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The use of technology to enhance learning and culture
for the future is of common concern to all APEC economies. While
multi-media technologies are resulting from a convergence of computing
and communications, the implications in terms of future planning of education
systems, equity of access and impact on national cultures have not been
assessed. Different technologies may be suitable for different economies.
This project was inititated at a public
seminar in Bangkok, described below. Mr Jacques Lyrette, Vice-President
of the National Research Council of Canada presented an Issues Paper to
set the framework for the study and stimulate debate. An Experts’
Meeting was held in Vancouver, Canada in 3-6 May 1999, to review these
ideas and develop scenarios for the future. Following this, a multi-country
Delphi survey was carried out. The final reports of this study are
available.
Public Seminar
On
“Technology for Learning and Culture”
4 November 1998
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Venue: Sol
Twin Towers, Kasatsuk Room 2, 4th Floor 88/2 Rongmuang, Patumwan,
Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Organizers: National
Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
APEC Center for Technology Foresight
Thai Foresight Unit
Bangkok Forum
[Document linked in MS word; unless,
stated powerpoint]
Opening Ceremony
Presided over by Professor Sippanondha Ketudat
Chairman, Executive Board, Office of National Economic and Social Development
Board
Report by Professor Pairash Thajchayapong
Director, NSTDA
Keynote Address
“Education
in the Next Century”
Professor Sippanondha Ketudat
Plenary Lectures
Chair: Professor Greg Tegart
Director, APEC Center for Technology Foresight
“An
Issues Paper on Technology for Learning and Culture”
Mr Jacques Lyrette
Vice President (Technology and Industry Support)
National Research Council Canada
Plenary Lectures (continued)
Chair: Dr. Chatri Sripaipan
Co-Director, APEC Center for Technology Foresight
“Learning
in the Global Knowledge Economy”
Professor Ron Johnston
Director, Australian Centre for Innovation and International Competitiveness
Limited University of Sydney, Australia
“IT for Education”
[powerpoint 97]
Dr Pichet Durongkaveroj
Advisor, the Secretariat Office of the National IT Committee
Open Discussion
Chairs: Professor Greg Tegart and Dr Chatri Sripaipan
Afternoon Sessions in Thai
Plenary Lectures
Chair: Professor Yongyuth Yuthavong
Acting Director, Thailand Graduate Institute of Science and Technology,
NSTDA
“The
Future of Thai Society: Toward a Thinking Society”
[powerpoint 97]
Dr Chai-Anan Samudavanija
Executive Director, Vajiravudh College
“Education
and Future Society”
Dr Amornwich Nakornthap
Director, Center for Policy Research in Education Faculty of Education,
Chulalongkorn University
“Culture and Learning Community”
Mr Chaiwat Thirapantu
Coordinator, Bangkok Forum
“Thai Foresight Unit of NSTDA”
Dr Krissanapong Kirtikara
President, King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi and
Chair, Thai Foresight Unit, NSTDA
“Technology
Foresight Study for Agricultural Development in Thailand”
Dr Sutat Sriwatanapongse
Deputy Director, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,
NSTDA
“Technology Foresight
Study on the Importance of Science and Basic Research to the Future of
Thailand”
Professor Montri Chulavatanatol
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science
Mahidol University
Closing Remarks by Professor Pairash Thajchayapong,
Director of NSTDA
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