LACHEC 2017: Global innovation and entrepreneurship Summit, Medellin, Colombia; Keynote, November 20, 2017
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Conference, Keynotea: Innovating the new Landscape of Educational Opportunity through Digital Learning, Lisbon, Portugal, October 23,2017 l
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal," Inovative Educstion through Digital Learning", Lisbon, Portugal, October 24,2017
American University of Cairo, “Blended Education in Egypt: Opportunities and Challenges"
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/24953/AUC-to-host-blended-learning-panel", Cairo, Egypt, September 2017
The Future of Higher Education Conference;SEMESP and LASPAU, Brazil, keynoe, June 20, 2017
International Society for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), 2015, Keynote: " Digital Learning and the Innovative Transformation of Education", Melbourne, Australia, 17-19 Oct,2015
25th ICDE World Conference, Tianjin, China, Keynote; "New Pathways and Promises for Learning Opportunities", 16-18 October 2013.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - MIT, Symposium on K-12 Online Learning, MIT, January 25-27, 2012, Co-Chair.
IEEE International Conference on Technology Enhanced Education (ICTEE 2012), Amritapuri, Kerala, India, January 3-5, 2012, Co-Chair.
The Center for Public Scholarship at The New School,2th Social Research Conference, The Future of Higher Education, "How New Techologies are Changing the Ways Students Learn", New York, December 9, 2011.
Pacific Network Consortium (PNC) 2010 Annual Conference Keynote presentation," The Open Influence: Towards an Ecology of Abundance", Hong Kong , Dec 2, 2010.
16th International Congress of Distance Education, ABED, Keynote Presentation "Open for Educational Change", Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, September 1, 2010.
Chais Annual Conference, Keynote Presentation, "Technology and the Transformation of Education: New Connections between Content, Curriculum and Community, Open University of Israel, Tel Aviv, February 9, 2010.
Open University of Israel, National Broadcast, "Network Enabled Open Education: Changing the landscape of learning opportunity”, OUI, Tel Aviv, February, 8, 2010.
"Scaling Excellence: the Grand Opportunity of Open Education in India, C-DAC, Hyderabad, India, November 5-6, 2009.
Symposium on Implications and Implementation Strategies for NKC Recommendations on Distributed Educational Opportunity, Open Education Resources for Network enabled Education, IGNOU, Habitat Center, New Delhi, August 20-21, 2009.
Blackboard Developers Conference Keynote, "Towards Blended & Boundary-less Learning Experiences, Washington, DC, July 2009.
Sakai2009, Keynote, "Learning OUTed: Open Ubiquitous Transformational, Cambridge, MA, July 2009.
MACLearning Annual Conference, Keynote Presentation, "Open, A New Deal for Education, MIT, March 27, 2009.
5th GLOBE-NIME seminar "Open, A New Deal for Education”, Keynote Presentation, Tokyo, Japan February 2008.
EADTU, UNESCO, Open Educational Resources for National Development in India, Paris, March 12-13, 2009.
PAN IIT, Technical Education 2020 Session, Keynote presentation, " Educational Technology at MIT", 2008, Madras December 20th, 2008.
The OPEN FORUM, Keynote Presentation, "The Path to Open: Tenets for Institutional Planning in an Era of Open, Palm Springs, CA , November 14, 2008.
IT WorldEdu Summit 2008, "Leadership of educational innovation with ICT support", Barcelona, 30th October 2008.
Open Ed Tech, UoC, Barcelona, November 2008.
Asia-Pacific Leaders Forum on Secondary Education, New Skills for a Global Innovation Society, Panelist: Technology's role in Improving Access and Quality, New Delhi, India, March 24-26, 2008.
Open Learn, Open University, UK, Research Panel, Panel (Moderator), "Opening Up Education: Removing Barriers, Fostering Participation, and Promoting Sustainability, October 30, 2007.
Open Innovation in Education, University of Tokyo August 25, 2007.
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) 2007. Conference, Featured Panel Session, Sydney, Australia, Jul 2-5,2007.
Internet2 Fall 2004 Meeting, Austin, TX, The Role and Value of Advanced Networking in Teaching and Learning, September 28, 2004.
EDUCAUSE 2004, Denver CO "The CMS and Beyond, October 2004.
ALT-C (Association for Learning Technology) Conference, Bristol, U.K., Keynote Presentation, "From Open Resources to Educational Opportunity”, September 2004.
TERENA Networking Conference, 2004, Rhodes, Greece, Keynote Presentation, “From Open Resources to Educational Opportunity, June 9, 2004.
Common Solutions Group Meeting, Harvard University, “Pervasive Computing to Abundant Educational Opportunity at MIT”, September 2004.
EDUCAUSE 2002, Atlanta, Visions for Technology enabled Education
University of Maryland, Open Frameworks for Educational Applications – “Towards a Sustainable Ecology”, June 3, 2002.
University System of Georgia, Open for Education, April 1-2, 2002.
Coalition for Networked Information, Washington D.C., "Infrastructure Strategy for Sustainability and Boundariless Education”, April 15, 2002.
National Competitiveness Network, Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) University of Warwick, England , “MIT's Open Knowledge Initiative”, December 10, 2001.
Telelearning 2001, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, “MIT, the Internet and Educational Entropy,” November 12, 2001.
Harvard-ABCD Group, Transforming Educational Interactions through Technology- the MIT Experiments and Experience, November 21, 2001.
Center for Studies in Higher Education , University Teaching as E-Business? Research and Policy Agendas, October 12, 2001.
Seminars on Academic Computing, Snowmass, CO, “OCW: A Strategy for Educational transformation,” August 5, 2001.
Association for Pacific Rim Universities, Kyoto, Japan ,” Bold Experiments for Launching the Global University”, May 12, 2001.
NASA Langley Research Center, Next Generation Learning Systems, Sustainable Pathways for New Learning Systems, September 21, 2000.
Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley, March 25, 2000, The Challenge of Cyber-Education, “Thinking Globally Acting Locally”.
Distinguished Lecture Series Tata Infotech and IEEE, Mumbai, India, May 3, 1999,The Future of IT in Education.
Common Solutions Group Group, “Information Systems at MIT - An Organizational Perspective”, October 1998, Information Futures Institute.
Educom 98, Emerging Models for Faculty Support.
ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 98, Freiburg, Germany, June 24, 1998.
UCISA, Jersey, U.K., Keynote presentation “Quality, Virtuality and Reality”.
Workshop on Advanced Engineering Education, NASA Engineering Educational Environments for Tomorrow.
CAUSE '97, Current Issues Session on Faculty Support.
Educom - Itech '97.
Seminars on Academic Computing, Snowmass , Colorado, August 1997, “Quality, Virtuality and Reality”.
Syllabus Workshops, Ft. Lauderdale, March 97, Institutional Support Strategies
CAES, Distance Education Conference, MIT, November 1996, “The Reality of Implementing Virtuality”.
Educom96, Philadelphia, “A Slow Revolution Speeds Up -AAHE's Teaching Learning Technology Roundtables.
Syllabus 96, Sonoma State University, July 1996, “Meaningful Support for Technology in Education”.
EDUCOM 95. Portland, Oregon, October 1995
American Association for Higher Education, Annual Conference, Washington D C, March 1995 Technology Seminar at Mount Holyoke.
EDUCOM 94, San Antonio, October 94, “Crafting the New Learning Enterprise: Tales from the Log.”
American Association for Higher Education, Annual Conference, Chicago, March 1994, Successful Teaching in the Brave New world.
NERComp Hypermedia SIG Conference, Mount Holyoke College, March 93, Institutional Strategies.
EDUCOM '92, Baltimore, Maryland, October 29, 1992, Focus on Communities: Can Connectivity Support Community?
EDUCOM '92, Baltimore, Maryland, October 29, 1992, “Valuable & Viable Types of Curricular Software”.
League of Innovation for Community Colleges, San Diego, November 1991, “What Kinds of Software have Influenced the Curriculum: Report from the Valuable, Viable Software Project.”
League of Innovation for Community Colleges, San Diego, November 1991, A "Vision for the Future of Higher Education."
EDUCOM '91, San Diego, October 91, “Moving from Myth to Vision: Educational Uses of Information Technology.
Seminars on Academic Computing, Snowmass Village, Colorado, August 1991, Distance Education Opportunities: “An Ounce of Image IS Worth a Ton of Text.
National Educational Computing Conference, Phoenix, AZ, June 1991, "Two to Tango."
A Bridge to Tomorrow, Third Annual Conference on Emerging Technologies in Education and Training, University of Maine at Augusta, September 1989, Technology Promoting Academic Excellence, Excellent Academics Promoting Technology
New England Regional Computing (NERCOMP), Faculty Development and Academic Computing Seminar, Bryant College, November 1988, “Promoting Technology Use in Educational Environments: The Organizational Focus”.
EDUCOM '88, Campaign for Excellence, Washington, D.C., October 1988, “Technology in Education: Planning Themes and Paradigms.”