International conference on e-education

ABU DHABI, APRIL 8, 2001 (WAM)--Abu Dhabi Men's College will hold an international students' conference later this month to allow students to exchange knowledge and experience of e-education. The three-day e-education without borders conference opens on April 22 at the Federal National Council, where Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Habtour, Speaker of the FNC will deliver the welcome address, according to a report in the daily +Gulf News.+ Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of Higher Colleges of Technology will deliver the keynote address. The conference will be attended by academicians and students from countries such as Australia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Jamaica, New Zealand, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UK and the US. Hussam Al Nowais, President of the college's student council and member of the international executive student committee, will speak on global student vision. This will be followed by another speech from Sarah Thorpe, from the Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia, according to the report. WAM-VV