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 Forum timetable

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Time Place Activity
Sunday, July 4
12 - 6:00 pm Town Hall Foyer Registration Desk Opens
4:00 Town Hall Exhibition Opens
4 - 6:00 Town Hall

Ministerial Cocktail function

Monday, July 5

8:00 am Town Hall Foyer Registration Desk opens
8:45 Town Hall Opening Ceremony
10:30 Town Hall - Exhibition area MORNING TEA
11:00 Town Hall Official Opening
11:30 Town Hall Keynote Presentation: Mrs. Shona Butterfield, TEC Commissioner and COL Board member
12:15 pm Town Hall - Exhibition area LUNCH
1:30

Town Hall - Fullwood room Glenroy, Chesters lounge, Linden room

Interest Group Session 1 - Latest Developments, Best Practice, Emerging Issues, Research

3:00 Town Hall - Exhibition area AFTERNOON TEA
3:40 Town Hall - Fullwood room Glenroy, Chesters lounge, Linden room Concurrent Interest Group Session 2- Latest Developments, Best Practice, Emerging Issues, Research
5 - 5:30 Town Hall Rapporteurs - reporting back from interest group sessions
6 - 8:00 Dunedin Public Art Gallery Cocktail Reception

Tuesday, July 6

7 - 8:00 am Glenroy Video Conference: British Council
9:00 Town Hall Keynote Presentation: Mr. Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
10:30 Town Hall - Exhibition area MORNING TEA
11.00 Town Hall - Fullwood room Glenroy, Chesters lounge, Linden room Concurrent Interest Group Session 3- Latest Developments, Best Practice, Emerging Issues, Research
12:30 pm Town Hall - Exhibition area LUNCH
1:00 - 1:30   FOCODLA Meeting
1:30 Town Hall - Fullwood room Glenroy, Chesters lounge, Linden room Concurrent Interest Group Session 4- Latest Developments, Best Practice, Emerging Issues, Research
3 - 3:40 Town Hall - Exhibition area AFTERNOON TEA
4 - 5:00 Glenroy Asa Briggs Lecture: Sir Shridath ("Sonny") Ramphal
5 - 5:30 Glenroy COL Publications Launch (Door Prize)
5:30 - 6:00 Glenroy DEANZ Annual General Meeting
7:30 - 11:00 Town Hall COL's Excellence in Distance Education Awards Banquet

Wednesday, July 7

9:00 am Town Hall Keynote Presentation: The Honourable Mrs. Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta, Secretary of State for Education, The Gambia
10:00 Town Hall - Exhibition area MORNING TEA
10:30 Town Hall Ngäi Tahu Keynote Address: Janine Kapa, Education Manager for the Ngäi Tahu tribe & Karaitiana Taiuru, IT Manager for the Ngäi Tahu Language Revitalisation Unit, Te Waka Reo.
11:15 Town Hall Keynote Presentation: TBD
12:00 pm Otago University LUNCH. Transporation will be provided.
2:00 Town Hall - Fullwood room Glenroy, Chesters lounge, Linden room Concurrent Interest Group Session 5- Latest Developments, Best Practice, Emerging Issues, Research
3:00 Town Hall - Exhibition area AFTERNOON TEA
4:30 Town Hall - Fullwood room Glenroy, Chesters lounge, Linden room Concurrent Interest Group Session 6- Latest Developments, Best Practice, Emerging Issues, Research
5 - 5:30   Rapporteurs
6:30   Progressive Dinner - Cafe Crawl
Thursday, July 8
7 - 8:00 am   Video Conference
9:00 Town Hall Keynote Presentation: Professor Russell Bishop, renowned Maori Educator
10:00 Town Hall - Exhibition area MORNING TEA
10:30 Town Hall - Fullwood room Glenroy, Chesters lounge, Linden room Concurrent Interest Group Session 7- Latest Developments, Best Practice, Emerging Issues, Research
12:30 pm Glenroy LUNCH
1:30 Town Hall Rapporteurs and Summary Presentation by Sir John Daniel, COL
3:00   PCF4 conference organisers may be announced by COL
3:30 Town Hall - Exhibition area AFTERNOON TEA
6:00 Larnarch Castle Conference Ball
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