Day One 17th March 2010
Developing Innovative, Reliable and Robust Solutions
0930 Opening Plenary Session, Chair: Colin Deal, Examware
Opening Key Note Address and responses will look at the strategic and policy issues underpinning the expansion of e-Assessment and the impact of technology and the need ensure robustness and reliability in e-Assessment delivery
Simon Lebus, Group Chief Executive, Cambridge Assessment
John Winkley, Alphaplus Consulting
Professor Philip John, Heriot Watt University
Coffee break sponsored by Cambridge Assessment 
1110 e-Enabling Assessment and Learning
There are many issues underpinning the expansion of e-Assessment and its role in learning, training, teaching and qualification development. This session examines those issues from standards to technological challenges.
Bob Gomersall, Chair, BTL
Denis Saunders, MD and Founder, Calibrand
Graham Hudson, DRS, ‘QA and regulatory implications of scanning’
1245 Lunch sponsored by DRS (www.drs.co.uk) 
1345 Mobile Telephony, Learning and Assessment Session and Workshop
Convergent technologies and the growth of mobile telephony presents us with some of the most innovative and exciting developments in e-Assessment. This session will look at those developments and provide a hands-on workshop approach to using these emerging technologies
Gavin Cooney, MD, Learnosity
Stuart Jones, Abel Consulting
Tea break sponsored by Cambridge Assessment
1520 Innovation and People
The conference is about innovation and this final session of the day will examine some of the current leading edge projects; those pushing the boundaries of development, challenging old thinking and opening new areas of assessment and work.
Bryan Mathers, MD, Learning Assistant, ‘Maintaining QA in e-portfolios usage’
Linda Steedman MD, eCOM, ‘High Stakes Assessment is it worth the gamble”
Mike Dearing and Andrew Stone, C&G, ‘Simulations: a case study of City & Guilds’ newest assessment’
Prof. Cliff Beevers ‘Update on development of the e-Assessment Association’
1645 Conference Closes
The 2010 AGM of the e-Assessment Association will be held at the end of day one sessions 
Day Two 18th March 2010
Quality, Transparency and Accountability in e-Assessment
0930 Setting the Scene, Chair Kim Catcheside, BBC Radio 4, Education Correspondent
With plenary addresses from Ofqual’s head of regulation policy and AQA main board member this opening day two plenary sessions will look at the impact of e-Assessment on high stakes qualifications, their development and delivery and how they link to classroom and workplace learning.
Julie Swan, Head of Regulatory Policy, Ofqual
Ruth Goddard, Director, AQA
Martin Ripley, 21st Century Assessment
Coffee break sponsored by Cambridge Assessment
1100 Developing Quality in e-Assessment
The challenge for e-Assessment is not just to maintain standards of quality but provide added value and improve both the delivery of assessments and the understanding and perception of those assessments.
Peter Wilson, NIACE
Chris Hedges – Policy Manager, Home Office UK Border Agency
Matthew White – Test Operations Manager, UFI
Geoff Chapman – Director, Calibrand
- “Fit for Purpose Technology – delivering the Life in the UK test.”
John Winkley, Alphaplus Consulting
1240 Lunch sponsored by DRS (www.drs.co.uk)
1330 The Value of e-portfolios in Assessment and Learning - eScape Workshop
eScape is one of the most exciting projects in e-portfolio and e-assessment development. In this extended session we will try to put such developments into the context of using technology to provide more effective, fit-for-purpose and robust 21st century assessment and give delegates the opportunity to see the technology in action.
Richard Kimbell, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Tony Wheeler, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Matt Wingfield and members of the TAG Development eScape Team
Susan McLaren, University of Edinburgh ‘The Scottish Experience with eScape’
Dale Hinch, Edexcel
1545 Closing remarks from Chair
