The fourth eLearning Africa conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training ended successfully on May 29th. Under the patronage of the Republic of Senegal and attended by its President Abdoulaye Wade, Prime Minister Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye, as well as 10 other ministers, eLearning Africa attracted 1350 eLearning users, newcomers, providers and experts from 83 countries, who gathered over the three conference days in Dakar, Senegal. First impressions from the conference at www.elearning-africa.com/media-library_galleries.php.
The 8th LANGUAGES & BUSINESS conference came to a successful conclusion on June 17th. 255 professionals from 13 countries convened at Düsseldorf’s Hotel Lindner for two days to discuss and debate issues relating to multilingualism, intercultural competences and international business communication. First impressions from the conference here
The Paris-based European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) and ICWE announced that they will work closely together to foster and implement innovative learning technologies. ICWE, in cooperation with its partner agency E³ Communications, and ELIG will develop joint communication and marketing strategies. ICWE will also support ELIG in organising expert panels and conferences in the higher education, public and corporate sectors as well as in carrying out research. More about ELIG at: http://www.elig.org/