Macadam-MixTalent Conference – Autumn 2008 Letter of Recommandation by Prof. Spies, on behalf of the organizing committee
	Contact email: greetmeesen@macadam.nl

Two-day conference on Professional eLearning Development

Central Theme:

Durable eLearning for Students with Physical Challenges & Medical Needs

April 2007

Dear Sir, Madam

Autumn 2008 - the Macadam Web Studio will organize a conference in Diemen, The Netherlands, on eLearning for children and youngsters with severe handicaps and longterm illnesses. The participants will be some 50 teachers and attendants from different European and non-European countries.

Durable eLearning is eLearning experience on the basis of web-based programs, providing elearning experiences on which students may also draw later in their lives. The purpose of the conference is to offer a discussion platform for experiences and perspectives.

Since most hospital schools and facilities for special education greatly depend on donations, the organizing committee is seeking to present a fully subsidized conference, so as to cover all conference costs incurred by the participants.

The organizing committee would be very happy if your own organization could support this initiative with a financial contribution. For your information I include a short paper on the history and aims of Macadam, as well as the conference programme and a detailed estimate of the costs involved.

I hope you will give our request your positive attention.

On behalf of the organizing committee and all participants,

yours faithfully

Prof.dr. Marijke Spies

Organizing Committee

- Mrs Amy E. Koopmanschap ma, mayor of Diemen. Patroness.

- Dr Herman H.F. Wijffels, Dutch Executive Director, World Bank, Washington DC. Financial advisor.

- Dr Marijke Spies, professor emeritus, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Scientific advisor.

- Mrs Greet Meesen ma. General advisor.

- Mrs Annelies Knuttel ba, social entrepreneur, Amsterdam, temporary Head of HRM, Artsen zonder Grenzen [The Dutch branch of Medecins sans Frontieres]. General organization.

- Mr Rob Baas msc, scientific entrepreneur, automation and physics, proprietor of ORIC, Diemen. General organization.

- Mr Jan Meesen, team leader, DOW chemicals, Genesis Award for Team Leading, Benelux-Europe 2005. Promotion.