We are happy to report that Professor Michael Osborne has been invited to be a speaker at this year's Global HR Forum in Seoul, Korea at the request of the Korean Ministry of Education. He will contribute an address with the forum's theme of Lifelong Learning in the Centennial Era - For the Happy Third Age.

The organisers have described this session as follows:

The lifelong education system for rapidly aging population is one of the most important issues nowadays as it is turning into a centennial era. Lifelong education programs provide individuals with opportunities to further develop their potentials and skills in order to plan for lives after retirement. In the long run, well-designed lifelong education system will guide social integration and enhanced national competitiveness. The session will introduce some successful cases of other countries, draw new directions for lifelong education policies in our aging society, and explore the ways to improve the education programs to meet the needs of various age groups and social classes.

Full details of this session are as follows:

Lifelong Learning in the Centennial Era - For the Happy Third Age

Date : Nov. 7, 16:00-17:30

Speakers, discussants, and chair

Chair: Unshil Choi, President of National Institute for Lifelong Education, Korea

Presenters:

Arne Carlsen, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) 

Michael Osborne, Director of CRADALL, University of Glasgow, Scotland 

Discussants:

Hee Su Lee, Dean, The Graduate School of HRD, Chung-Ang University, Korea

Jun Sang Han, Professor, Department of Education, Yonsei University, Korea

Details of the 2012 forum are found here