Upcoming talks

By John Moravec | 4/13/2009 | Filed under: General

Spring semester at the University of Minnesota will conclude in about a month, and I am already busy assembling my summer schedule. So far, it’s looking great!

May 20-24, 2009, various talks, Destination ImagiNation Global Finals, Knoxville
May 26, 2009, opening keynote, ITSMF Academy, Garderen (Netherlands)
May 26, 2009, talk/presentation, Creative Company Conference, Amsterdam
May 29, 2009, talk/seminar, ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (University of Oxford), Oxford
July 18, 2009, talk/presentation, World Future Society WorldFuture 2009 conference, Chicago

I hope to meet up with Education Futures readers at each of these events. Contact me if you’ll be in town for any of the above talks!

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About John Moravec

Dr. John Moravec is a faculty member in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development and the Innovation Studies/Master of Liberal Studies graduate programs at the University of Minnesota. He is the principal of Education Futures LLC; a co-founder of the Horizon Forum, a roundtable on the future of education at all levels; and is the editor of Education Futures. He can be emailed at john@educationfutures.com.

http://www.educationfutures.com/john

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