The 9th IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE 2009) is being held at Bento Gonçalves, RS, Brazil on July 27-30, 2009.
The 9th IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE 2009) is an IFIP event hosted by the Brazilian Computer Society - SBC (Sociedade Brasileira de Computação), and organised by UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), UFSC (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), IDESTI (Instituto de Capacitação, Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Institucional em Gestão Social de Tecnologia de Informação). This is the first WCCE to be held in South America ever.
Education and technology for a better world is the main theme for WCCE 2009. The conference will enlighten and explore different perspectives of this theme, covering all levels of formal education as well as informal learning arenas, societal aspects and challenges that are faced by developing countries.
This is a conference with strong international participation and brings together professionals from all continents working in the field of Education and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
IFIP is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that works as a federation for national societies involved with information technology. IFIP was created in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO, as a consequence of the First World Computer Congress (Paris, 1959). IFIP maintains close association with many agencies of the UN system and other non-governmental organizations.
Location:
Dall'Onder GrandeHotel Events Center
Rua Erny Hugo Dreher, no 197
Bairro Planalto
Bento Gonçalves, RS, Brazil
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