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Speakers included
Bob Bullivant, Deputy Director General, Chartered Insurance Institute
Dr Sudha Bhogle Head, Student Solutions at Eduquity
Gavin Cooney,
Learnosity
Arun Goyal, Vice President and Head,
e-macmillan software services
Mark Kobayashi-Hilary, National Outsourcing Association, UK
Madan Padaki, CEO, MeritTrac (Bangalore)
Prof. Mariamma Varghese,Senior Education Consultant, NAAC
Mr Kaushik Mukherjee IAS, Principal Sec. Education Department, Government of Karnataka
Hariharan S Raman, General Manager - ITES, Manpower Services
Manish Sabharwal. Chairman, Team Lease (Bangalore)
Professor Sadagopan, Director, IIIT-Bangalore
Neil Summers , Calibrand
D. Sudhanva, CEO, EXCELSOFT (Mysore)
Mr Sunirmal Sen, working for HCL Technologies (India)
Prof. Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, Vice Chancellor, West Bengal University .of Technology
Col. Vikram Tiwathia, Chief Information Officer, CII
Mr A Venkatesan, Director, NIC (Bangalore)
Chair: Prof. Kalyan Chakravarti, Business Management School of IIT Kharagpur
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Thursday 11 Oct 2007 CLICK NEXT TO NAME TO VIEW THE PRESENTATION
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9:00 AM
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Registration, tea and coffee
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9:30 AM
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Welcome by Chair, Professor Kalyan Chakravarti, Business Management School of IIT Kharagpur
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Opening Ceremony including Opening address from and Dr. M S Thimmappa, ex-Vice Chancellor, Bangalore University
Response by Mike Connor, British Deputy High Commissioner for South India
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9:45 AM
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First Plenary Session examining the tools and requirements, tools and techniques for assessment of skills and knowledge
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e-Assessment and Assessment of Skills Mike Dawe, Senior Manager, New Ventures, City and Guilds VIEW
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The India context and employers and employee expectations Hariharan S Raman, General Manager, ITES Manpower VIEW
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Coffee break Official opening of Art Exhibition
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11:00 AM
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Plenary Session Using the technology
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The use of e-Assessment in Indian Industry Mr. Mohan Kannegal, Head- Delivery, MeritTrac VIEW
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Use of Mobile Telephony for Language Testing Gavin Cooney, Learnosity, Dublin, Ireland VIEW
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Developing Testing Rajiv Unnikrishnan, SkillProfiler VIEW
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Lunch Buffet lunch provided
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1:15 PM
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Stream One - The workplace - meeting the problems head on
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Stream Two - Education and learning - supporting learning
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Minds on Fire: Knowledge Learning Centers Colonel (Retd) Vikram Tiwathia Confederation of Indian Industries (Delhi) VIEW
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Resources for learning and development Arun Goyal, Head, eMacmillan, Software Services and Vice President, Macmillan India
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Use of the technology in assessing risk in the workplace Payal Shah, Organisational Psychologist, Inicio VIEW
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Need for e-assessment of students in the field of education Dr Sudha Bhogle Head, Student Solutions at Eduquity VIEW
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Performance Assessment Sunirmal Sen, working for HCL Technologies VIEW
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Infrastructure issues for Schools and Colleges Mr A Venkatesan, Director, NIC (Bangalore)VIEW
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3:45 AM
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Tea break then Plenary Session - The Skills Gap
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Developing qualifications for the professions Neil Summers, Calibrand VIEW
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Technological options and opportunities – case study Dr. Abhishek Agrawal, GURG Software Services VIEW
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The Labour Market in India - meeting the Skills Gap Manish Sabharwal. Chairman, Team Lease VIEW
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Working across borders D. Sudhanva, CEO, EXCELSOFT
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5.05 PM
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Close of day
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Friday 12 Oct 2007
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9:30 AM
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Welcome by Chair, Professor Kalyan Chakravarti, Business Management School of IIT Kharagpur
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Plenary Session - Planning for the future
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9:40 AM
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Meeting the Skills Gap Professor Sadagopan, IIIT-Bangalore
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Using assessments for enhancing talent pools Madan Padaki, MD, MeritTrac
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Coffee break
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11:10
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Plenary Session - Making it work
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e-Assessment for accreditation Prof. Mariamma Varghese, Senior Education Consultant, NAAC
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On line testing in NSW Gavin Cooney, Learnosity, Dublin, Ireland VIEW
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Finding & Developing Management Skills Sameer Dua, Joint Managing Director,TASMAC
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Lunch Buffet lunch provided
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1:30 PM
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Plenary Session including keynote closing address and tea break
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Online Examinations & Questionbank Management Mr A Venkatesan, Director, NIC (Bangalore) for Rama Nagpal, NIC (New Delhi) VIEW
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E-Assessment in Education & Training to Support Regional Development – a regional view Prof. Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, Vice Chancellor, West Bengal University of Technology, West Bengal University of Technology
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Selection and Implementation – the lessons learnt Bob Bullivant, Deputy Director General, Chartered insurance Institute VIEW
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Tea break
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The future of e-Assessment Satish Krishna M, Excelsoft VIEW
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Cultural viewpoint and issues Mark Kobayashi-Hilary, UK National Outsourcing Association
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4:30 PM
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Q&A and Closing remarks from Chair
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