iLearningForum Newsflash iLearning Forum Paris 2008, 4-5 February
In Brief	iLearning Forum Paris 2008: Conference call for contributions Exhibition and sponsoring opportunities
	iLearning Forum Paris 2008
	iLearn Forum Ltd and EIfEL are pleased to invite you to participate  in the third edition of iLearning Forum Paris. The exhibition and conference will take place on Monday 4th February and Tuesday 5th February 2008 at the Palais des Congrès de Paris. The Forum is now the largest international and European eLearning event in France and attracts learning and human resources professionals from all over Europe and worldwide - over 30 countries were represented in 2007. The event is becoming THE annual meeting place for Europe’s community of thinkers, researchers and decision makers involved with lifelong learning. For the 2008 edition, the organisers expect the conference to grow to over 500 delegates, with between 3500 and 5000 visitors to the exhibition. The exhibition will feature a Cyber café, a press lounge, a VIP lounge and a live presentation and demonstrations area with free access for visitors. Paris is the premier conference city in Europe and the world's top visitor destination. Put these dates in your diary now! Registration is now open: http://www.ilearnforum.eu/ilearn2008/registration
	iLearning Forum Conference
	This year’s conference continues to explore leading edge technologies for learning in the 21st century. The event aims to equip learning professionals in both education and training with the means to design and implement digital strategies at the service of all forms of learning: individual and organisational, face to face and at a distance, initial and continuing, professional and personal, formal and informal. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fulup Ar Foll of Sun Microsystems, Daniel Kaplan of Fondation Internet Nouvelle Génération, Serge Ravet of EIFEL.
	Call for Contributions now open
	We invite policy-makers, human resource managers, researchers, trainers, teachers and suppliers of learning technology solutions to submit an abstract of their contributions (500-750 words) by 30 November on the following principal themes: Designing eStrategies for learning organisations Designing learning spaces with advanced learning technologies Supporting lifelong learning and employability Exploiting the full potential of digital identity Improving quality of learning with technologies This event has dedicated plenary presentations and parallel tracks in English and French. For a more detailed description of the themes and to submit a contribution: http://www.ilearnforum.eu/ilearn2008/conference/call-for-contributions
	iLearning Forum Exhibition
	The exhibition is the main international learning technologies event in France, enabling exhibitors to meet decision makers from industry and public services, training and education, recruitment and human resources management and development, looking for learning solutions fit for purpose for the 21st century. Sponsorship, event branding and organisation of presentation/workshop packages are also available. New this year! A serious games event (with David Wortley from the Serious Games Institute) Special session on language learning and testing Call for Interoperability Demonstrations now open: We invite suppliers of learning and human resource technology solutions planning to exhibit at, or sponsor the event, to participate in one of the main interoperability demonstration themes and test the compatibility of your solution: Learning Content interoperability Challenge: Course content interoperability (Scorm), Dynamic Publication (AICC PENS), Digital Repositories (LOM, OAI-PMH, SQI...), Supporting lifelong learning and employability: From eLearning to eHR systems: accreditation of prior learning and experience, competency assessment, CV interoperability and elearning transcript support (HR-XML standards), Exploiting the full potential of digital identity: Interoperability of identities using Identity standards (OpenID, Liberty Alliance, Microsoft Cardspace, Shibboleth, CAS) and social networks (Micro-formats, APIs) For all enquiries about exhibiting and sponsorship, please contact the event director: Sally Ann Moore, tel:             +33 450773188        or email: sally.moore@ilearningforum.eu Free visitor badge and more information at http://www.ilearnforum.eu/ilearn2008/exhibition