JISC 10 keynote speakers
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Opening keynote
The learning journey: From informal to formal
Martin Bean (Vice-Chancellor) The Open University |
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Closing keynote
The critical role that JISC can play in helping society reduce its carbon footprint
Bill St. Arnaud, P. Eng. President, St. Arnaud-Walker and Associates Inc. |
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Opening keynote speaker
Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor, The Open University
Martin Bean became Vice Chancellor of The Open University on 1 October 2009.
Martin Bean was General Manager within the Education Products Group at the Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington. Having held senior executive positions in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe, and owith more than 20 years in training and education, Martin Bean is a recognized industry leader around the world. He has held executive management roles in leading organisations, including Novell Inc., Sylvan Learning Systems and Thomson Learning.
Martin Bean is actively involved in the advancement of education policy and the reform of education to meet the needs of today's workforce. He has presented to the U.S. Senate on the importance of IT in the Workforce Investment Act and testified on behalf of the Workforce Coalition before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Committee on Ways and Means. He has established and managed complex, multi-stakeholder partnerships in public, private and not-for-profit organisations and has a track record of growing or reinventing complex enterprises.
Prior to moving to the UK Martin Bean was a member of the National Board of Directors of Jobs for Americas Graduates and was a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Computing Technology Industry Association, chairing its Public Policy Committee, 2002 – 2004. In 1986-7 he was President of AIESEC International, (Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales) the international, not-for-profit organisation run by students and recent graduates which is “an agent of positive change through education and cultural exchange to develop a broader understanding of cultural, socio-economic and business management issues.” (Kofi Anan)
An Australian by birth, Bean holds a Bachelor’s degree in Adult Education from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, and now lives in Salford, Buckinghamshire with his wife and three daughters.
Closing keynote speaker
Bill St. Arnaud, P. Eng. President, St. Arnaud-Walker and Associates Inc.
Bill St. Arnaud is the President of a Green-IT consulting firm St. Arnaud-Walker and Associates INc. Formerly he was the Chief Research Officer for CANARIE Inc. Canada's Advanced Internet Development Organization. At CANARIE Bill St. Arnaud was involved with a Green IT broadband and cyber-infrastructure initiative to build a 'zero-carbon' next generation Internet in order to help reduce global warming by reducing CO2 emissions at universities and society in general.
Bill St. Arnaud is member of various committees and boards including the Board of Trustees for ISOC, NomComm committee for ICANN, the UKlight Steering Committee, the GLORIAD policy committee, Neptune Canada Oversight Committee, Globecomm Fellow and the GLIF policy committee amongst others.
In 2002 he was featured by TIME Magazine Canada as the engineer who is wiring together advanced Canadian science. In 2005 he also won the
World Technology Summit award for Communications.