Global Innovators Conference 2013: Leading and Learning in Technical and Vocational Education and Training
4th to 7th April 2013
Doha, Qatar

From April 4-7, 2013, the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar in partnership with UNESCO-UNEVOC, and under the sponsorship of Qatar Petroleum will be hosting a major international education conference in Doha, Qatar, entitled Global Innovators 2013: Leading and Learning in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

The conference will focus around 5 central themes:

- Leadership and Innovation in TVET
- Applied Research and TVET
- Teaching and Learning in TVET
- Student Counseling
- Supporting Learners in TVET

Our keynote speaker line-up includes:

-Matthew Crawford - bestselling author and international advocate for vocational education
-Eric Chester - founder and President of Generation Why, Inc., a training and consulting firm helping leading companies and organizations recruit, train, manage, motivate, and retain the very best of this new generation.
-Drs. Bill Lucas and Guy Claxton - Directors of the Centre for Real World Learning
-Dr. Maryellen Weimer - Editor of 'The Teaching Professor', a monthly newsletter on teaching and learning with over 75,000 subscribers.
-Dr. Mark Milliron - Chancellor of WGU Texas and former Director for Post-Secondary Improvement with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
-Dr. Brian Little - award winning psychology professor
-Dr. Patch Adams - both a medical doctor and a clown, but he is also a social activist who has devoted 30 years to changing healthcare systems. Dr. Adams will speak on 'The joy of Caring'.
-Mr. John Baker, President of Desire2Learn
-Markus Maurer, a senior lecturer in vocational education training at the Zurich University of Teacher Education where he established a research unit on vocational education.

Plenary Sessions

Opening Plenary Panel

To kick-off the three day conference, a four-member international panel of invited speakers will discuss the current status of TVET by bringing a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives by drawing on projects from around the globe.

Ideas in Action

An international panel of invited experts will highlight current best practices globally, regionally, and locally in TVET programming and delivery to give a broad overview of innovation in TVET. Special attention will be paid to recent practical successes in transforming technical education and training. Representatives from UNESCO will reflect on outcomes of the UNESCO International Conference on TVET (Shanghai - 2012), highlighting examples of best practice in the sector with emphasis on entrepreneurship human resource development for national capacity building.

Closing Session

To synthesize the conference outcomes, speakers will explore the future of TVET as it pertains to providing learners with the necessary skills to meet the 21st century labour market demands within sustainable contexts.

For more details on the Global Innovators 2013 conference, to review our program, or to register online, please visit our conference website at:

http://www.globalinnovators2013.com.

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