Building on the success of the inaugural conference last year, the International Publishers Association (IPA) and The London Book Fair (LBF) have announced the speakers and themes for the second edition of What Works? Successful Education Policies, Resources and Technologies, which will take place on April 10, 2014. This year's line-up includes keynote addresses from Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO and Pablo Zoido of OECD.
The conference, which is programmed by the IPA, and is in association with The Publishers Association, will provide an open-minded look at educational outcomes with top-level policy makers from government, international agencies and major organisations. They will debate how technology, policy and content may be most effectively applied to raise educational standards, based on current global trends and practical experience from wide-scale projects. There will be expert input from countries including the United States, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Korea, The Netherlands, Turkey and the UK.
The two keynote speakers are: Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), who will explore the interaction between copyright and education in the 21st century; and Pablo Zoido, Analyst, The PISA Team, Directorate for Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), who will examine the implications of the latest PISA scores.
Other expert speakers include: Michael Trucano, Senior ICT and Education Policy Specialist, THE WORLD BANK; Ricardo Ferreira, Policy Officer, Open Educational Resources, EUROPEAN COMMISSION; Professor Eva Matthes, Augsburg University; Jakob Harder, Deputy Director, Agency for IT and Learning (UNI●C), Ministry of Education, Denmark; Alfons ten Brummelhuis, Head of Research, KENNISNET; Emrah Özpirinçci, Managing Director, OUP, TURKEY; Keith Krueger, CEO, CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING; Sunshik Min, President, YBM, KOREA; Christina Preston, Professor of Educational Innovation, UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE; David Langridge, Development Director, Worldwide Education, MICROSOFT; and Professor Jeffrey Brand, Communication and Creative Media, BOND UNIVERSITY, Australia.
The event, to be held at Earls Court Conference Centre, London, is fully managed and operated by Reed Exhibitions, and programmed by the Educational Publishers Forum of the IPA.
