LLinE Lifelong Learning in Europe

Program

11.30 Bus from Kiasma

12.00 Arrival and registration

12.30 Lunch

Building the conference fair

THURSDAY JANUARY 17: THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
CHAIR FOR THE DAY: Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen

13.30 Welcome by Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen, editor-in-chief, LLinE; Director Cicero Learning

Keynote: Importance of New Partnerships
Professor John Field, Deputy Principal, Director of DAICE -
Division of Academic Innovation and Continuing Education, University of Programme Manager, Stirling, UK

Case:
EU Learning Partnerships – How the partnerships changed the society
An example project
Eija Wilen, Programme Manager, Centre for International Mobility, Finland

15.00 Coffee

15.30 Conference Fair in the lobby of Hotel Rantapuisto
Moderator: Kaisa-Leena Juvonen
An exhibition and presentation of posters, information material on projects. The exhibition will be open until the end of the conference.

18.00 Sauna

20.00 Dinner


FRIDAY JANUARY 18: HOW TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE NETWORK
CHAIR FOR THE DAY: Ingeborg Bø, international expert on distance learning, Norway, EDEN

9.00 Keynote: Networking skills and practices
Holger Bienzle, Head of EU Department, "die Berater" Unternehmensberatungs GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Case:
RURAL Wings
Dr. Sofoklis Sotiriou, Head of Research and Development Department, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece

10.00 Study visits in Helsinki and Espoo

Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art
http://www.kiasma.fi/index.php?id=541&L=1&FL=1&0=&L=1

SLU - ‘Liikuntamylly’ center for fitness training for common people as well as professionals

Well Life Center, Laurea University of Applied Sciences
http://www.wlc.fi/etusivu_eng.htm

13.00 Lunch

14.00 – 16.00 Workshops
papers on research, case studies and projects on new innovative partnerships combining

1. work, learning and family, chair: Brid Connolly, Ireland

2. education and entrepreneurship, chair: Sanna Raiskio, Finland, chair: Sanna Raiskio, Finland

3. multicultural society and learning communities, chair: Mary Claire Halvorson, UK

4. partners for learning regions, chair Paul Ilsley, USA

19.00 Banquet LLinE Conference 10 Years


SATURDAY JANUARY 19: TIME TO DISCOVER THE POSSIBILITIES
CHAIR FOR THE DAY: Professor Peter Jarvis, University of Surrey, member of the LLinE editorial board

9.00 Keynote: Trialogical inquiry: Toward innovative knowledge practices in education and workplaces
Professor Kai Hakkarainen, Director, Centre for Research on Networked Learning, and Knowledge Building, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki

Case:
Lifelong Learning Week in Slovenia
Zvonka Pangerc Pahernik, Assistant manager, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education

10.30 COFFEE in the auditorium – workshop groups in different corners.
Workshop reports.

11.40 Closing words by Antti Kauppi, member of the LLinE editorial board, Director of Palmenia

12.30 Lunch

13.00 Departure