#DisruptED2013:

How Innovative Forces will Change Traditional Universities

When:  November 12 from 9:30 - 1:00 (includes lunch)

Where: Bi-Campus Event (MacLaggan Hall 053 in Fredericton and Oland Hall 203 in Saint John)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter P. Smith

"Why There will not be a New Normal in Higher Education"

Dr. Peter P. Smith is Senior Vice President of Academic Strategies and Development for Kaplan Higher Education. In this role, he is responsible for the development of mid-term strategies and program development. Dr. Smith is the former Assistant Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and served as the founding president of California State University at Monterey Bay (CSUMB), where he oversaw all aspects of leadership and development of the institution.

Dr. Smith served as the first president of the statewide Community College of Vermont from 1970-1978, and was named President Emeritus upon resigning. He served as Vermont’s Lieutenant Governor from 1982-1986. In 1989, he was elected as a representative from Vermont to the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1991-1994 he served as Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development for George Washington University.

Dr. Smith holds a Doctor of Education from Harvard University. He is the author of The Quiet Crisis: How Higher Education Is Failing America (Anker Publications, Bolton MA, 2004) and Harnessing America’s Wasted Talent: A New Ecology of Learning (Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, San Francisco, CA, 2010).

This conference is sponsored by the President's Steering Committee on Disruptive Technologies.