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2008 NMC Summer Conference Program

The 2008 NMC Summer Conference offers attendees an extensive range of sessions and activities from which to choose, including keynote addresses from three outstanding speakers - Diana Oblinger, President, EDUCAUSE, Henry Jenkins, the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Wole Soboyejo, Director of the U.S./Africa Materials Institute, and the Director of the Undergraduate Research Program at The Princeton Institute of Science and Technology Materials; the annual Center of Excellence Awards; Five Minutes of Fame; Poster Sessions judged

Opening Keynote Presentation
Diana Oblinger
CEO & President, EDUCAUSE

Diana Oblinger is the President and CEO of EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education through the use of information technology. The current membership comprises over 2,200 colleges, universities, and education organizations, including 200 corporations. Previously, Oblinger served as EDUCAUSE vice president responsible for the association’s teaching and learning activities and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Adult and Higher Education at North Carolina State University.

2008 NMC Summer Conference - Final Program

Download the complete 2008 NMC Summer Conference Program here!

2008 NMC Summer Conference Call for Proposals

The Call for Proposals for the 2008 NMC Summer Conference opened on January 7, and closed on February 1, 2008. The 2008 NMC Summer Conference is hosted by Princeton University, New Media Center in Princeton, New Jersey.

For complete information about the conference, including full details on travel and accomodations, look to the links to the left or go to the main conference information.

Conference Tracks

This year's program focuses on four key tracks: