Programme Committee

Chair:	Ingeborg Bø, President of EDEN
Co-Chairs:	Markku Markkula, Director, Helsinki University of Technology, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli (TKK Dipoli) Johan van Rens, Director, Cedefop
Committee members:	Ulrich Bernath, Director, Center for Distance Education, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany Mara Brugia, Head of Area, Cedefop Claudio Dondi, President, Scienter – Research and Innovation for Learning Systems, Italy Christian Dorninger, Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, IT and e-learning co-ordination, Austria Maruja Gutierrez-Diaz, Head of Unit, European Commission – DG Education and Culture, Unit – Multimedia: culture-education-training Werner Herrmann, former senior advisor, Cedefop Carl Holmberg, Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning, Sweden and Chair, EENet – European Experts’ Network for Education and Technology Nikitas Kastis, Deputy Director General, Lambrakis Research Foundation, Greece, President, Multimedia Educational Innovation Network, MENON EEIG Tapio Koskinen, Senior Advisor, Helsinki University of Technology, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli (TKK Dipoli) Mikko Laine, Senior Vice President, SanomaWSOY-GROUP, Finland Erno Lehtinen, Vice-Rector, University of Turku, Member of the Finnish Virtual University Steering Group Torsten Leidig, SAP Research, Knowledge Management Jan Lojda, President, Czech Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Brno, Czech Republic Claudia Montedoro, Head of Department, ISFOL - Istituto per lo Sviluppo della Formazione dei Lavoratori, Italy Hannele Niemi, Vice-Rector, University of Helsinki, Member of the Finnish Virtual University Steering Group Danguole Rutkauskiene, Head, Distance Education Study Centre, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Albert Sangra, Director, Educational Innovation and Methodology – EduLab, Universitat Oberta de Cataluña, Spain András Szûcs, Secretary General, EDEN Alan Tait, Dean, Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University, UK and Chair, EDEN NAP Steering Committee János Tóth, Vice-President, Hungarian Association of Technology Parks, Member of the European Union Social and Economic Committee Johan Van Oost, VDAB - Flemish Public Employment Service, Belgium Margerita Zagmajster, Deputy Director, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, Slovenia

Local Organising Committee

Chair:

Tapio Koskinen, Senior Adviser, TKK Dipoli

Committee members:

Jan Fagerström, Congress Consultant, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) Maija Hämäläinen, Managing Director, Otaniemen Kehitys Oy Ann-Britt Jukka, Conference & Conventions Manager, Espoo Convention & Marketing Riikka Kuusisto, Project Manager, TKK Dipoli Anneli Lappalainen, Director for Academic Affairs, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) Lea Liesiö, Manager of Congress Department and Administration at TKK Dipoli Anne Mikkola, Member of Secretariat, Academic Affairs, The National Union of Students in Finland Marja Rautajoki, Finnish Virtual University Eija Ristimäki, Head of PR and Communications, Finnish Virtual University Leena Vainio, President, The Association of Finnish eLearning Centre