Dr Phillip  Long
Senior Strategist for Acad. Computing & Dir. of Learning Outreach for iCampus
MIT

Phillip Long is a Senior Strategist for the Academic Computing Enterprise at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He provides direction in applying MIT Information System resources to support the development and integration of educational technology into the academic environment. As a member of the Open Knowledge Initiative leadership team, a project to develop an open source software development environment for online instruction, he coordinates the Educational Activities and Learning Practices workgroup, and manages OKI outreach activities. He also directs the CrossTalk faculty c. He serves on various advisory boards and professional committees. He has shared his knowledge and expertise at numerous conferences and through many invited presentations.

Dr Kenn Fisher
Director, Learning Futures, Rubida Research Pty Ltd

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Associate Professor Kenn Fisher is recognised as one of the leading learning environment specialists practising internationally. Kenn is a consultant to the OECD (where he held the post of Head of the Program on Educational Building in Paris in 1997/8) and currently practises in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. For 30 years he has been engaged in all education sectors as a teacher and researcher, a strategic facility and campus planner and as a project, facility and design manager. He has a particular research interest in the' pedagogy of space'.


Dr Peter Jamieson
Policy Adviser to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Peter Jamieson is an educator and has extensive experience in the design and development of new learning environments in higher education. He has created a range of new spaces in libraries and classroom settings with an emphasis on collaborative learning environments. He often creates the original spatial design and operational brief for a new learning environment and conducts professional development programs for teachers using the new space. Peter has undertaken this work at numerous institutions including RMIT, Monash and University of Queensland.