On the Leading Edge Series

The Leading Edge Series will feature sessions on:

• Advanced Skills for Global Development (French/English SI)
  
  • Dr. George Afeti, Former Secretary General - Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa (CAPA) & Chief Inspector of Schools - Ministry of Education, Ghana
    
  • Dr. Jesús María Contreras Esparza, Rector - Universidad Tecnológica de León &
    President - Asociación Nacional de Universidades tecnológicas (ANUT), Mexico
  • Dr. John "Ski" Sygielski, President - Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC), Pennsylvania &
    Past Chair - American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), United States
  
  
• Ensuring Quality Standards
  • Dr. Larry McNutt, Head of School of Informatics and Engineering & Member, ITB Senior Management Group - Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB), Ireland
  • Coralie Morrissey, Executive Dean, Technical and Trades Innovation &
    Deputy Director of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) - Victoria University, Australia
  
  
• Innovation and Applied Research (French/English SI)
  
  • Serge Brasset, Directeur général et directeur de l'École nationale d'aérotechnique - Collège Édouard-Montpetit, Canada
  • Andrew Brownlee, Director of Research, Development and Innovation -Institutes of Technology Ireland (IOTI), Ireland
  • Nobina Robinson, CEO - Polytechnics Canada &
    Member - Federal Expert Review Panel on Research and Development, Canada

• International Collaboration (French/English SI)
  
  • Jose Luis Fernandez Maure, International Project Manager - TKNICA &
    Member - European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Basque Country
  • Sylvain Goudreau, Directeur, Bureau international - Cégep de l'Outaouais, Canada
  • Dr. João Sobrinho Teixeira, President - Instituto Politécnico de Bragança &
    President - Conselho Coordenador dos Institutos Superiores Politécnicos (CCISP), Portugal

• Relationships between Military and Civilian Education in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain
  
  • Martin Doel, OBE, Chief Executive - Association of Colleges (AoC), Great Britain &
    Former Director, Training and Education for the three Armed Services - Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
  • Major-General Pierre Forgues P.J., OMM, CD, Commander - Canadian Defence Academy, Canada
  • Dr. Arthur Tyler, Deputy Chancellor & COO - Houston Community College, United States

• Regional Development
  
  • Cebert Adamson, Executive Director - The Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica, Jamaica
  • Dr. Neil Coburn, Vice-President, Education and Students - Selkirk College, Canada
  • Stephen Conway, Managing Director - Technical and Further Education (TAFE) South Australia-Adelaide South &
    Chair - TAFE Directors Australia, Australia

• Visioning Institutional Futures
  
  • Sharon Carry, Director, ACCC Board and President & CEO - Bow Valley College, Canada
  • Dr. Angela Samuels Harris, Principal - Montego Bay Community College &
    President - Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions (ACTI), Caribbean