PROGRAM
LLinE Conference 18 – 20 January 2007
Learning Regions – Learning Cities
DAY ONE Thursday 18 January
Arrival and accommodation in hotel
15.00 - 16.00
Rovaniemi sightseeing tour
15.00 – 18.00
Registration HOTEL
setting up posters and exhibition UNIVERSITY
18.00
The permanent exhibition in the Museum of the Province of Lapland at the Arctic Centre
19.30
Dinner
KEYNOTE and program, hosted by KVS
The Connection of The Arctic Centre to the Regions
Scott Forrest, Researcher, Communications and Education Planner of the Arctic Centre
DAY TWO Friday 19 January
Learning with Cooperation for Survival and Strength across Borders
PLENUM
CHAIR Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen, Director of CICERO LEARNING, University of Helsinki, Editor-in-chief of LLinE
09.00 – 09.30
Opening words
Helka Urponen, Director of Quality Assurance, University of Lapland
09.30 – 10.35
KEYNOTE and DISCUSSION
Leading Change: New Models for Learning Communities. How deprived communities can take the initiative in improving their areas and the services that serve them
Director Martin Yarnit, Martin Yarnit Associates, Neighbourhood Renewal Adviser for the Department of Communities and Local Government on Education and Worklessness, UK
Case presentation EDUC.A. Network and its sustainability
Rossella Brindani, Centro Servizi PMI (Service Centre for SME's), Reggio Emilia, Italy
10.35
WORKSHOPS with paper presentations
1. Multicultural society and learning cooperation
2. Gender issues in learning communities
3. Entrepreneurship education and active citizenship
4. Technology and media in view of lifelong learning in centres and periphery
5. Lifelong learning and regeneration of communities
12.00
LUNCH
PLENUM
13.00
KEYNOTE and DISCUSSION
Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Russia: problems and perspectives in international context
Professor Elena Kudryashova, The Pomor State University, Arkhangelsk, Russia
Case presentation Art Education projects in Northern Landscapes and Communities
Professor Timo Jokela, University of Lapland
14.10
POSTER SESSION chaired by Arne Carlsen, Director for International Affairs, Chairman of the ASEM Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning, Danish University of Education, member of the international editorial board of LLinE
15.10 – 17.45
STUDY VISITS
1. Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Art Education (local and international cooperation) http://www.ulapland.fi/?deptid=13125;
2. Rovala (adult education centre and folk high school) http://www.rovala.fi/index_en.htm;
3. Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences http://www.ramk.fi/?deptid=11638;
4. Summer University;
The Summer University provides the year round open university courses, professional further education courses (according to the needs of working life), language courses from the European languages to Chinese and Japanese, upper secondary courses and university courses for the third age. It offers an open opportunity to lifelong learning for all. The education in the Summer University is of high quality, the methods are modern and flexible, and the use of IT brings it close to people. The courses are often tailor-made to meet the special needs of the buyer.
20.00
Reception at the City Hall hosted by the City of Rovaniemi, Buffet Dinner and Evening Program with folk music and dance group Rimpparemmi
DAY THREE Saturday 20 January
Regenerating Cities and Regions
PLENUM
CHAIR Magda Trantallidi, General Secretariat for Adult Education, Greece, member of the international editorial board of LLinE
9.00 – 10.10
KEYNOTE and DISCUSSION
Learning regions - perspectives for learning environments in Europe - policy, realisation, problems, golden rules, future in Germany
Dr. Peter Krug, Director of the Department of Continuing Education and Pedagogic Services in the Ministry of Education, Science and Continuing Education for the Rhineland-Pfalz
Case presentation Learning Regions and what then? A German implementation-process-story
Dr. Jutta Thinesse-Demel, KulturkuratorIn GbR, Kunstgespräche, project-management-consulting, Germany
10.10
WORKSHOPS with paper presentations/ COFFEE
12.00
LUNCH
13.00
Workshop presentations: What we have learned for the future
KEYNOTE and DISCUSSION
Reflections on European views on Learning Regions and Cities
Professor Peter Jarvis, University of Surrey, UK
14.00
Closing words
Director Antti Kauppi, Palmenia, University of Helsinki, co-editor of LLinE
Departure and transportation to the airport