Time |
Content |
Place |
09£º00¡«
22£º00 |
Registration |
Saixiang Hotel
Front hall on the first floor |
12£º00¡«
13£º30 |
Buffet Lunch |
Saixiang Hotel
Cafeteria on the first floor |
14£º00¡«
16£º00 |
AAOU Executive Board Meeting |
Saixiang Hotel
Hai He hall on the 3rd floor |
16£º00¡«
16£º30 |
Tea Time |
Saixiang Hotel
Garden hall on the 3rd floor |
16£º30¡«
17£º30 |
AAOU General Board Meeting |
Saixiang Hotel
Hai He hall on the 3rd floor |
14£º00¡«
17£º00 |
Poster Presentation & AAOU Culture Show |
Saixiang Hotel
Conference hall and Lobby on the 3rd floor |
18£º30¡«
19£º30 |
Opening Ceremony |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
19£º30¡«
21£º00 |
Welcome Dinner Banquet & AAOU Night |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
Time |
Content |
Place |
09£º00¡«
22£º00 |
Registration for unregistered delegates |
Saixiang Hotel
Front hall on the first floor |
08£º30¡«
09£º15 |
Keynote Speech 1
Title: New trends and challenges for internet use in Asian distance education
Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Atwi Suparman
President of the AAOU
Rector of Universities Terbuka in Indonesia |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
09£º15¡«
10£º00 |
Keynote Speech 2
Title£ºThe Future is now: Open and Distance Higher Education Today
Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Frits Pannekoek
President of ICDE
President of Athabasca University in Canada |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
10£º00¡«
10£º30 |
Tea time |
Saixiang Hotel
Garden hall on the 3rd floor |
10£º30¡«
11£º15 |
Keynote Speech 3
Title: Distance Education Across Borders
Keynote Speaker:
Sir John Daniel
President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning |
Saixiang hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
11£º15¡«
12£º00 |
Keynote Speech 4
Title: Mission of Open University: China Perspective
Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Daokai Ge
Former President of the AAOU
President of CCRTVU |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
12£º00¡«
13£º30 |
Buffet Lunch
Due to the short break time, participants living in Hongbaoshi Hotel and Tiancai Hotel could have a rest after lunch at the cafeteria on the first floor of Saixiang Hotel. |
Saixiang Hotel
Cafeteria on the first floor |
14£º00¡«
14£º45 |
Keynote Speech 5
Title: New Trends in Lifelong Learning and Distance Education in Light of the Japanese Experience
Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Hiromitsu Ishi
President of The Open University of Japan |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
14£º45¡«
15£º30 |
Keynote Speech 6
Title: Open Education Resources¡ªConcept, Status and Frontier
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Fun-Den Wang
Chairman and President of IET Foundation and IET, Inc
Chairman of China Open Resources for Education
Honorary Professor of Colorado School of Mines in U.S.A |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
15£º30¡«
16£º00 |
Tea time |
Saixiang Hotel
Garden hall on the 3rd floor |
16£º00¡«
16£º45 |
Keynote Speech 7
Title: Facilitating Experiential and Existential Learning Through Distance Education
Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Peter Jarvis
University of Surrey
Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
16£º50¡«
17£º30 |
Conference Exchange Speeches:
1. Prof. Anuwa Ali, President of The Open University Malaysia (20 mins.)
2. Prof. Yan Bing, Vice-president of CCRTVU, Director of NCODE (20 mins.) |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
17£º30¡«
18£º45 |
Due to the short break time, participants living in Hongbaoshi Hotel and Tiancai Hotel could have a rest after dinner at the cafeteria on the first floor of Saixiang Hotel. |
Saixiang Hotel
First floor |
18£º45¡«
21£º00 |
Dinner Banquet by Tianjin Municipal Education Commission |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
Oct. 16. 2008(Thursday)
Time |
Content |
Place |
09£º00¡«
12£º00 |
Registration for unregistered delegates |
Saixiang Hotel
Front hall on the first floor |
08£º20¡«
12£º45 |
Parallel Seminars: English Group Chinese Group
|
8 parallel seminar rooms on the 3rd and the 2nd floor of Saixiang Hotel |
12£º45¡«
13£º50 |
Buffet Lunch
Due to the short break time, participants living in Hongbaoshi Hotel and Tiancai Hotel could have a rest after dinner at the cafeteria on the first floor of Saixiang Hotel. |
Saixiang Hotel
Cafeteria on the first floor |
14£º00¡«
17£º00 |
Closing Ceremony and Awards Presentation |
Saixiang Hotel
Main conference hall on the 3rd floor |
17£º10¡«
18£º30 |
Buffet Dinner |
Saixiang Hotel
Cafeteria |
19£º30¡« |
Performance Show |
Tianjin Zhonghua Theater |
Oct. 17. 2008(Friday)
| The Organizing Committee of AAOU Annual Conference chooses Tianjin Saixiang Hotel, Tianjin Xinmao Tiancai Hotel and Tianjin Hongbaoshi Hotel as the conference hotels. The conference venue is set in Tianjin Saixiang hotel. |
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Hotel |
Hotel Standard |
Room Type |
Room Price
( per room per night) |
Hotel Address |
The distance to the conference Center |
Tianjin Saixiang Hotel |
Five-star Hotel |
Deluxe Double Room |
RMB 600
About $ 85 |
No.8 Meiyuan Road,
Huanyuan Industry Zone,
Nankai District, Tianjin, China
tel: 022-23768888
|
Conference Venue |
Deluxe Single
Room |
RMB 560
About $ 80 |
Xinmao Tiancai
Hotel |
Four-star Hotel |
Standard Double Room |
RMB 400
About $ 57 |
No.1 Rongyuan Road,
Huayuan Industry Zone,
Nankai District, Tianjin, China |
15 minutes¡¯ walk |
Hongbaoshi Hotel |
Three-star Hotel |
Standard Double Room |
RMB 300
About $ 42 |
No. 208 Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, China |
15 minutes¡¯ walk |
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| Saixiang Hotel is the hotel served for foreign guests. Saixiang Hotel and Xinmao Tiancai Hotel are the hotels served for domestic guests. Hongbaoshi Hotel is the hotel served for defined delegates, part of the domestic delegates and administrative staff of the conference. |
| £¨See the hotel sketch map£© |
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| Beijing and Tianjin international airport are international airports connecting the main cities all over the world. It takes 210 mins from Beijing airport to Tianjin Saixiang Hotel with the journey of about 170 km, and it takes 60 minutes from Tianjin airport to Tianjin Saixiang Hotel with the journey of about 40km. In order to provide convenience for the participants, the conference service group will set AAOU reception center at the hall of terminal building in both Beijing and Tianjin airport. The arrival participants by air could wait at the reception center till we take you to Saixiang Hotel for registration. ( Contact Way for Pick up Service ) |
| The conference service group will not provide pick up service at railway stations. The participants who will arrive at Tianjin railway station (East station) could go to Saixiang Hotel by taxi or bus. It is needed to transfer bus from Tianjin railway station to Saixiang hotel, the routes are as follows£º |
Route 1
Starting from Tianjin railway station ¡ú taking Bus No.50 bus (Tianjin railway station-Wangdingdi) to Infectious Disease Hospital ¡ú transferring to Bus No.911 or No.700 bus ¡ú getting off at the stop of New Technology Industrial Zone ¡ú walking 300m to arrive at Saixiang Hotel |
Route 2
Starting from Tianjin railway station ¡ú taking No.50 bus (Tianjin railway station-Wangdingdi) to Wangdingdi overpass ¡ú transferring to Bus No.609 bus ¡ú getting off at the stop of Meiyuan road ¡ú walking 40m to arrive at Saixiang Hotel |
| The participants who arrive at Tianjin railway station (West railway station) could go to Saixiang Hotel by taxi or bus. It is needed to transfer bus from Tianjin west railway station to Saixiang hotel, the route is as follows: |
Route
Starting from Tianjin west railway station ¡ú taking Bus No.52 (Tianjin west railway station) to Infectious Disease Hospital ¡ú transferring to Bus No.911 or No.700 bus ¡ú getting off at the stop of New Technology Industrial Zone ¡ú walking 300m to arrive at Saixiang Hotel |
| After arriving at Saixiang hotel, please go to the AAOU service center to go through the procedures of conference registration. According to the regulations, participants who have not paid registration fees, please settle it as required. And then take the conference materials, such as Conference Guide, etc. In the bag for each delegate, a Traffic Map is prepared to facilitate your trip in Tianjin. |
| After going through registration procedures, the conference delegates will be respectively ushered by the attendants to their hotels, Saixiang hotel, Xinmao Tiancai Hotel or Hongbaoshi Hotel. Please check-in and pay accommodation fees at the hotel service center. |
| If you encounter any problems in the hotel, please contact the hotel service center. If there are any difficulties, do not hesitate to contact our conference receptionists. We will provide 24-hour service for you. The information of liaison persons and contact phone numbers for foreign and domestic guests will be posted on the website before Oct. 10th.Please check the needed information in time. |
| Delegates, who need to book return air tickets and train tickets, please consult the hotel service center or conference receptionists in advance. For the ones who have already bought return air tickets, please make confirmation as early as possible or ask the hotel service center to handle it. |
| From Oct.14th to 18th, we will offer free transportation for your arrival and departure. Please confirm your departure time and place at registration. |
| Regarding the specific receptionists, contact phones, etc., the organizing committee will issued them on the website, please check the needed information in time. Please wait in the Hotel hall ahead of notified time; we will arrange cars to see you off. If you move up or postpone your departure time for special reasons, please inform the staff of the conference and we will arrange cars to take you to the airport or train station. |
During the conference, we will provide pick up and returning service for the delegates who live in Xinmao Hotel and Hongbaoshi Hotel according to the conference schedule.
Pick up time: 7:30 a.m
Returning time: 21:00 p.m
The rest of the time: Self-arrangement |
| The delegates, who choose to take trips on Oct. 17th offered by travel agency, please register with the staff of the travel agency when going through conference registration procedures. |
- The working languages for the annual conference are English and Chinese.
- Saixiang Hotel will provide the service of foreign currency exchange. The guests could exchange their foreign currency into RMB. Besides, the ATM of Bank of China is set for guests who will use credit cards to withdraw money.
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Types of credit cards and foreign currency in Saixiang Hotel
| Types of currency |
Types of credit card |
USD |
American Express |
EUR |
Master Card |
JPY |
Diners Card |
HKD |
Visa Card |
AUD |
JCB |
CHF |
Great Wall Card |
GBP |
Peony Card |
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- Weather in October in Tianjin is invigorating and pleasant with average temperature of 15¡æ, which is the best time to visit, travel and participate in conference activities.
- Traffic: Near Saixiang hotel, there are Bus No.849, No.609, No.872, No.608, which lead to downtown. Taxi service is also available.
- Emergency phone numbers: First aid; 120 Fire alarm; 119 Police; 110
- Insurance and emergency: The Conference Organizing Committee will not be responsible for medical expenses, traffic accidents, money loss or other occurrences. We suggest the participants make self-arrangement for insurance that they regard necessary.
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