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| Monday, May 1 |
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| 6:00 PM |
Members can begin setting up displays of online learning offerings including posters and hand-outs (Ballroom C) |
| 6:30 PM |
Board of Directors Meetings & Dinner (Crystal Room II) |
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| Tuesday, May 2 |
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| 7:00-8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast (Ballroom C) |
| 8:00-8:30 |
Opening Plenary (Ballroom C)
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. John Kelly, Chair, ADEC Board of Directors, Vice President for Public Service and Agriculture, Clemson University
Dr. Cheng-i Wei, Dean and Director, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Maryland-College Park |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Plenary: Review of the ADEC Strategic Plan - Issues, Organization and Accomplishments (Ballroom C)
Kelly - ADEC Board of Directors - Total Group Discussion |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Plenary: Network Futureing: A Vision Process for Consensus (Ballroom C)
Matthew Mitchell, Senior Associate, WSU Center to Bridge the Digital Divide, Washington State University |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Break and Strategic Plan Subcommittee Breakouts (Ballroom C, Crystal Rooms II and III) |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Planery: "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" - Challenges Facing Higher Education and Roll of Distance Education (Ballroom C)
Participants from NSF, The National Academies, and Sloan Foundation
Presiding: Frank Mayadas, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Lee Zia, Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
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Deborah D. Stine, Associate Director, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, and Study Director, National Academies Christine Mirzayan S&T Policy Fellowship Program, The National Acadamies
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Bruce Chaloux, Direcotr, Electronic Campus, Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
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| 12:00-1:00 PM |
ADEC Annual Awards Ceremony and Lunch (Crystal Rooms V & VI)
Theme: "Rapid Response - Katrina, Rita and Beyond"
Presiding: John Kelly
Awards Chair: Thayne Dutson, Dean Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University |
| 1:00-2:00 PM |
Presentations by Award Winners (Crystal Rooms V & IV)
Webb-Godfrey-Hill Award Winner (20-30 min.)
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Excellence in Distance Education Award Winner (20-30 min.) |
| 2:15-3:30 |
Plenary: Hurrican Stories - Rapid Response (Ballroom C)
IHETS
David Cory, State Networks Senior Engineer, Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS)
Max Gordon, Assistant Director of Network Operations, Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS)
Sloan - The Sloan Semester
Frank Mayadas, Sloan Foundation
Bruce Chaloux, SREB
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| 3:30-5:00 |
Plenary: Workforce Development and Course Sharing: Models that Work (Ballroom C)
Presiding: Gary Miller, Associate Vice President for Outreash and Executive Director, Continuing & Distance Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Carla Craycraft, Assistant Dean for Agricultural Communications, University of Kentucky
Barbara Kirby, Assistant Director, Academic Programs, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University
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Valorie McAlpin, Director of Online Learning, College of Agricultural & Natural Resources, University of Maryland-College Park
Shibboleth/Middleware
Greg Monaco, Director for Research, Great Plains Network, University of Kansas
Responders
Michael Mullen, Associate Dean, Academic Programs, University of Kentucky
Leon Slaughter, Associate Dean for Academic Programs, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Maryland-College Park |
| 5:00-5:30 |
Plenary: All ADEC Business Meeting (Ballroom C) |
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Dinner on own |
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| Wed., May 3 |
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| 7:30-8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast (Ballroom C) |
| 8:00-8:45 |
Plenary: National Digital Library for Agriculture (NDLA) (Ballroom C)
Peter Young, Director, National Agricultural Library
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| 8:45-9:45 |
Plenary: Community Informatics Panel (Ballroom C)
Presiding: Ken Spelke, Associate Dean for Information Technology & Research, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois
Paul Adams, Prairienet Director, University of Illinois
Ann P. Bishop, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois
Bertram Chip Bruce, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois
David King, Executive Director, Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System and Purdue University
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| 10:00-11:00 |
Concurrent Sessions:
Digital Web Services (Ballroom C)
William McCaughan, Dean, OSU Extended Campus, Oregon State University
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New Content Management System and Marketing (Crystal Room III)
Fred Piazza, Director, Web and Application Development, Louisiana State University AgCenter
Mark Claesgens, Photographer/Editor, LSU AgCenter |
| 11:00-12:30 |
Plenary: Broadband's Economic Impact and Innovation in Community and Wireless Technolgies(Ballroom C)
Presiding: Steven Conn, Chief Technology Officer, ADEC
Marvin Sirbu, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, Industrial Administration, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Kate Carey, Executive Director, Ohio Learning Network
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Robert Dixon, Chief Research Engineering, OARnet and Office of the CIO, The Ohio State University
Alan Escovitz, Director of External Affairs, Office of the CIO, The Ohio State University
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| 12:30-2:00 |
Plenary Lunch and Speakers (Ballroom C)
Presiding: Daniel Godfrey, HBCU Coordinator, ADEC
Mortimer Neufville, Executive Vice President, NASULGC
Taylor Byrd, Director of Learning Technology, Department of Agribusiness, Alabama A&M University
Lillie Ward, Director, Mobile Information Technology Center, Fort Valley State University
Terry Magel, Director of Continuing and Distance Education, Kentucky State University
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| 2:00-3:00 |
Plenary: Western Hemisphere Initiative (Ballroom C)
Renan Aguero Alvarado, Coordinator, Food and Agriculture Knowledge Center, Agricultural Research Institute, University of Costa Rica
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Jorge Antonio Flores, Director, e-Learning Center, Zamorano University
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James French, Director of Technical Leadership and Knowledge Management, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IIAC)
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Gabriel Roberto Robles Valle, Director, Training and Conferences Area, Tropical Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) |
| 3:00-4:15 |
Plenary: International Development Panel: Agriculture, Education and Health (Ballroom C)
John Thomas, Director, Office of Agriculture, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID
Martin Hewitt, Higher Education Community Liaison for the Agency and Program Officer, Office of Education, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID
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Noreene Janus, Advisor, Information Technology for Development, Office of Engineering & Infrastructure, EGAT, USAID
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Felipe Manteiga, Managing Director of Agricultural Programs, Millennium Challenge Corporation |
| 4:15-4:30 |
Plenary: Closing Remarks and Wrap-Up (Ballroom C)
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