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Opening address

	Time			0930-0950
	Date			Thursday 7 December 2006
	Room			Pentland
	Transcript			Opening addresses (40KB)
	Speakers

			Phillip Rycroft – Head of Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department, Scottish Executive No presentation used
			Rt Hon. Lord Kinnock – Chair of the British Council No presentation used

Going global: in what direction?

	Time			0950-1100
	Date			Thursday 7 December 2006
	Room			Pentland
	Transcript			(Plenary 1) Going Global – in what direction? (84KB)
	Speakers

			Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka – Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa No presentation used
			Sir John Daniel – President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić – Chief of the Section for Reform, Innovation and Quality Assurance, UNESCO, France (Plenary 1) Sir John Daniel and Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić – paper (108KB) (Plenary 1) Sir John Daniel and Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić – presentation (3MB)
			Ron Perkinson – Principal Education Specialist, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group, USA (Plenary 1) Ron Perkinson – paper (172KB) (Plenary 1) Ron Perkinson – presentation (4.46MB)

Language and identity

	Time			1440-1540
	Date			Thursday 7 December 2006
	Room			Pentland
	Transcript			(Plenary 2) Language and identity (52KB)
	Speakers

			David Graddol – Managing Director, The English Company (UK) Ltd. No presentation available
			Michael Byram – Professor of Education, Durham University, UK (Plenary 2) Michael Byram – presentation (68KB)

Ministerial address

	Time			0900-0930
	Date			Friday 8 December 2006
	Room			Pentland
	Transcript			(Plenary 3) Ministerial address (52KB)
	Speaker

Bill Rammell MP – Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, Department for Education and Skills
No presentation used

International education: the new global enterprise?

	Time			0930-1045
	Date			Friday 8 December 2006
	Room			Pentland
	Transcript			International education: the new global enterprise? (104KB)
	Host

Jonathan Dimbleby – Broadcaster and presenter; The Jonathan Dimbleby Programme (ITV), Any Questions? Any Answers? (Radio 4)

Panelists included: Peggy Blumenthal (Institute of International Education, USA), Professor Drummond Bone (University of Liverpool, UK), Dr Jiang Feng (Ministry of Education, China), Dr Roshen Kishun (International Education Association of South Africa), Ron Perkinson (International Finance Corporation, USA), Dr Atta-ur-Rahman (Higher Education Commission, Pakistan), Professor Mool Chand Sharma (University Grants Commission, India), Professor Mary Stiasny (British Council) and Professor Di Yerbury (Macquarie University, Australia).

No presentation used

Spikes in a flat world / Debating future skills needs

	Time			1500-1550
	Date			Friday 8 December 2006
	Room			Pentland
	Transcript			(Plenary 4) Debating future skills needs / Spikes in a flat world (64KB)
	Speakers

			Professor Alan Gilbert – President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Manchester, UK (Plenary 4) Alan Gilbert – presentation (260KB)
			Will Hutton – Chief Executive, Work Foundation; journalist, The Observer, UK No presentation available

Closing address

	Date			Friday 8 December 2006
	Time			1550-1600
	Room			Pentland
	Transcript			Closing address (32KB)
	Speaker

Martin Davidson – Deputy Director-General, British Council
No presentation used