Global Education and Learning Community Advisory Board Meeting

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Sun Microsystems Executive Briefing Center
Menlo Park, California

On September 13-14, 2004 at Sun Microsystems' Executive Briefing Center, convened the first meeting of the advisory board committee of the Java(SM) Education and Learning Community (JELC). Gathering the key influencers in technology and education, the meeting is focused on developing the Java technology community's collaborative open standards-based projects and tools for teaching and learning.

Agenda

Monday, September 13
Time Speaker - Title of Presentation
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcome/Introductions - JELC Mission and Objectives
Kim Jones, Vice President, Global Education & Research, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Technology and Lifelong Learning
Dr. Lyle Oberg, Minister of the Department of Learning, Alberta, Canada
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Open Specifications and Practices for Interoperability
Dr. Edward Walker, CEO, IMS Global Learning Consortium
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Open Access Publishing
Mike Keller, University Librarian, Stanford University
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. BlueJ - Teaching Java
John Rosenberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Sun and Open Computing: Solaris, SPARC and Java
Scott McNealy, Chairman and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Discussion: Open Computing and Collaborative Trends Around the World
John Gage, Vice President, Chief Researcher & Director of the Science Office, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Building Communities-Java.net
Matt Thompson, Director, Java Technology, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Global Education and Learning Community Overview, Demonstration & Governance
Cathleen Obata, Group Manager, Campaigns & Programs, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Daniel Brookshier, JELC Community Leader, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tuesday, September 14
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Open Source Collaboration Models
Danese Cooper, Chief Open Source Evangelist, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Community Collaboration
Brian Behlendorf, Founder and CTO, CollabNet
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Open Computing Education Initiatives
Marc Hamilton, Director of Client Services, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. iForce Technology Center Tour and Demonstrations
Josef Edlinger, Manager, iForce Solution Center, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Press Release

Inaugural Global Education and Learning Community Advisory Board Convenes to Drive Java Technology-Based Tools for Teaching And Learning

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