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6 December 2001	Plenary session	Issues Group 1	Issues Group 2	Issues Group 3	Issues Group 4
08.30	Transportation to conference centre
09.30-10:00	Opening of EMINENT II Prof. Dr. João Praia Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Portugal
10.00-10.30	Thinking about ICT futures. Scenarios and policy dilemmas Prof. David Wood Nottingham University, United Kingdom
10:30-11:00	Emerging technologies serving teachers and learners Dr. Mark Silzer, Senior Manager, K-12 Education, Sun Mirosystems
11.00-11.30	Emerging technologies serving teachers and learners Dr. Colin Harrison, IBM Advanced Learning Institute
11:30-12:00	Break

12.00-12.30		ICT futures in practice Presentation of the NOW study Mr. Peter Scrimshaw Open University United Kingdom	Emerging technologies serving teachers and learners		Collaborative learning - pedagogical models Dr. Henk Sligte, University of Amsterdam
12.30-13.00		ICT scenarios, policies and practices Comments and updates from Ministries of Education and cities/regions	Emerging technologies serving teachers and learners Discussions (continued)		Collaborative learning - pedagogical models Prof. Robert McCormick, The Open University, United Kingdom
13.00-14.00	Lunch
14.00-14.45		ICT scenarios, policies and practices Comments and updates from Ministries of Education and cities/regions (continued)	Educational portals and beyond - Strategies for development Mr. Paul Vermeulen, Kennisnet, Netherlands Mr. Goran Isberg, National Agency for Education, Sweden	Standards and interoperability The European ETB Thesaurus Ms. Marisa Trigari, INDIRE, Italy, Vocabularies Mr. Frans van Assche, EUN Office, Belgium Cross-concordances Dr. Michael Kluck, Humboldt University, Germany	Collaborative learning – pedagogical models Examples from eLearning Awards Learn and communicate by using the Internet Mr. Charim Nissim, Israel The use of ICT in teaching/learning English Ms. Solfrid Grondahl, Norway Lifecycles in Nature Ms. Kristin Ronolfsdottir, Iceland Agroweb Ms. Athena Bazou, Greece
14.45-15.30			Educational portals and beyond Mr. Orland Cardona, Department of Education, Catalonia, Spain Mr. Santi Scimeca, EUN Office, Belgium	Standards and interoperability RSS and NewsMLMs. Alexa Joyce, EUN Office, BelgiumStandards for education - an overview Mr. Frans van Assche, EUN Office, Belgium	Collaborative learning – pedagogical models and school practice Discussions

15.30-16.15		ICT scenarios, policies and practices Discussion of THINK and NOW studies (continued)	Educational portals and beyond Discussion	Standards and interoperability Discussions	Collaborative learning – pedagogical models and school practice Discussions (continued)
16.15-17.00		ICT scenarios, policies and practices Discussion of THINK and NOW studies (continued)	Educational portals and beyond Discussion (continued)	Applying the School Interchange Format (SIF) in Europe Mr. Rogelio Segovia, OASIS project	Collaborative learning The potential of media rich learningMr. Alan Bennet,Strategic AllianceManager, Apple UK, United Kingdom
17:00-17:30	Reception
17.30-19.00	eLearning Awards Ceremony
19.00-19.30	Transportation to hotel
20.30-21.00	Transportation to dinner
21.00 23.00	EMINENT Dinner Transport to hotel

7 December 2001	Plenary session	Issues Group 1	Issues Group 2	Issues Group 3	Issues Group 4
09.30-10:00	Celebrating 5 years of the European Schoolnet. Reflections on the next 5 years Ms. Ylva Johansson, former Minister for School Education, CEO Attveta Ltd, Sweden
10.00-10.45		ICT scenarios, policies and practicesDiscussion of THINK and NOW studies (continued)	Quality content and educational repositories Ms. Donatella Nucci, INDIRE, Italy Dr. Michael Kluck, Deutsche Bildungsserver, Germany Mr Leo Højsholt-Poulsen, UNI-C, Denmark		Learning environments - options and issues Mr. Roger Blamire, EUN Office, Belgium Mr. Dave Thomson, Worcestershire LEA,United Kingdom
10.45-11.30		Building on THINK and NOW Conclusions and issues for further studies	Quality content and educational repositories Discussions		Learning environments - options and issues Discussion
11.30-12.15		Preparing for the future. The E.U. 6^th Framework Programme for R&D Mr. Carlos Oliveira, DG InfoSoc, European Commission	The European Treasury Browser - the way ahead Mr. Mariano Sanz, EUN Office, Belgium		Pedagogical issues for the school of tomorrow – an EUN agenda Discussions and conclusions
12.15-12.30	Break
12.30-13.00	Learning in virtual learning communities Dr. Paulo Maria Bastos da Silva Dias, Department of Curriculum and Educational Technology, University of Minho, Portugal
13.00-13.30	Going ahead - summary of EMINENT II discussions Mr. Ferry de Rijcke, Chairman European Schoolnet and rapporteurs
13.30-14.00	Closing of EMINENT II Dr. Júlio Pedrosa, Minister of Education, Portugal
14.00	End of conference

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