Keynote Speakers
HRDC Representative | Rupert Maclean | Hon. Perrin Beatty | Dr. Michele S. Jean | Dr. Harold Stolovitch | Dr. Budd Hall | Dr. Rob Atkinson | Mr. John Longbottom
HRDC Representative
To Be Announced
Mr. Rupert Maclean
Director, UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, Bonn, GermanyBorn in Bombay, India, in 1946. Undergraduate studies in economics and commence at the University of Melbourne, and post-graduate studies in the economics of education and sociology of education at the University of Bristol (U.K), the University of Tasmania and Monash University (Australia).
His Ph.D. thesis concerning the sociology of occupations was published by The Falmer Press UK in 1992, 'Teachers' Career and Promotion Patterns: A Sociological Analysis', and is widely quoted as the standard work in its field.
Rupert Maclean has been Director of the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre in Bonn since May 2001. Prior to this he was Director, Section for Secondary Education at UNESCO Paris; Chief of the Asia-Pacific Centre of Educational Innovation for Development (ACEID) at UNESCO Bangkok; and, the UNESCO Chief Technical Advisor for a United Nations project to strengthen and upgrade teacher education in Myanmar.
Rupert Maclean commenced his career as a secondary school teacher of economics and history, after which he became a College of Education lecturer and since1975 a university academic involved with research and teaching in the sociology of education. He has been a visiting Professor at Fujian University (China) and at Srinakharinwirot and Silupakorn Univeristies (Thailand).
He is the author or co-author of many publications including 10 books, 12 chapters in books, and numerous research reports and papers. He is the co-editor of the current book series 'Educational Innovations in Asia and the Pacific'; co-editor of the forthcoming 'International Handbook on Vocational Education', and co-editor of the forthcoming book series 'Education for the World of Work: Issues, Concerns and Prospects.' Rupert Maclean is on the Editorial Boards of the international 'Journal of Educational Change', 'Asia-Pacific Education', and the 'South-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education'. He was recently Guest Editor of the UNESCO-IBE Quarterly Review of Comparative Education PROSPECTS for issues on 'Education in Asia' (Number 115, 2000, with Victor Ordonez) and on 'Secondary Education Reform' (Number 117, 2001, with Cecilia Braslasky), and for the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL CHANGE, for a special issue on 'Educational Change in Asia' (Vol. 2 No. 3, 2001)
Prior to joining UNESCO in 1990, he undertook numerous consultancies for Federal and State Education Departments in Australia, and for the Asian Development Bank , UNESCO and UNICEF. He was a Member of the Australian Commonwealth Government Social Policy Committee (1987-90) which was the instigator of major policy changes in the areas of education, youth affairs, health and social welfare; and was a Member of the Priority Projects Committee of the Australian Government Disadvantaged Schools Programme, responsible for administering funds to be allocated to educationally disadvantaged population groups.
The Honourable Perrin Beatty
President and CEO, Canadian Manufacturers & ExportersThe Honourable Perrin Beatty is President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters.
A native of Toronto, Mr. Beatty grew up in Fergus, Ontario, and graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1971. A year later he was elected to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative and in 1979 he was appointed Minister of State (Treasury Board) in the government of Joe Clark, at the time the youngest person ever to serve in a federal Cabinet. He held six additional portfolios in subsequent Progressive Conservative governments, including National Revenue in 1984, Solicitor General in 1985, National Defence in 1986, Health and Welfare in 1989, Communications in 1991, and Secretary of State for External Affairs in 1993.
Following the 1993 federal election, Mr. Beatty joined a number of private sector boards and worked as a consultant in the field of communications. He was an Honourary Visiting Professor with the Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario, where he taught a course in Communications Technologies and Public Policy. As well, he wrote a weekly column on government and politics for a major Canadian newspaper.
Mr. Beatty was appointed President and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1995 and assumed his current position on August 15, 1999.
Mr. Beatty is married and has two sons.
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters is Canada's leading business network. It has its national office in Ottawa, corporate office in Mississauga and active divisional offices in all 10 provinces.
Dr. Michele S. Jean
Vice-President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCOMichèle S. Jean was appointed Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Health and social Affairs) assigned to the Canadian Permanent Mission to the European Commission in Brussels from 1998 to 2000. In September 2000 she was appointed Advisor in Programs Development, Montreal University, Faculty of Higher Education. Previously, from 1993 to 1998, Michèle S. Jean was Deputy Minister of Health Canada. Mrs. Jean started her career as a journalist in Quebec City. She then completed a B.A. and an M.A. in History and an M.Ed. in Adult Education, all at Montreal University. In 1995 she was awarded an honorary LL.D. from Concordia University. From 1980 to 1982, Ms. Jean chaired the Quebec Inquiry Commission on Vocational and Socio-Cultural Training for Adults. Then she served and a consultant for the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) in Paris. In 1984, she was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister and Director-General of the Professional Training Division in the Quebec Department of Manpower and Income Security. In 1988, she became Executive Director of Employment Services in the federal Department of Employment and Immigration and was named Associate Deputy of that Department in 1990. In 1992 she was appointed Under Secretary of State. One of the ten Quebec "Women of the Year" in 1979, she was named "Career Woman of the Year" by the Montreal's O'Sullivan College in 1981. She is the author of several books and publications including "L'Historie des femmes au Québec de la Nouvelle-France à nos jours" and "Apprendre: une action volontaire et responsible". Ms. Jean has participated in several international meetings and working groups on labour market training, adult education, health and aging in Argentina, France, China, Europe and Canada.
Dr. Harold Stolovitch
Professor of Human Performance Technology, University of Southern CaliforniaDr. Harold Stolovitch completed a Ph.D. and post-doctoral studies in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. He has been a teacher, trainer, researcher, and consultant for over 40 years. Dr. Stolovitch has authored more than 100 books, reports, chapters and articles on various aspects of instructional and performance technology. He has produced countless training materials, games, and simulations and other interactive activities using a wide range of media. Harold retired from the Université de Montréal where, as a full professor, he taught and conducted research in Instructional and Performance Technology. Dr. Stolovitch was recently bestowed the honour of professor emeritus. He is also a clinical professor of Human Performance Technology at the University of Southern California. He is a consultant to business, industry, government, the military and the police. Harold is a Past President of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), former editor of the Performance Improvement Journal, editorial board member of several human resource and performance technology journals and co-editor of both award-winning editions of the Handbook of Human Performance Technology: A comprehensive Guide for Analyzing and Solving Performance Problems in Organizations and Improving Individual and Organizational Performance Worldwide. He received the 2001 ISPI Thomas F. Gilbert Distinguished Professional Achievement award. He is a frequent keynote speaker and presenter for major companies and professional associations. Harold has won numerous awards for his contributions to instructional and performance technology including ISPI's highest award, Member for Life.
Dr. Budd Hall
Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of VictoriaBudd L. Hall is the Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. He is the former chair of the Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology department at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. One of Canada's best-known adult educators, Budd is internationally known for his pioneering work in the development of the field of participatory research, an approach an approach to research that combines social investigation, learning and community action. He served as Secretary-General of the International Council for Adult Education from 1979-1991 before joining OISE/UT. His research include interests in addition to participatory action research include an international comparative study of social movement learning, an action research project on the role of universities in joint university-knowledge creation and adult learning and global civil society. He is the founder of the Transformative Learning Centre, a joint university-community research and field development centre based at OISE/UT. He is the past President of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education and is currently on the Executive of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Canadian Network for Democratic Learning (CANDLE) and the North American Alliance for Popular and Adult Education (NAAPAE). He also coordinates an international working group on university-based adult education for the UNESCO Institute for Education in Hamburg, Germany. He is also a poet.
Dr. Rob Atkinson
Vice President of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) and Director of PPI's Technology & New Economy ProjectRob Atkinson is vice president of the Progressive Policy Institute and director of PPI's Technology & New Economy Project. He is the author of the New Economy Index series which looks at the impact of the New Economy on the U.S., state and metropolitan economies. While at PPI he has written groundbreaking reports on a wide range of technology issues, including the role of IT in homeland defense; Internet taxation, privacy, and spam; global e-commerce; digital government; and middleman opposition to e-commerce. He also directed PPI's New Economy Task Force, co-chaired by Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle and Gateway CEO Ted Waitt.
Previously Dr. Atkinson served as executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Policy Council, a public private partnership including as members the Governor, legislative leaders, and corporate and labor leaders. Prior to that he was project director at the former Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.
While at OTA, he directed The Technological Reshaping of Metropolitan America, a report examining the impact of the information technology revolution on America's urban areas. He is a board member of the NanoBusiness Alliance and the Information Policy Institute, and was appointed by President Clinton to the Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy.
He is also a member of the Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, co-chaired by Markle Foundation president Zoe Baird and former Netscape Communications chairman James Barksdale. In 2002, Government Technology magazine and the Center for Digital Government named him one of the 25 top "Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of Information Technology."
Mr. John Longbottom
Vice President and General Manager, Western Canada Ceridian Canada Ltd.
John Longbottom is responsible for managing Ceridian Canada's customer relationships in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, with a focus on business development, operational effectiveness, strategic sales and marketing. Mr. Longbottom comes to Ceridian with extensive experience in customer service and sales, management, marketing and IT services and technology, gained over more than 22 years with IBM. In 1996, Mr. Longbottom held the position of Manager of Strategy & Planning within IBM's Global Industry Business Solutions in New York, where he worked on the creation of IBM's e-business strategy. In 1999, Mr. Longbottom returned to his home province of Manitoba, assuming the positions of Senior Location Executive (Manitoba), Global Services Executive (Manitoba) and Client Unit Executive (Prairies). Mr. Longbottom is based out of Ceridian's head office in Winnipeg.