ICERI2009 took place from 16th to 18th of November, 2009 in Madrid.
It was held in the Convention Centre – MELIA CASTILLA

 

This successful second edition received 600 Attendants from more than 60 countries and every continent.

 

 

WELCOME SPEECH

In the Welcome Speech on Monday 16th we could count with the participation of represented politicians of Madrid, the European Union and Iceri2009 Organizing Committee:

Sra. Dª Carmen Aguilera Lucio-Villegas
Subdirector General of Innovation Programmes
Ministry of Education. Madrid Regional Government

Sr. D. Alberto Alonso Sagredo
Technical Counsellor of the General Direction of Education and Youth
Government Area of Family and Social Services
Madrid City Council

Sr. D. Luis González Jiménez
Responsible for Linguistic Coordination
European Commission Representation in Spain

Sr. D. Antonio García Ricós
Member of ICERI2009 Organising Committee

 

 

PARTICIPATION STATISTICS

 

SESSIONS: ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Seven oral parallel sessions classified per topics included 400 contributions from a large number of professionals from more than 100 Universities organised in the following main tracks in the conference programme:

• Academic Research Projects
• Advanced Classroom Technology and Web Classroom Applications
• Computer based Collaborative Work and e-learning innovations
• Curriculum Design: Strategies, Principles and Challenges
• Education practice trends and issues
• Education, Research and Globalization
• E-learning and Virtual Innovations: Blended Learning
• E-learning Pedagogical strategies and tactics
• E-learning projects and experiences
• Enhancing learning and the undergraduate experience
• Experiences in Assessment of student learning
• Experiences in Higher and Further Education
• Experiences in Primary and Secondary Education
• Experiences in Tutoring and Coaching
• Experiences in University-Industry Cooperation
• Global Issues in Education and Research
• Knowledge Management
• New Challenges in the Higher Education Area
• New Experiences for Curriculum Design
• Quality Assurance and Accreditation
• Research: International projects and innovations
• Research: New Trends and Experiences
• Technologies and Methodologies applied to Education and Research
• Technology, Software and Games in Education and Research
• VLEs and Virtual Environments Innovations

 

 

 

 

In addition, four poster sessions with 135 presentations took place in the Poster Room which permitted to interact with other experts. They included the following topics:

• Education: New Trends and Experiences
• Curriculum Desing, Quality Assurance, University-Industry Cooperation & New Challenges in the HEA
• E-learning and Virtual Innovations
• Technologies and Methodologies applied to Education and Research and Global Issues

 

 

VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS

Virtual Presentation is another type of contribution for people who can not attend in person. All their contributions are also included in ICERI2009 Publications.
ICERI2009 counted with 373 Virtual Presentations.

 

 

 

ICERI2009 PUBLICATIONS

As a result of all the contributions, ICERI2009 produced two publications:

Title: ICERI2009 Abstracts CD ISBN: 978-84-613-2953-3 This CD includes all accepted abstracts at ICERI2009 conference.

Title: ICERI2009 Proceedings CD ISBN: 978-84-613-2955-7 This CD includes all accepted papers at ICERI2009 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 buffets.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS SATISFACTION

 

 

TESTIMONIALS

• “I was impressed by the motivation of appreciation for education by Madrid authorities”
• “In general very well organised, everyone stuck to the timing, great atmosphere and talks!!!”
• “Presentations were well distributed and identified”
• “I learned so much from each presentation and enjoyed networking with the participants”
• “You all did an excellent job putting on this conference. I was extremely impressed and have bragged about this conference to my co-workers”
• “The staff organising the meeting were very helpful and friendly. The tour was very good and the hotel staff/facilities and food were excellent”
• “Congratulations for the excellent organization”
• “ICERI2009 was excellent. I found it very efficiently executed. Congratulations. I have been in University Administration for many years so I am familiar with planning and organization. This is a job well done. I cannot wait for ICERI 2010”
• “One of the best organised conferences I have been to. Could have done with extending to 3 days of programme. Very enjoyable experience overall”
• “This was a first class five star conference and I came away with many ideas regarding the format for other conferences in which I part of the planning process”
• “It was excellent, enjoyable, and very fruitful”
• “A very good organized conference. It is rare to experience that this big conference could be organized so well, Thank you”
• “Great job on the organization and variety of topics presented at the conference. Madrid is a wonderful city and I hope I have the chance to return one day. Thank you”
• “Overall the sessions were very informative”

 

 

 

SOCIAL ACTIVITY

On Wednesday 18th the participants could enjoy the social activity: a touristic guided visit to Madrid visiting the following places:

The tour started at Melia Castilla and briefly stopped at the four new skyscrapers, which are now the highest and most characteristic buildings in town.  The bus will then drove down Paseo de la Castellana, the largest and most important street in Madrid, which divides the city into two parts.  Participants could see the Real Madrid football stadium Santiago Bernabeu, drive up Concha Espina and down the residential part of Serrano, which is also the traditionally expensive shopping street in Madrid.  They were taken to Maria de Molina and Francisco Silvela to see the bullfighting ring “Plaza de las Ventas”.   

The bus drove then down Alcalá until “Plaza de la Independencia”, another landmark in Madrid. They got to see the Retiro Park from the bus, arrive at the Atocha train station, marvel at Neptuno and Cibeles, take Gran Via and enjoy its 19th Century buildings, arrive at Plaza de España and get some fresh air at Plaza de Oriente.  

The walk was focused on small streets and hidden corners of Madrid in the 15th and 16th Century.  It is the Habsburg Madrid, they got to feel how Madrid was so many years ago: its parties, its convents, its soldiers.  They also got a glimpse of Plaza Mayor and Plaza de la Villa.

 

ICERI2009 GENERAL DATA

 Interest Data:

Date: Madrid from 16th to 18th of November, 2009.
Organized by: IATED (International Association of Technology, Education and Development)
Venue: Convention Centre – MELIA CASTILLA
Conference Web: www.iceri2009.org

Participants:

- 400 Oral Presentations
- 135 Poster Presentations
- 373 Virtual Presentations
- 908 Published Contributions (Oral + Poster + Virtual)

- 600 Attendants from 60 countries and every continent
- 915 Participants from 68 countries and every continent (including Virtual Authors)

- More than 100 represented Universities

- 7 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

 

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