7th Annual I*EARN Conference & 4th Annual Youth Summit
Beijing, China - July 2000
The 7th Annual I*EARN Conference and 4th Annual I*EARN Youth Summit were held from July 10-16, 2000 in Beijing, China. This was the first time that the annual I*EARN conference was held on the Asian continent. The I*EARN-CHINA Team welcomed almost 500 delegates from 62 countries to the capital of the Middle Kingdom. Please visit the conference photo gallery.
The Conference was opened by the Vice-Mayor of Beijing. We were very pleased to have Dr. Chang-Lin Tien, former Chancellor of the University of California-Berkeley present one of the morning keynote presentations. Another scheduled keynote presentation was by Edwin Judd, UNICEF Area Representative for China and Mongolia. Mr. Judd's presentation is available on the WWW: http://www.iearn.org/judd.html
The 7th Annual I*EARN Conference had a beneficial impact on Chinese education in general. China has a fifth of the world's population and through I*EARN we brought the world outside to the largest population of youth in the world. With a number of Chinese educators attending our Beijing conference, I*EARN became the model for not only how to utilize modern technology in education, but also how to harness the hearts and spirits of youth to make this world a better place. At the completion of the conference, the 2001 I*EARN Conference site in Cape Town, South Africa was presented by Penny Busetto, Delegate from I*EARN-South Africa.
WORKSHOP PRESENTERS:A partial list of workshops which were presented at the conference is at: http://www.iearn.online.edu.cn/program.htm. Click on "Workshops" on the left.
The Conference was at the China Hall of Science & Technology. Conference participants stayed in guest rooms within the Hall of Science & Technology.
Beijing is a city with over 3000 years' history and has many fascinating places of interest. It is the heart of a vast and ancient country. Here are a sample of things participants experienced in Beijing:
Historical Sites and Temples: The Forbidden City; The Great Wall; The Summer
Palace; The Temple of Heaven; and much more
Cultural Activities: Peking Opera; Traditional Chinese Music; Chinese Acrobatics;
Traditional Painting and Calligraphy; and much more
Food & Shopping: Imagine the Chinese Cuisine and the shopping for silks
and antiques
Visit schools and meet students and teachers
I*EARN teamed up with the China People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) to organize the conference, in partnership with the Chinese Ministry of Education.
For more information about I*EARN service-related projects, directly involving Chinese youth, see:
