LLinE Lifelong Learning in Europe

Programme

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Location: Conference Hotel Rantapuisto, Vuosaari, Helsinki.


THURSDAY 29 JANUARY, 2009

15.30 Welcome
Director Pekka Sallila, KVS Foundation, Finland

Opening speech
Minister of Education Sari Sarkomaa, Finland
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16.00 Keynote: Is Lifelong Learning a Right? Legislative Perspectives and Current Practice
Professor Evangelia Koutoupa-Rengakou, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ms Magda Trantallidi, General Secretariat of Adult Education, Greece

Case study: Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities, Järvenpää Training Centre
Special Needs Teacher Minna Sandberg, Järvenpää Training Centre, Finland

Discussant: Professor Peter Jarvis, University of Surrey, UK

18.30 Conference Fair
Exhibition & presentation of posters & information material

19.30 Welcome dinner

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FRIDAY 30 JANUARY, 2009

9.00 Keynote: Competences and the Right to Lifelong Learning. A Critical Alternative Discourse
Professor Peter Mayo, University of Malta

Case study: The Finnish Noste Programme for adults without post-compulsory qualifications
Dr Kirsti Hulkari, Research Centre for Vocational Education, Tampere, Finland

Discussant: Head Coordinator Antra Carlsen, Nordic Network for Adult Learning

10.45 Study visits
1. NYP Business Advisory Centre for immigrants
2. Helsinki Diverse Learners' Association
3. TBC
4. TBC

13.15 Lunch

14.00 Keynote: Participation, Welfare Regime and Life History
Professor Ari Antikainen, University of Joensuu, Finland

Case study: From Learning Hero to Learning Ambassador programme
Ms Ellen Stavlund, Norwegian Association for Adult Learning

Discussant: Ms Mary Claire Halvorson, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

15.45 Coffee

16.15–18.00 Workshops
1. Legislation, entitlements, policy and trends
2. Inclusion, advocacy and empowerment
3. Key transitions across the lifespan

20.00 Dinner

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SATURDAY 31 JANUARY, 2009

9.30 Workshops: Preparing for joint discussion

10.00 Workshop reports and joint discussion
Antti Kauppi, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, Finland
Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen, Editor-in-Chief, LLinE

11.00 Closing words
Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen, Editor-in-Chief, LLinE

11.30 Lunch