Handheld Learning 2008

We're pleased to announce that Lord David Puttnam of Queensgate (bio) is joining a stellar roster of speakers including:

- David Yarnton, General Manager, Nintendo UK
- Chris Deering, Chairman, Codemasters
- Ray Maguire, MD, Sony Computer Entertainment
- Sean Kane, Global Head of Mobile, Bebo
- Cindy Rose, Senior Vice-President, Disney Interactive Media Group
- Tim Chaney, President, Virgin Play SA
- Stephen Johnson, author (Everything Bad is Good For You)

with global thought leaders from the education sector to discuss how the worlds consumer electronics, entertainment software and education are rapidly coming together.

Lord Puttnam will be providing the closing keynote on Wednesday 15th October at 16:00.

It is expected that his keynote will be call for the sectors to work closely together and benefit from the massive market potential that has identified as a consequence of break-through projects such as those recently shown by work in Scotland and elsewhere and the enormous economies of scale brought about by the consumer electronics industry.

Lord Puttnam's keynote will provide the perfect conclusion to what has become the world's largest meeting of senior representatives from what had previously been considered the disparate sectors of entertainment and education. Lord Puttnam, through his unquestionable work both in the fields of entertainment and education means that he is uniquely positioned to conclude this years Handheld Learning Conference with a powerful call to action that only the timid will ignore