As you are all probably aware, the Office of Service-Learning at Lingnan is going to organize the 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on 4th to 7th June 2013 at Lingnan University in Hong Kong and at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. The theme of the conference is “Service-Learning as a Bridge from Local to Global: Connected World, Connected Future”. The conference aims to gather educators, students and service providers from around the world to exchange ideas, and work together for a connected future. More than 400 guests is coming from 18 different countries/regions to discuss the learning outcomes, reflections, research, best practices and the application of our pooled knowledge in different settings of Service-Learning to achieve a better world.

Knowing that you might be too busy to attend the 4^th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning in person, we are pleased to tell you that the following TWO important events will have live broadcast on the web.

Details are as follow:

Event 1: Opening Ceremony (takes place in MBG22)

Date: 5 June 2013

Time: 9:30am-12:00pm

Content: Welcoming speech by the Honourable CHAN Bernard Charnwut, GBS, JP Chairman, The Council of Lingnan University and opening remark by Mr. Eddie NG Hak Kim, SBS, JP, Secretary for Education, HKSAR.

Event 2: Service-Learning Sharing Session (takes place in MBG07)

Date: 6 June 2013

Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Speakers:

 Mr. John SLOSAR, Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific Airways

Prof. Alfred CHAN, Director of Office of Service-Learning at Lingnan University

Prof. Shang-Shing CHOU, Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Fu Jen Catholic University

For the full conference schedule please refer to http://www.ln.edu.hk/osl/conference2013/schedule.html.

How to Join Us?

Simply paste the following link onto your browser:

mms://202.40.202.233/lu_osl_conference

Thank you and we look forward to having your participation at our conference. Let’s create a better world together!

Best Regards,

Office Of Service-Learning
Lingnan University
Hong Kong

Tel: (852) 2616 8178

E-mail: [email protected]

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LingnanOSL