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MARCH 21, 2001.  University of East London, Docklands (U.K.)
A European team, headed by Germany, with Denmark, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom, is currently investigating the kinds of skills, experience and competences that immigrant and refugee women may bring to their new coutnries, principally through interviews with over a hundred women.  The conference will be of interest to guidance practitioners, providers of education and training, immigrant and refugee organizations and policy makers.  For further details, contact Pamela at pamela.clayton@ntlworld.com.  To be put on the conference email list, contact admin@bridgeportproject.co.uk.
 

ABSEL 2000:  LEARNING IN AND FOR THE FUTURE

http://www.towson.edu/~absel/Conference/Savannah2000/savannah2000_call.html
March 29 - April 1, 2000.  Savannah, Georgia (USA)
The theme will be: Learning in and for the Future.  You are invited to submit proposals for workshops, interactive sessions, panel or roundtable discussions, demonstrations, and traditional papers. There will be two tracks: EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISES and SIMULATIONS. Appropriate topics would include the design, development, application, or evaluation of these tools for learning, research, or assessment. Sessions that provide for interactive participation are encouraged.
 
 

ASSESSMENT AS EVIDENCE OF LEARNING: SERVING STUDENT AND SOCIETY

http://www.aahe.org/assessment/1999/1999_intro.htm
June 13 - 16, 1999.  Denver, Colorado (USA)
The American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Assessment Conference is the premier national and international gathering of assessment practitioners and policymakers. Each year since 1985, more than 1,000 faculty members, administrators, researchers, and other higher education stakeholders have met in June to learn and share the latest developments in assessment.
 

CAEL 2000 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, A NEW ERA OF LEARNING (2000) UPCOMING CONFERENCE

http://www.cael.org/confwork/2000%20Conference/callforproposals.htm
November 2000.  Seattle, Washington (USA)
Proposal Deadline: February 15, 2000
The CAEL 2000 International Conference will present plenary sessions and approximately 40 separate workshops will focus on the conference’s central theme and will highlight key issues in: Learning Assessment, Workforce Development, Adult Learner Services, Learning and Technology, Public Policy and Adult Learning, Experiential Learning, and Special Topics such as cross-cultural and international contexts for adult-learning, learning for the third age, gender issues and community collaboratives for lifelong learning.
Conference Proposal Sheet: http://www.cael.org/confwork/2000%20Conference/proposform.htm
Contact: Sarah Krone (skrone@cael.org)
 

CAEL 1999 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

http://www.cael.org/confwork/Default.htm
November 11-13, 1999.  Seattle, Washington (USA)
"Building the Future Through Learning". This 25th Anniversary event will feature special recognition events in honor of the many people and institutions that have made CAEL the outstanding adult learning resource that we are today.
Post-conference proceedings will soon be available at: http://www.cael.org/confwork/postcon.htm
 

7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING (ICEL 2000)

http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/adult-ed/icel2000.htm
http://www.advantage2you.com/ICEL-NZ/
November 30 to December 3, 2000.  Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, Aotearoa/New
Zealand.
The conference theme will be "Bringing the outside inside: Experiential learning as the mainstream for the third millennium". The conference will be held from December 4 to 8, following on from the Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association for Research
in Education, which will be held from November 30 to December 3. 
ICEL 2000 Mailing List: http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/adult-ed/icelmail.htm
Conference Co-ordinator: Nena Benton
E-mail: nena.benton@waikato.ac.nz
 

6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING (ICEL 1998)

http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/adult-ed/icel1998.htm
July 2-5, 1998.  Tampere, Finland.
The venue was the Tampere Hall, a congress centre near the university in the centre of the city. The conference theme was entitled Experiential Learning in the context of lifelong education.
List of abstracts of papers and workshops:http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/adult-ed/1998abst.htm
 

5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING (ICEL 1996)

http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/adult-ed/icel1996.htm
July 1-6, 1996.  Cape Town, South Africa.
The conference theme was "Reconstruction and Development: Experiential Learning in a
Global Context".  The conference sustained the momentum and engagement of the previous four conferences held in London (United Kingdom, 1987), Sydney (Australia, 1989), Pondicherry (India, 1992) and Washington DC (United States of America, 1994).
List of abstracts of papers and workshops:http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/adult-ed/1996abst.htm