Programme (as of June 24th 2009)

Monday July 6th

Workshops
Tutorials
Morning: 08.30-12.30
Afternoon: 14.00-18.00
Morning
Afternoon
 
 

Tuesday July 7th

Workshops
Tutorials
Morning: 08.30-12.30
Afternoon: 14.00-18.00
Morning
Afternoon
 
   
Evening: 19.00 - 21.00

Wednesday July 8th

 
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
8:30-9:00
Opening session (including best paper award(s))
9:00-10:00
Keynote: Prof. Susanne Lajoie
(Can Computers Teach You To Think And Care? The Modeling Debates Revisited)
10:00-10:30 Refreshments
10:30-12:30
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00
16:00-16:30 Refreshments
16:30-17:30

Panel 1: The Evolution of AIED: Successes and Challenges

Panelists:
Ben du Boulay (University of Sussex, UK)
Jim Greer (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Judy Kay (University of Sydney, Australia)
Chad Lane (University of Southern California, USA)
Diane Litman (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Pat Mansonn (European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General)
Beverly Woolf (University of Massachusetts, USA)

Moderator:
Vania Dimitrova (University of Leeds, UK)

17:30-20:00 Posters & Refreshments

Thursday July 9th

 
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
9:00-10:00
Keynote: Prof. Wolfgang Nejdl
(Exploiting User Generated Content to Improve Search)
10:00-10:30 Refreshments
10:30-12:30
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00
16:00-16:30 Refreshments
16:30-18:30
 
19:00-22:00
Evening Banquet
Guest Speaker: Paul Brna
'A personal view of the future of AIED'

Friday July 10th

 
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
9:00-10:00
Keynote: Prof. Kenneth Forbus
'Open-domain sketch understanding for AI and Education'
10:00-10:30 Refreshments
10:30-11:30
11:30-12:30

Panel 2: Agent-Based Learning Environments

Panelists:
Gautam Biswas (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Tak-Wai Chan (National Central University of Taiwan, Taiwan)
Art Graesser (University of Memphis, USA)
Lewis Johnson (Alelo, Inc., USA)
James Lester (North Carolina State University, USA)

Moderator:
Amy Baylor (National Science Foundation, USA)

12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00
16:00-16:30 Refreshments
16:30-17:00  AIED Business Meeting and Closing Session