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Cambridge (UK), November 2021 - Empowering the effects of learning technologies, human capital development, and organisational development alongside transforming communities via international development projects have been the focus of Irina Matthews’s career and professional interests. Today she works as a Learning Services Coordinator for GÉANT Vereniging, a Dutch Association in the UK, and her subject at OEB Global is "Resilience as a Learnable and Teachable Skill for Individuals, Teams, and Organisations". » MORE

Bonn (GER), November 2021 – GIZ is a German governmental agency that supports international development through capacity development across the world. The organization is increasingly harnessing learning platforms and platform ecosystems to increase scale and effectiveness of these efforts. At OEB Global, GIZ’s Dominic Orr and Franziska Seiffarth will make a presentation entitled "Innovating along the learning to earning journey - How to empower the next generation – Insights from the atingi and yoma digital platforms".   » MORE

Utrecht (NL), November 2021 – Lonneke Brands graduated from the University of Twente as an educationalist. Since then she has worked at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, holding positions as researcher, ICT coach, advisor, and educationalist. For the past two years, she has been working on a Dutch national project entitled "Acceleration Plan Educational Innovation with ICT", which seeks to bridge the gap between education and the workplace, invest in future proof digital skills, and educate the human capital that will be needed tomorrow. At OEB Global, she will speak about "Educating for the Digital Transformation". » MORE

Huddersfield (UK), November 2021 - Rupert Ward is a former Special Adviser to the Royal Household and Project Lead for iDEA, one of the world's most successful free educational technologies. He is Director of Strategic Partnerships for the International Council on Badges and Credentials, a National Teaching Fellow, and an international keynote speaker. At OEB Global, he will speak about "Learning Fitness: Getting Learning Fit". » MORE

Brussels (BE), November 2021 - Philippe Seynaeve is Implementation and Change Manager for the IT Center of Belgium’s Brussels-Capital Region. Prior to this, he worked as a project manager and change consultant for both private consulting firms and public-sector organisations. From the start, his work has centered on implementations at the intersection of HRM and IT. At OEB Global, his speech is entitled "How to Ensure Successful Delivery and Implementation of Learning". » MORE

Bucharest (RO), November 2021 - Mariana Mocanu, a full professor who has completed the European Habilitation degree, was head of the Computer Science Department at the University Politehnica of Bucharest from 2016 to 2020. She is currently the president of the QA Commission of the University Senate and a member of the Faculty Council. She is also in charge of the "eGovernance" masters study program and participates in the development of the ERASMUS Knowledge Alliance "IT in Aviation" project. Her presentation at OEB Global is entitled "Engineering Masters Studies between Teaching Challenges and Society 4.0 Realities". » MORE

Los Angeles, CA (USA), November 2021 - Ryan Craig is the author of "College Disrupted" (2015) and "A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College" (2018). He is a Managing Director at Achieve Partners, which is reimagining the future of higher education and creating new pathways from education to employment. At OEB Global, his presentation is entitled "Identifying and Addressing the Barriers to Reducing the Cost of Higher Education". » MORE