Advisory Committee

Here are two lists: firstly Table I with our Committee members who are coming to Lisbon and secondly Table II, a list of suggested members for the International Advisory Committee, of which some of these people will be invited to take part in one or more of the key meetings which will be organised during Re.ViCa. The first of these took place in June 2008, Lisbon, right before the EDEN conference. The next one will take place in December 2008, Berlin, just before the Online Educa Berlin conference.

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Table I.

For our Berlin meeting in December: (status 2nd September 2008)

• yes = Agreed: 13 IAC members will be coming to Berlin to participate in our discussions
• no = Can't attend: 3 members
• P = Pending: 3
• ? = No responses: 7 members

Title	First Name	Last Name	Institution	Country	EDEN meeting	OEB meeting
Dr.	Antti	Auer	University of Jyväskylä	Finland	no	yes
Dr.	Tony	Bates	Tony Bates Associates Ltd.	Canada	yes	no
Prof. Dr.	Peter	Baumgartner	University of Krems	Austria	yes	P
Mrs.	Annemie	Boonen	eLIG and EuroPACE ivzw	Belgium	yes	?
Dr.	Christian	Depover	UMH, Université de Mons-Hainaut	Belgium	no	?
Dr.	Jim	Devine	Dunlaoghaire Institute Art/Design/Technology	Ireland	no	no
Dr.	Bakary	Diallo	African Virtual University	Kenya	no	yes
Dr.	Claudio	Dondi	SCIENTER	Italy	yes	yes
Dr.	Tom	Dousma	SURF	The Netherlands	no	yes
Dr.	Carl	Holmberg	International Council for Open and Distant (ICDE)	Norway	yes	yes
Dr.	Terence	Karran	Lincoln University	UK	yes	yes
Prof. Dr.	Thierry	Karsenti	Université de Montréal	Canada	no	yes
Prof. Dr.	Frederic Michael 'Fred'	Litto	ABED	Brazil	no	?
Prof. Dr.	Morten Flate	Paulsen	NKI Distance Education	Norway	yes	yes
Prof. Dr.	Francesc	Pedró	Centre for Educational Research and Innovation in (OECD)	France	no	P
Mr.	Garry	Putland	education.au, Education Network Australia (edna)	Australia	no	?
Dr.	Vitor	Rocio	Universidade Aberta (OUP)	Portugal	yes	?
Prof.	Gilly	Salmon	University of Leicester	UK	no	yes
Dr.	Albert	Sangrà	Open University of Catalonia	Spain	no	?
Mr.	Matti	Sinko	TKK Dipoli	Finland	yes	yes
Dr.	András	Szûcs	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Hungary	no	yes
Mrs.	Ene	Tammeoru	Estonian e-Learning Development Centre	Estonia	yes	yes
Dr.	Martin	Valcke	Ghent University	Belgium	no	no
Prof.	Herman J	van der Merwe	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	yes	yes
Mrs.	Martine	Vidal	Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED)	France	no	P
Mr.	Wojciech	Zielinski	The Association of Academic E-learning in Poland	Poland	no	yes

Table II.

Title	First Name	Last Name	Institution	Country	Function	Experience	Suggested by
Dr.	Antti	Auer	University of Jyväskylä	Finland	Information Management Services, Chair of IT-Peda network	Experienced person in the field of University wide services, the "brains" behind the Finnish ICT supported University community, operates on "practical" level at the same time as on strategic level	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo
	Ari-Matti	Auvinen [1]	HCI Productions	Finland	Managing Director	Long experience in the field of eLearning, represents a firm which cooperates closely with universities, Secretary General of EFQUEL	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo
Prof.	Sebastiano	Bagnara	University of Sassari-Alghero	Italy	Chair of Cognitive Psychology at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Sassari-Alghero, Italy. He is fellow of the International Ergonomics Association and he is scientific Director of the journal Ergonomia. He is member of the Editorial Board of Applied Ergonomics, Cognition Technology and Work, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Travail Humain, Intelligen System. He is associated editor of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.	His research interest is in the field of human computer interaction, ergonomics, organisational psychology, human factors in shaping technology	Cristina Stefanelli
Dr.	Tony	Bates	Tony Bates Associates Ltd.	Canada	Independent Consultant	very experienced consultant in the field of Virtual Campus with vast amount of international experience. Broad range of clients including ministeries of education, HE commissions in the US and initiatives like UOC.	Paul Bacsich, Sally Reynolds
Prof. Dr.	Peter	Baumgartner [2] [3]	University of Krems	Austria	Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning and Multimedia Head of the Department for Interactive Media and Educational Technology	One of the leading researchers in the German speaking countries in the field of E-learning and Virtual Campuses.	Theo Bastiaens, Sally Reynolds
Mrs.	Annemie	Boonen	ELIG and EuroPACE ivzw	Belgium		view her wiki page for info	EuroPace
Prof.	Betty	Collis	University of Twente	The Netherlands	Consultant having taken early retirement from University of Twente in 2005	Leading researcher in this field, previously a leading light in the University of Twente and now a consultant providing support at a high level to ministeries, large organisations and agencies worldwide. Very experienced in the field of VC	Paul Bacsich
	Bas	Cordewener	SURF Foundation	The Netherlands	Manager of International Collaboration for the SURF Foundation	Bas has a good overview of activities within the Netherlands and the work of SURF in particular. Leads many of SURF's transnational activities.	Sally Reynolds
Dr.	Christian	Depover English CV	UMH, Université de Mons-Hainaut	Belgium	Head of Educational Technology Dept DESTE	Researcher in education, evaluation of learning and educational design, Overview of e-learning in Belgium; International consultant for Unesco and BIT (Africa)	Alain Jaillet, Widad Benhabiles
Dr.	Jim	Devine	Dunlaoghaire Institute Art/Design/Technology	Ireland	IADT Director	very close to strategic thinking in Ireland vis-a-vis virtual campus and related activities, also an experienced reviewer and speaker on the European scene	Sally Reynolds
Dr.	Bakary	Diallo	African Virtual University	Kenya	Rector of the African Virtual University	Virtual campus in Francophone and Anglophone Africa in particular and ICT4D generally in Sub-Sahara Africa	Sally Reynolds
Dr.	Claudio	Dondi	SCIENTER	Italy	President of Scienter	Involved in numerous activities related to VC on both a European and International basis, particularly experienced in relation to policy and EU activities.	Sally Reynolds
Dr.	Tom	Dousma [4]	SURF	The Netherlands	Platform manager ICT and Education. Managing the Platform ICT and Education activities, especially the SURF education innovation Fund. This Fund supports innovative, theme oriented projects (see the leaflet ‘What do the innovation projects have to offer you). In addition to this the platform has initiatives on Grassroots projects, and made a start with the e-learning research program. The platform is responsible for several community activities eg. webstroom, on streaming media, SIX on standardisation, NL-Portfolio a community on digital portfolio’s.	Tom has, as programm manager, an good overview of virtual campuses in the Netherlands	Theo Bastiaens, Sally Reynolds
	Lawrence	Hamburg	Higher Education Academy	UK	Assistant Director e-learning	Considerable experience in VCs, worked for UKeU, overall charge of benchmarking in HEA and good view of what is happening in the UK	Paul Bacsich
Prof. dr.	Jeff	Haywood [5]	University of Edinburgh	UK	Vice Principal Knowledge Management, Chief Information Officer & Librarian; Professor of Education & Technology, School of Education; Director, Scottish Centre for Research into On-Line Learning & Assessment (SCROLLA)	VC expert, esp. activities in Scotland	Helena Bijnens
Prof. Dr.	Wilfried	Hendricks	IBI - Technische Universität Berlin	Germany	Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and Head of the IBI - Institut für Bildung in der Informationsgesellschaft e.V. (Institute for Education in the Information Society).	Has a very good overvew of activities in this field in Germany and active in many regional and national networks. Familiar with many of the National policy disussions.	Sally Reynolds
Dr.	Carl	Holmberg	International Council for Open and Distant (ICDE)	Norway	Secretary General	Very experienced in Adult and Higher Education, strong on policy-related activities and very active at European level.	Sally Reynolds
	Áine	Hyland		Ireland	recently retired Deputy VC	Advisor to HEA in Ireland, general educational expertise, policy and curricular issues	Paul Bacsich
Dr.	Terence	Karran	Lincoln University	UK	Director of the Open Learning Foundation	Extensive VC experience, developed VC at Uni Lincoln, involved at European and international level, current research into organisation models for Virtual Universities, also involved in Finish Virtual University Project	Paul Bacsich
Prof. Dr.	Thierry	Karsenti French CV	Université de Montréal	Canada	Holds Canada Research Chair on ICTs in education. Professor at the Université de Montréal, in ICT and their integration in teacher training and education.	Researcher in pedagogical integration of new technologies, teaching practices and motivation. Overview of e-learning in Canada. Collaborated with AUF and Unesco to implement e-learning projects in Africa	Alain Jaillet, Widad Benhabiles, Sally Reynolds
Dr.	Nikitas	Kastis	MENON Network & Lambrakis Research Foundation	Greece	Deputy Director General, Lambrakis and President of the MENON Network	Knowledgeable in respect to Greek activities, active at European level, interest in policy	Sally Reynolds
Prof.	Denise	Kirkpatrick	Open University	UK	Pro-Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching	Content development and delivery, research into new applications of ICT in supported OL and dev of policy related to application of new media and quality assurance and standards.	Paul Bacsich
Prof.	Paul	Kirschner [6]	University of Utrecht	The Netherlands	professor of Educational Sciences at the Department of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences at Utrecht University (as well as head of the Research Centre Interaction and Learning and dean of the Research Master programme Educational Sciences: Learning in Interaction) and professor of Educational Technology at the Educational Technology Expertise Center at the Open Universiteit Nederland with a chair in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments.	Paul has, from a research perspective, a strong opinion on almost everything that has to do with education. His roots for the last 20 years are in distance education, he has been working at the Dutch Open University for a long time now	Theo Bastiaens
Dr.	Walter	Kugemann	Institute for Innovation in Learning (FIM-NewLearning), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg	Germany	Head of FIM-NewLearning	Active for many years at European and German level, quite familiar with German VC activities including the Bavarian Virtual University	Sally Reynolds
	Fred	Litto	ABED	Brazil	Founder and Scientific Coordinator of the “School of the Future” of the University of São Paulo, senior role in ABED	Knows the Brazilian VC and TeL context very well as well as Latin America generally, now actively re-engaged in ICDE	Sally Reynolds
	Pierre-Jean	Loiret	AUF, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie	France/Africa	Program manager in distance training and educational technology	Experience in implementing several e-learning programs in African universities that are members of AUF	Widad Benhabiles
Dr.	Jyri	Manninen	University of Helsinki, Palmenia	Finland	Research Director	Experienced in Open university of Finland services	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo
Prof.	Robin	Mason	Open University	UK	also evaluator of Swiss Virtual Campus	Leading researcher in the field of Educational Technology, research interests learning objects, learning potential of broadband and student-centred learning.	Paul Bacsich
	Herman	Maurer old bio [7]	University of Graz[8]	Austria	Chair of the Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media (IICM)& professor at the Graz University of Technology	His main research and project areas are: Networked multimedia/hypermedia systems; electronic publishing and applications to university life, exhibitions and museums, Web based learning environments; languages and their applications, data structures and their efficient use, telematic services, computer networks, computer supported new media, dynamic symbolic language, social implications of computers, techniques to fight against plagiarism, and computers in Science Fiction. So quite a broad interest. Herman Mauer is very well known and has certainly 'non-traditional' ideas on how to establish virtual campuses.	Theo Bastiaens
Prof.	Terry	Mayes	Higher Education Academy	UK	head of the evaluation and support team for e-learning	Leading researcher in the field of Educational Technology, research interests include evaluation and e-pedagogy	Paul Bacsich
	Fred	Mulder Dutch English[9]	Open University of the Netherlands	The Netherlands	Rector of the Open University of the Netherlands	Fred, as rector, is leading the OUNL. He has certainly a strong opinion on virtual campuses. He is a driving force behind the Open Educational Resources Movement in Europe.	Theo Bastiaens
	Clive	Mulholland	University of Glamorgan]	UK	PVC at Glamorgan U	Experience in VC havng had responsibility for the Campus One VC in University of Ulster.	Paul Bacsich
Prof. Dr.	Morten Flate	Paulsen [10]	NKI Distance Education	Norway	Professor of Online Education, Director of Development	Working in the field for long time, written several articles and books and the developer of some basic theories	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo, Sally Reynolds
Prof. Dr.	Francesc	Pedró	Centre for Educational Research and Innovation in (OECD)	France	Senior Analyst	He was the Pro-Vice Chancellor for education research and innovation at the Open University of Catalunya, and the Dean for Educational Innovation, at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. At OECD he has done some recent work on New Millennium Learners	Terence Karran
	Daniel	Peraya, French CV	Université de Genève	Switzerland	Teacher at TECFA, educational technology unit, Faculty of Psychology and Education Science	Researcher in communication and distance learning for Higher Education, collaborated in several VC experiences	Alain Jaillet, Widad Benhabiles
	Jim	Petch [11]	Manchester University	UK	Head of department of Distributed Learning	Key person in GIS and GI networks mainly in the UK	Markus Bela
	Vanessa	Pittard	Becta	UK	Director of Research	Responsible for IT in Schools, colleges and the LLL sectors within BECTA.	Paul Bacsich
	Juha	Pohjonen [12]	University of Oulu,Open University	Finland	Development Manager	again a person who has really worked in practice, but also owns strategic view into the field	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo
Mr.	Garry [13] [14]	Putland	education.au, Education Network Australia (edna)	Australia	General Manager - Business Development	Garry is a key link with what is happening in all sectors in Australia including Higher education.	Sally Reynolds
	Malcolm	Read	JISC	UK	Executive Secretary JISC	particularly involved in ICT policy and strategy development in post-16 education and research and in international IT infrastructure activities particularly in Europe and the United States.	Paul Bacsich
Dr.	Vitor	Rocio [15]& [16]	Universidade Aberta	Portugal	Assistant Professor	UAb is the Open University of Portugal	Theo Bastiaens
	Caitriona	Ryan	Higher Education Authority	Ireland	Head of Policy and Planning at the Higher Education Authority in Ireland	Policy experience, market transformation and HE,	Paul Bacsich
Prof.	Gilly	Salmon	University of Leicester	UK	Professor of E-learning & Learning Technologies, University of Leicester	Experienced researcher and consultant in related fields, areas of interest include e-moderating, role of IT in enabling change, research led e-strategies.	Paul Bacsich, Sally Reynolds, Anna-Kaarina Kairamo
Dr.	Albert	Sangrà [17] [18]	Open University of Catalonia	Spain	Academic Director at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)	interesting for the link with Universitat Oberta de Catalunya	Helena Bijnens, Sally Reynolds
	Niall	Sclater [19]	The Open University	UK	Virtual Learning Environment Programme Director at The Open University	co-founded and managed the Clyde Virtual University and currently with Open University UK	Helena Bijnens
Dr.	Ramesh	Sharma	Indira Gandhi National Open University	India	Regional Director at Regional Center – Karnal of Indira Gandhi National Open University.	VC related activities in India	Sally Reynolds
	Matti	Sinko	TKK Dipoli	Finland		view his page	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo
	Josef	Strobl [20] [21]	Salzburg University	Austria	Head of Z_GIS and international representative for UNIGIS	Key person in GIS. His areas of activity are mainly: central Europe (particularly the german speaking area), Poland, Croatia, Czech republic and recently Tailand (Asian institute of technology).	Markus Bela
Dr.	András	Szûcs	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Hungary	Secretary General	EDEN	Markus Bela, Sally Reynolds
Mrs.	Ene	Tammeoru	Estonian e-Learning Development Centre	[Estonia]	Head at Estonian e-Learning Development Centre	closely associated with Estonian e-University	Sally Reynolds
Mr.	Martin	Valcke [22]	Ghent University	Belgium	Head Department of Education; Professor Instructional Sciences	One of the leading researchers in this field in Belgium	Theo Bastiaens
Prof.	Herman J.	van der Merwe	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	Director of the Department of Telematic Education at Technikon Pretoria and Manager of the Centre for the Utilisation of Technology in Education (CUTE) in Technikom.	International expert on the utilisation and management of technology in education and serves on various national and international workgroups. Specific interest in mobile learning what is happening in South Africa.	Sally Reynolds
Prof.	Tapio	Varis [23] [24] [25]	University of Tampere, Faculty of Education	Finland	Professor of Vocational Education, with particular reference to Global Learning Environments and UNESCO Chair in global e-learning with applications to multiple domains	strategic thinker in the field of knowledge society	Anna-Kaarina Kairamo
Dr.	Steven	Verjans	OUNL	Netherlands	assistant professor/junior lecturer at OTEC, OUNL	linked to Open University in the Netherlands, and through previous projects lots of expertise on VC	Helena Bijnens
Mrs.	Martine	Vidal	Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED)	France	Chargée de mission recherche	well-known figure in French VC context, VP EDEN	Sally Reynolds
Dr.	Erwin B.	Wagner	University of Hildesheim and EDEN	Germany	Director of the Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education at Hildesheim University, Germany	particular experienc+	Sally Reynolds
	Jacques	Wallet	Université de Rouen, Campus Forse	France	Professor and researcher in Education Science. FORSE project manager (under the initiative "Campus numériques français").	Directed a collaborative book on distance learning "Le Campus numérique FORSE : analyses et témoignages" (PURH-2007)	Alain Jaillet, Widad Benhabiles
Mr.	Wojciech	Zielinski	The Association of Academic E-learning in Poland	Poland	Secretary of The Association of Academic E-learning in Poland, co-author and a co-organizer of Polish Virtual University (PVU)	very knowledgable on developments in Poland and the set up and progress of the PVU	Sally Reynolds

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