Tentative program
International Conference on Distance Learning
“Research and Innovation for a Digital Society”

Thursday, 1 August 2019

TIME SESSION/ACTIVITY LOCATION
08.00 – 09.00 Registration Sukhothai Room Aneknitat Building
09.00 – 09.30 Opening Ceremony Prapokklao Room, Aneknitat Building

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Professor Dr. Wichit Srisa-an
Chairman of the STOU University Council
Founding President of STOU
Former Minister of Education, Thailand

“STOU and Distance Learning in the Next Decade”
09.30 – 10.15 Keynote Speech 1:

“STOU and Distance Learning in the Next Decade”
Prapokklao Room, Aneknitat Building
10.15 – 10.45 Refreshment

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Dr. Paulina Pannen
Senior Expert on Academic Affairs
Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education Indonesia

“New Horizon in Open and Distance Learning”
10.45 – 11.45 Keynote Speech 2:

"New Horizon in Open and Distance Learning"
by Dr. Paulina Pannen
Senior Expert on Academic Affairs
Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education Indonesia
Prapokklao Room, Aneknitat Building
11.45 – 13.15 Lunch
13.15 – 14.45 Panel Discussion: “Disruptive Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities”
Panelists:
1. Dr. Wang Libing – Chief of Section for Educational
Innovation and Skills Development (EISD) UNESCO Bangkok
2. Dr. Ethel Agnes Pascua Valenzuel – Director of SEAMEO Secretariat
3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jintavee Khlaisang – Deputy Director, Thailand Cyber University
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kamolrat Intaratat – School of Communication Arts, STOU

Panelists:

Dr. Ethel Agnes Pascua Valenzuela
SEAMEO Secretariat


Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jintavee Khlaisang
Thailand Cyber University

Moderator:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kamolrat Intaratat
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

Samsorn Room, Aneknitat Building
14.45 – 15.15 Refreshment Phithayaphat Building
15.15-16.15 Concurrent Session 1

Seminar Room 1,3,5,7
Phithayaphat Building
16.30 Depart for Welcome Reception and Cultural Show (for international participants only) In front of Phithayaphat Building
17.30 – 21.30 Welcome Reception and Cultural Show Siam Niramit

Friday, 2 August 2019

TIME SESSION/ACTIVITY LOCATION
08.00 – 09.00 Registration Aneknitat Building
09.00 – 10.00
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Prof. Dr. Morten Flate Paulsen
Acting Secretary General
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

“Innovations in Online Education: Pioneering Developments and Current Opportunities”

Keynote Speech 3

"Innovations in Online Education: Pioneering Developments and Current Opportunities"
Prof. Dr. Morten Flate Paulsen Acting Secretary General International Council for Open
and Distance Education (ICDE)
Samsorn Room Aneknitat Building
10.00 – 10.30 Refreshment Phithayaphat Building
10.30 – 12.00 Concurrent Session 2 Seminar Room 1,5,7
Phithayaphat Building
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch Sukhothai Room Aneknitat Building
13.30-15.30 ICDE Sessions
Open Education: Where are we now? What next?” By Paul Stacey – Executive Director,
Open Education Consortium

Panel Discussion: “Being Open about Open Education: Building OER repositories
the challenges faced and the solutions to overcome


Panelists:
1. Dr. Chularat Tanprasert – Executive Vice President National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand

2. Zhang Xiangyang – ICDE OER Advocacy Committee, Emeritus Professor of Open University of Jiangsu, China
3. Jean-Marc Meunier
4. Tian Belawati – Professor and Former Rector, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
5. Dr. Manas Ranjan Panigrahi - Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia

Moderator: Wesley Teter – UNESCO Bangkok

Mega trends on the horizon – From AI/ Blockchain/ Alternative Credentials to what the future will hold
by Mark Brown – Director, National Institute for Digital Learning, Dublin City University

(free flow refreshment in front of Samsorn Room, Aneknitat Building)
Samsorn Room Aneknitat Building
15.30 – 16.30 Concurrent Session 3 Seminar Room 1,5,7
Phithayaphat Building
16:30 – 17:00 •Closing Session:Presentation of Best Paper and Best Presentation Awards
•Wrap up and Closing Remarks
Seminar Room 1 Phithayaphat Building

Saturday, 3 August 2019

TIME SESSION/ACTIVITY LOCATION
Full day Post-Conference Tour One-day trip including refreshment and lunch
(for international participants only)

Pick-up time (8.30 a.m.) at the lobby of STOU Guesthouse, Novotel Bangkok Impact Hotel,
Ibis Bangkok Impact Hotel and Best Western Plus Wanda Grand Hotel
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province