, the Welcome Cocktail, lunches and coffees. Authors of contributions accepted for presentation can benefit from a reduced fee. For each paper, only one reduced author´s fee will be offered.

There is again opportunity for *combined* conference registration and membership with a *discounted fee*. Also, group of *more than 3 persons* registering for the event from the same institution can apply for *a special reduced (by 15 %) conference fee*. *Daily fee* is a new possibility which includes all conference materials, lunch and coffees on the day of attendance.

*Keynote Speakers*

* *Mary McAleese*, President of Ireland * *Sir John Daniel*, President & Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning * *Clare Dillon*, Microsoft Head of Research/University engagement * *Graham Attwell*, Director, Welsh research institute, Pontydysgu (Bridge to Learning), UK and University of Bremen, Institute of Technology and Education, Germany * *Paul Kim*, Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean for Stanford’s School of Education * *Tony Long*, Director European Policy, WWF (invited) * *Liv Arnesen*, Adventurer, guide, and motivational speaker; Ambassador for the Norwegian Refugee Council (invited) * *Ronan Harris*, Google Europe (invited)

The EDEN Anniversary

Year 2011 marks the 20th Anniversary of EDEN launched in 1991 in Milton Keynes. The jubilee conference will offer great opportunity for the EDEN community, friends and partners to celebrate and also to draw the balance of the first two decades and look ahead for the prosperous development of ICT supported learning in Europe. The conference is organised in partnership with the US Distance Learning Association, with contributions of their senior Board members in the Europe-US Strategy Session.

Conference Venue, Dublin

The EDEN 2011 Conference will be organized with a unique constellation of supportive features and collaborating institutions. The host country will be Ireland – for a generation, a symbolic region of Europe for innovation and development, both in technology and the society.

The Irish capital, Dublin has very few rivals in Europe for atmosphere, night life, visitor attractions and activities.

Social Events

The *Conference Dinner* on 21 June, with entertainment, will be organised in the famous Guiness Storehouse http://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en/Index.aspx, designed in the shape of a giant pint of Guiness. The evening includes a guided visit at the end of which, on reaching the head of the pint, the Gravity Bar, you can enjoy the unique spectacular view across Dublin.

Dublin Castle

*Organised in collaboration with Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology*