ICERI2008 took place in Madrid from 17th to 19th of November, 2008. It was held in the Convention Centre: Meliá Castilla Madrid.

It was a successful first edition, which received 420 Attendants from 63 countries and every continent.

WELCOME SPEECH

In the Welcome Speech on Monday 17^th we could count with the participation of represented politicians of Madrid and the European Union:

Mrs. Carmen Aguilera
The Honourable Subdirector General of Innovation Programmes. Regional Government. Ministry of Education

Mr. José Luis González Vallvé
The Honourable Director of the European Commission Representation in Spain

Mrs. Milagros de la Cruz Potenciano
The Honourable Subdirector General of Education and Youth at the Madrid City Council

Mr. Antonio García Ricós
Member of ICERI2008 Organising Committee

 

PARTICIPATION STATISTICS

Continent	Countries per Continent	%
Africa	5	7%
America	8	12%
Asia	22	33%
Europe	30	45%
Oceania	2	3%

SESSIONS: ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Five oral parallel sessions classified per topics included contributions from a large number of professionals from more than 100 Universities organised in the following main tracks in the conference programme:

• Global Issues in Education and Research
• Education: New Trends and Experiences
• Research: New Trends and Experiences
• New Challenges in the Higher Education Area: Internationalisation and Globalisation
• E-learning and Virtual Innovations
• Technologies and Methodologies applied to Education and Research
• Technology, Software and Games in Education and Research
• Quality Assurance and Accreditation
• Curriculum Design
• Experiences in University-Industry Cooperation

In addition, four poster sessions with 85 presentations took place in the Poster Hall which permitted to interact with other attendants. They included these topics:

• Education: New Trends and Experiences
• Research: New Trends and Experiences
• E-learning and Virtual Innovations
• Quality Assurance, Curriculum Design and Global Issues in Education and Research.

VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS

There is also a third type of presentation for people who can not attend in person: the Virtual Presentation. All these participants receive all the certificates and documents after the Conference. All their contributions are also included in ICERI2008 Publications.

ICERI2008 counted with 225 Virtual Presentations.

ICERI2008 PUBLICATIONS

As a result of all the contributions, ICERI2008 produced two publications:

Title: ICERI 2008 Abstracts CD
ISBN: 978-84-612-5367-8

This CD includes all accepted abstracts at ICERI 2008 conference.

Title: ICERI 2008 Proceedings
ISBN: 978-84-612-5091-2

This CD includes all accepted papers at ICERI 2008 conference.

COFFEES AND COCKTAILS

During the two days of the Conference attendants could enjoy of a wide variety of typical Spanish food in the coffees and cocktails offered.

INTERNET ACCESS POINT

An Internet Access Point with 5 computers was available for the attendants to make their work easier during Conference days.

PARTICIPANTS SATISFACTION

 

 

TESTIMONIALS

• “Everyone and everything was well planned and organized. Very well done!”
• “Once again an excellent conference.  Staff at Melia Castilla was very welcoming and professional.  Conference staff very helpful.  No problems”
• “Excellent!”
• “The good thing of this conference is the mix of different disciplines”
• “The events were well scheduled and ran on time”
• “The sessions were extremely interesting and resource”
• “The presentations have been of very good quality and raised the interest of the attending persons”
• “Second IATED conference that I have attended. Impressed, once again, with organization.  You have put a lot of hard work into this conference and this showed in the smooth running of the event.  Congratulations on an excellent event”

SOCIAL ACTIVITY

On Wednesday 19th the participants could enjoy the social activity: a touristic guided visit to Madrid: the Historical Austria’s Walk and a panoramic tour by bus.

The panoramic visit by bus followed this itinerary:

• Paseo de la Castellana
• Goya
• Bullfighting ring
• Puerta de Alcalá
• Retiro Park
• Atocha
• Paseo del Prado
• Prado Museum
• Neptuno
• Cibeles Fountain
• Royal Palace
• Puerta de Toledo
• Gran Vía
• Spain Square
• Oriente Square

The walking tour enabled the participants to visit the old and historical part of Madrid by foot, starting from Oriente Square (Royal Palace), continuing to San Francisco el Grande Church, Descalzas Monastry, Madrid Consistory, Mayor Street, Cava Baja and Puerta del Sol.

ICERI2008 GENERAL DATA

Interest Data:

Date: Madrid from 17^th to 19^th of November, 2008.

Organized by: IATED (International Association of Technology, Education and Development)

Venue: Convention Centre - MELIA CASTILLA MADRID
Conference Web: www.iated.org/iceri2008

Participants:

- 310 Oral Presentations
- 85 Poster Presentations
- 225 Virtual Presentations

- 640 Published Contributions (Oral + Poster + Virtual)

- 420 Attendants from 63 countries and every continent

- 639 Participants from 67 countries and every continent (including Virtual Authors)

- More than 100 represented Universities

- 5 Oral Parallel Sessions classified per topics

- 4 Poster Sessions: Morning and Afternoon

Thanks to everybody for having contributed to this fruitful conference, enriching it with the diversity of the topics and the quality of the contributions

www.iated.org/iceri2008