As chief executive officer for Blackboard Inc., Michael Chasen has provided the leadership to take Blackboard from a start-up company with just one product to a publicly held company offering five software applications bundled in two suites. His expertise managing fast growth Internet software companies coupled with a passion to enhance education through technology has been critical to Blackboard's success.
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Keynote Presentation - Blackboard - WebCT Merger Town Hall Meeting

Karen Gage joins the Blackboard executive team as vice president of the Blackboard Beyond Initiative, a key initiative by the company to focus on the next phase of e-Learning. As director of this effort, Ms. Gage oversees a dedicated team in launching a series of Web properties that connect the institutions, faculty, and students who use Blackboard worldwide across education segments and disciplines. Ms. Gage comes to Blackboard with over ten years of experience working in the high technology sector.
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Keynote Presentation - Blackboard - WebCT Merger Town Hall Meeting

R.J. Clougherty Jr. is the Director of the Institute for Technological Scholarship, the Tennessee Advanced Computing Technologies Institute, and The Web Design Program at Tennessee Tech U where he is also a Professor of English. His research specialty is Semiotics. He is a Fulbright Scholar whose work has been translated into four languages.
Keynote Presentation - The Future's So Bright We Gotta Wear Shades!
Workshop - Tablet PCs, Elluminate and WebCT

For over 20 years, Audrey has run a private studio that specializes in teaching theory. She has also taught theory and vocal skills classes at the U of Saskatchewan and in a variety of conservatory and summer program settings. She is also active as a free-lance pianist, accompanist,  and substitute organist here in Saskatoon. She completed the Masters degree in 2004. Audrey teaches Music 101 at the U of Saskatchewan which is the only full three credit Music Theory Fundamentals class offered completely online in Canada and in North America.
Presenting: But will it Get Me to Carnegie Hall?

Bonita has 19 years of teaching and training in various environments, and has offered games workshops at numerous international conferences. She also teaches a fully online credit course on advanced interactivities, games and simulations for U of Calgary. She taught history and women's studies at the U of British Columbia and then moved to WebCT where she was a Senior Instructor, delivering workshops to post-secondary institutions in the US, Canada and overseas. Bonita holds a BA and MA from the U of Victoria and has recently received a Certificate in Accessible Technology.  Bonita is also an Associate Researcher with the SAGE Project.
Presenting:
(A)mazing Interactive Learning to Promote Student Safety
Active learning and the use of web-based interactive tools in undergraduate education
Workshop - (A)mazing Mazes and Advanced Interactives, Games and Sims

Bob Boufford

Maisie Caines is the Faculty Development Specialist at College of the North Atlantic, Newfoundland, Canada.  She collaborates with eight other team members in the research, development and demonstration of technology in online learning. Maisie has been teaching online since 1997 and was one of the first Certified WebCT Trainers in Canada.   Maisie is one of the principal investigators of the WebCT Exemplary Course Project that has been researching and showcasing best practices in online course design and delivery since 2000.  She holds a Master of Arts in Distributed Learning from Royal Roads U, Victoria, British Columbia.
Hosting:
Delegate Forum on program development, faculty development and distributed learning models
Communities of Practice: From Hyperlinks to Human Links

Darren Cannell

Darren Cannell is the project leader of the Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School (3368 webct students), and the author of Teaching and Developing Online Blog and the Blackboard and WebCt are one Blog.  He is a WebCT certified expert and certified senior trainer, who has two physical education degrees and taught art for twenty years.  He has won the 2005 Educator of Distinction award, and the 2005 Innovation award in Education.With that background he might have nothing to say or he might.
Presenting: You Are Using WebCT to Do What?

Dr. JoAnne Davies is the Manager of E-Learning in the U of Alberta’s central Academic Information and Communication Technologies (AICT) department. In this capacity she provides campus leadership in the planning and delivery of e-learning services including systems design, technical support, and professional development. Prior to her current position, Dr. Davies spent 10 years in the Faculty of Education at the U of Alberta. She coordinated the Faculty’s Technology Professional Development (Tech PD) program, facilitating the integration of information and communication technologies in teaching, research, administration, and other professional activities. Dr. Davies also taught Instructional Technology and Educational Research Methods courses for the Faculty of Education, including undergraduate and graduate courses, large and small class sizes, in traditional face-to-face, distance/online and blended learning environments.
Presenting: Communities of Practice: From Hyperlinks to Human Links

Beverley has been working at the Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE since 1997 and currently works as both a member of the Business Faculty and as an Educational Technologist. Prior to working at the HCT, Beverley was a Channel Marketing Manager at Vodafone's Head Office in the UK, where she launched an innovative distance learning programme for more than 3000 students across the UK.
Presenting: "Learn", "Teach", "Assess", "Communicate" and "Support": A discussion on the design and development of a 5-element, WebCT-based learning and teaching framework and the various challenges inherent in its implementation.

Maureen Engel is Instructional Technology Specialist at the Arts Resource Centre (ARC) in the Faculty of Arts at the U of Alberta.  In this capacity, she is responsible for facilitating the integration of technology into teaching across the Faculty, primarily in a blended environment.  In addition to her responsibilities at ARC, she also teaches in the Department of English and Film Studies where she has recently taught a course on Literary Computing. Her research interests include emergent collaborative forms of online communication and their implications and applications to teaching, reading, and writing.
Hosting: Communities of Practice: From Hyperlinks to Human Links
Workshop - Out of the Box: Alternative Assessment Strategies

Angela is the principal instructional support technologist in the Arts ISIT department at the U of British Columbia. She is the primary WebCT faculty support contact, and through this capacity, is dedicated to expanding the use of online learning tools within academia. Additionally, this expansion has been facilitated by her devotion to teaching students, faculty and staff.
Presenting: Integrating media-rich presentations into WebCT to enhance teaching and learning

Akil is currently involved in a number of projects at the leading edge of federated repository implementation and research. His diverse background gives him a unique perspective on the challenges and apps we will all shortly face.
Presenting: State of the Object Address:  Many Models for Object Repositories

Before joining the U of Alberta as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2006, Andreas Strotmann was a member of the Steering Committee of the Web Advanced Learning Technology project, a two-year, 2.5 Mio EUR project funded by the European Union to develop software to support effective multi-lingual and multi-cultural delivery of high-quality mathematical educational content. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from The Florida State U, and received a Diploma (Master's) degree in Mathematics from the U of Cologne, Germany, where he worked as a staff scientist of the academic computing center for many years before coming to Edmonton. He has been an acknowledged contributor to the World Wide Web Consortium's MathML Recommendation for many years.
Presenting: Multilingual delivery of language-independent mathematics teaching materials

Stephanie Taylor is an Instructional Support Technologist and the WebCT Administrator for Keyano College. She is a certified Instructional Designer and as such is a distance education and videoconference resource for the College. Stephanie sits on the Keyano College Distance Education Committee and is a Lead Developer for eCampusAlberta. She provides workshops and training for faculty and staff as a part of the Keyano College “Spring Training” and “Professional Educators Orientation” annual offerings. Stephanie is also the Project Manager for the WebCT CE 4.1 to 6.0 Migration Project.
Presenting: Inspired WebCT Development

Kevin joined the U of Alberta in September 1983 as a Control Clerk in the Computing Center, moving from that position to Electronics Technician and then Novell Support Analyst.  For the past 12 years, Kevin has been involved with networks at the U of Alberta, working as a Network analyst for the Labs team, Network analyst for the Network Operations Team, and Team Leader for the Network Operations team. Kevin is now the Manager for Voice, Data and Cabling Services.
Presenting: Through the Wire - E-Learning and the network

Scott Baily is an Engagement Manager at WebCT, a Blackboard Company. Scott started at WebCT in 2000 after graduating from U of British Columbia with a B.Sc. In his 6 years with WebCT, Scott has been a Premium Support Specialist and a WebCT Consultant working with domestic and international institutions. Scott’s current role in the Professional Services Organization is focused on providing service solutions for institutions implementing WebCT Campus Edition and Vista.

Jim has spent more than 20 years working with computing technologies in a variety of roles. He is presently the manager of information technology and facilities at the Faculty of Extension where he looks after computing systems, coordinates administrative efforts with central services, and helps Extension's programming units with e-learning initiatives and the use of technology in teaching. Jim is currently completing a Master's Degree in Education specializing in instructional technology. Prior to joining the U of Alberta, Jim taught Microsoft and Novell technical courses for seven years in private industry.
Presenting: Podcasting: How to become an "Audio File" in 10 Easy Steps

Jim Boyes

Mavis Leung, E-Learning Professional Development Specialist Originally from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Mavis is the newest addition to AICT's E-Learning Services Group.  Prior to coming to AICT, she worked as a WebCT Course Designer for Canmosun College, an IT Trainer for the U of Saskatchewan and a WebCT Administrator for the U of Victoria.  She has extensive experiences in administrating a WebCT server and training delivery in various subjects including Dreamweaver, SCT Banner and Luminis, MS Office, and WebCT. Currently pursuing a Master degree in Distance Education, Mavis has a BSc from the U of Victoria.
Presenting: Creating Clean, Lean, Mean HTML Files

Gregory Romaniuk was a faculty member with the U of Nevada, Reno where he provided faculty and student support in effectively using educational technologies. Prior to working with UNR, Gregory was an Educational Technology Facilitator with Grant MacEwan College. As well, Gregory has taught with the Parkland School Division, and consulted with several school boards in the Edmonton area concerning the use of technology in teaching. Gregory holds a BEd (Secondary Education), and an MEd (Educational Psychology, specializing in Instructional Technology).
Presenting: Podcasting: How to Become an "Audio File" in 10 Easy Steps