Keynote Speakers
Dr. Alan Davis - Keynote SpeakerPresidentKwantlen Polytechnic University
Dr. Judith Harris - Keynote SpeakerInternational RPL Consultant, Adjunct ProfessorThompson Rivers University
Dr. Patrick Werquin - Keynote SpeakerInternational RPL Consultant; Head, OECD Thematic Review on the Recognition of Non-formal and Informal Learning; Professor Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, Paris
Professor Warren Weir
Warren Weir specializes in Aboriginal organization and management, First Nation education, strategic management, and Indigenous community economic development. He has worked for various colleges and universities including Cape Breton University, University of Lethbridge, and Royal Roads University. He was the Department Head of the Administrative Studies programs at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (1990-1997), then Assistant Professor and Director of [...]
Ms. Mona Pielorz
Mona Pielorz is working for the German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning in Bonn and is a doctoral candidate at University of Duisburg/Essen. Currently she is working as analyst and head of the scientific services of the institute, including the preparation of data, statistics and scientific products for the field [...]
Dr. Dianne Conrad
Dr. Dianne Conrad is the Director, Centre for Learning Accreditation at Athabasca University, which is very active in PLAR. In addition to her program development and supervisory responsibilities with regard to the PLAR program, Dr. Conrad has maintained an active research career, with many peer-reviewed publications and presentations to her credit. In 2009, she received [...]
Prof. Ruth Whittaker
Professor Ruth Whittaker is Head of the Centre of Learning Enhancement and Academic Development (GCU LEAD.) Her role includes leading and supporting academic and professional development and enhanced approaches to learning, teaching, assessment underpinned by scholarship and research; providing strategic and academic leadership for implementation of the university’s Widening Participation Strategy, including Articulation, in collaboration [...]
Dr. Linda Cooper
Linda Cooper is an Associate Professor in the Higher and Adult Education Studies Development Unit (HAESDU), in the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She teaches on the Adult Education Programme at UCT and is a past chair of the institution’s Adult Learner Sub-Committee. She has published widely [...]
Dr. Joy Van Kleef
Joy Van Kleef is CEO of the Canadian Institute for Recognizing Learning. She has worked in the field of prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) for over 20 years. Her learning in this field is both academically and experientially based. She has two Masters degrees and a PhD from l’école des hautes études en sciences [...]
Dr. Nan L Travers
Nan L Travers, Ph.D. currently serves as the Director of the Office of Collegewide Academic Review at Empire State College and focuses on the policies and practices of self-designed student degree programs, advanced standing, the assessment of prior college-level learning, and Portfolios. Over the years, Dr. Travers has conducted extensive research in adult learning, including PLA practices [...]
Dr Roslyn Cameron, FAHRI
Dr Roslyn Cameron is a Senior Lecturer in HRM at the School of Management and Marketing at Central Queensland University, Australia. Roslyn is one of the founding Board members of PLIRC and has authored two book chapters on RPL in Australia. She is currently researching the use of ePortfolios for RPL and PR. Ros has [...]
Ms. Helen Pokorny
Helen is the Course Leader for the MA in Higher Education. This is flexible online course in professional development for staff in Higher Education (HE) which provides multiple exit awards and a direct entry route to a Professional Doctorate with extensive opportunities for prior learning credit. Helen is an experienced educational developer with a range [...]
