Digital oportunities

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“Digital Opportunities: Leveraging Technology to Expand Education and Economic
Engagement,”
Thursday, September 29th 2011 Agenda
OPENING REMARKS
8:30- 9:00
Registration, networking, coffee & tea
9:00-9:15
Welcome to “Digital Opportunities: Leveraging Technology to Expand Education and
Economic Engagement,”
Subsecretaria Maria Simon
9:15-9:20
Message from the U.S. Chief of Mission
Charge d’Affairs Thomas Lloyd, Embassy Montevideo
9:20-9:30
Remarks from a representative of OLPC (tbd)
9:30-9:50
Opening Remarks
Uruguay Introductory Presentation
(If Possible) Presidente del Centro Ceibal Miguel Brechner
9:50-10:00
Short Break to Assemble Panel
PANEL I - EQUALITY
10:00-10:10 Panel I – Opening Remarks
Guillermo Sunkel, ECLAC/CEPAL
10:10-10:50
Panel I Presentations
Country
Presenter (TBD)
1. Uruguay
Plan Ceibal – Social Impact
2. Brazil
Lygia Pupatto, Secretaria de Inclusão Digital – SID,
Ministério das Comunicações
Juliana María Ramírez Ramos, Oficina de Innovación
Educativa con Uso de Nuevas Tecnologías, Ministerio
de Educación Nacional; Cesar Augusto Torres López,
Director de Apropiación de Tecnologías de la
Información y Comunicaciones, Ministerio de
Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones
Patricia Pomies, Executive Director of Conectar
Igualdad
3. Colombia
4. Argentina
10:50-11:05
Q&A
Moderated by Guillermo Sunkel, ECLAC/CEPAL
11:05-11:10
Panel I Preliminary Conclusions
Guillermo Sunkel, ECLAC/CEPAL
11:10-11:30
Panel I - Special Presentation
Plan Ceibal – Content – Prof. Graciela Rabajoli
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11:30-11:45
Coffee & Tea Break
‘Technology in Education’ Information Booths –Microsoft, IBM, Locomotion
PANEL II- QUALITY
11:45-11:55 Panel II – Opening Remarks
Daniel Light, EDC - Center for Children and Technology
11:55-12:35
Panel II Presentations
Country
Presenter (TBD)
5. Costa Rica
Katherine Williamson, Ministry of Public Education
Educ@tico web portal; Wendy Jimenez, Ministry of
Public Education Vice- Minister’s office
Dr. Jose Martin Vegas (Vice Minister, Gestion
Pedagogica / Pedagogical Management). (See
http://www.minedu.gob.pe/institucional/ministro.php.) /
Fernando Bolanos Gestion Institucional (Institutional
Management)
Vice Minister of Education, Dr. Eduardo Badia Serra,
National Education Director, Ing. Lorena Duque de
Rodriguez National Education in Science, Technology
and Research Director, Dr. Mauricio Rivera Quijano,
National Research in Science, Technology and
Research Director, Dra. Alba María Orellana G.
TBD
6. Peru
7. El Salvador
8. Guyana
12:35–12:50 Q&A
Moderated by Daniel Light, EDC - Center for Children and Technology
12:50-12:55
Panel II Preliminary Conclusions
Daniel Light, EDC - Center for Children and Technology
12:55-1:15
Panel II - Special Presentation
Yolanda Ramos, International Society for Technology in Education’s Director of Professional
Development Services
1:15-2:30
Lunch, networking
‘Technology in Education’ Information Booths –Microsoft, IBM, Locomotion
PANEL III- IMPACT EVALUATION
2:30-2:40
Panel III – Opening Remarks
Marcelo Cabrol (TBD), IDB
2:40-3:20
Panel III Presentations
Country
Presenter (TBD)
9. Chile
10. United States
11. Mexico
Ana Maria Raad, Directora EducarChile
TBD
TBD
3:20–3:35
Q&A
Moderated by Marcelo Cabrol (TBD), IDB
3:35-3:50
Panel III Preliminary Conclusions
Marcelo Cabrol (TBD), IDB
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3:50-4:10
Panel III - Special Presentation
Adriana Vilela, OAS/ITEN
4:10-4: 25
Coffee & Tea Break
‘Technology in Education’ Information Booths –Microsoft, IBM,
Locomotion
CLOSING REMARKS
4:25-4:40
Moderator Roundtable
Moderated by Denise Vaillant,UNESCO (TBD)
4:40-4:45
Closing Remarks, Invitation to Evening Reception, and TechCamp (RSVP’d only)
Government of Uruguay
4:45-4:50
Next Steps: TechCamp Montevideo – Brief Introduction
e-Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State
EVENING RECEPTION
6:00-8:00
Networking, hors d'oeuvre & beverages