February 18 2016, 18.45 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
• The Summit to attract global experts from various disciplines
• Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge to deliver Keynote Address
Chennai: Cambridge English Language Assessment and Cambridge University Press, in association with FICCI, are hosting the Cambridge English South Asia partnership Summit on 23 and 24 February 2016 in New Delhi. The summit aims to provide a positive context in which leaders from government, education and business, can share expertise and ideas, and create new partnerships.
T.V. Somanathan, Joint Secretary, Government of India, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Hon.Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge, Saul Nasse, CEO, Cambridge English Language Assessment, Ratnesh Kumar Jha, Managing Director, Cambridge University Press, South Asia and other dignitaries will take part in the summit.
The focus of this summit is to provide a positive context in which the future of education and the skills required to excel in the future are discussed. This summit will provide an opportunity to discuss the core aspects of the transformational power of digital learning, and the association between the public and private sectors. This summit will attract experts from Government, educational institutions, corporate organizations and other policy makers to share ideas, views and opinions, and to build meaningful partnerships.
The summit will include sessions hosted by panels of experts, to explore and discuss four key themes: Teacher Development, Digital Learning, Employability and Research & Innovation.
In addition to the keynote address to be delivered by Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge, the sessions will involve speakers including Professor Ted Briscoe, Professor of Computational Linguistics, University of Cambridge, Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education and Chairman FICCI Skill Development Forum, Professor Gunapala Nanayakkara, Director General, National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka, Dr Nick Saville, Director Research and Thought Leadership, Cambridge English Language Assessment, Ms Angela ffrench, Director of Operations – South Asia, Cambridge English Language Assessment Dr Loveleen Kakker, CEO, Tech Mahindra Foundation, Professor BS Satyanarayanan, Pro Vice Chancellor, BML Munjal University and other global leaders from various disciplines.
The Summit includes a talk by Professor Ted Briscoe, Professor of Computational Linguistics, University of Cambridge on “Using machine learning to transform the language learning landscape”.
For more information and a link to the Live webcast please visit http://ift.tt/1otqP0m.
