The Board will include views represented by thought leaders from the various user segments as well as from education and research. The Advisory Board comprises leaders who are interested in the dialogue with the learning industry and who are prepared to provide input to ELIG priorities and direction.



In particular the Advisory Board will bring access thought leadership, expert feedback on projects or topics under review, input on public policy priorities, input on ELIG's research agenda and market intelligence from the user perspective

Richard Straub, secretary general of ELIG who will Chair the Advisory Board said: "We are fortunate to have this outstanding group as a sounding board for the industry. We will listen carefully to the advice we get and align our industry strategies accordingly. In today's world innovation becomes increasingly co-creation with advanced users - learning and knowledge services are obvious examples for these increasingly open processes."


ELIG's new Advisory Board will complete a realignment of the Group that has focused on ensuring full representation of the knowledge and learning industry value chain. In addition, through a series of strategic partnerships ELIG has aligned itself with a number of key European and Middle East organisations which will further complement its capabilities.


The ELIG Executive Committee:


Michael Auer: Head of the Center of Competence, Online Laboratories, Carinthia University

Roberto Carneiro: Dean, Institute for Distance Learning, Portugal

Pierre Dillenbourg: Professor of Education and New Training Technologies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, EPFL

Jim Herbolich: Director of Networked Services, EFMD

Theo Hug: Professor of Educational Sciences, University of Innsbruck; Coordinator: Innsbruck Media Studies Research Group

Charles Jennings: Director of Duntroon Associates, former Chief Learning Officer, Reuters

Nikitas Kastis: Director, Lambrakis Foundation and President of MENON Network

Mary Mallon: Development Manager, Curriculum Services at C2k

Lutz Michel: Chairman of D-ELAN, Owner & MD MMB Institute for Media and Competence Research

Laura Overton: Managing Director, Towards Maturity

Deniz Saral, PhD: Department Chair of Business & Management Programs, Webster University

Rebecca Stromeyer: Founder and Managing Director, ICWE GmbH

Andras Szucs: Secretary General of the European Distance and eLearning Network

David Worlock: Advisor and program co-chair at Co-chair, Outsell Executive Programs, Founder of EPS.