As someone who has worked in the educational sector I would urge caution on this topic. It is highly charged and very divisive (which, with the right content and speaker makes for a great Keynote)
I think it is a great topic, but if this is selected I hope we ensure the content is about he opportunities presented to education rather than a specific solution. As pitched this keynote sounds more like a "our platform is great..." rather than a "imagine a world where...". The former is a good use case talk, the latter is a good keynote. Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation On 16 January 2014 00:38, Marcel Offermans <marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl>wrote: > Hello Bertrand, > > On 15 Jan 2014, at 9:21 , Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Marcel Offermans > > <marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl> wrote: > >> ... The keynote is not technical, but instead focusses on how this > platform > >> helps improve the way we teach our children... > > > > I like that - for me the best keynotes are not directly about what we > > do, but help put it in perspective. Looks like this one has the > > potential to do that. > > Exactly, this talk is all about the impact of open source technology and > how it can completely change education. > > >> ...Jurriaan is a Product Manager at PulseOn. He has 15 years of > experience > >> in online product development, management, marketing and sales > >> engineering and a Ph.D. in Computing and Information Sciences.... > > > > You didn't indicate if he's a great speaker, which is kinda required > > for a keynote ;-) > > He is! I thought that was implied. ;) > > Scheduled presentations: > - Speaking on stage (twice) at GEPS 2014 (Microsofts Global Education > Partner Summit, January - Redmond) > - Presenting at BETT 2014 (London) > > Previous presentations, many at conferences - both Scientific and Business. > > Presented at and to practice leaders at business conferences: > - Gartner IT Expo, Forrester Marketing Leadership Forum, Gilbane, > eMarketing Association, > > A selection of scientific presentations at international conferences: > International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based > Application & Services (iiWAS10), Model Driven Web Engineering (MDWE), > International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE), International > Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Application & Services > (iiWAS), IEEE International Conference on Digital Information Management > (ICDIM). > > And presented as part of his professional job to management at many > companies, among them: SCEE PlayStation, SAS, Autodesk, Pitney Bowes, > Mercedes, KPN, SAS, Amtrak, Experian, Affinion, Deloitte > > Greetings, Marcel > >
