Summit 2008

The first Stockholm Summit for Top Level Leaders in School Education was held 19-21 May 2008. The following presentations were held during the conference in 2008:

The Swedish School System
The Swedish National Agency for Education and the Swedish National Agency for School Improvement

Opening ceremony
Deputy Mayor Lotta Edholm
Chairman of the Education Committee of the Swedish Parliament Sofia Larsen
Director General of the National Agency for School Improvement Pia Enochsson
Superintendent of the Stockholm Edcuation Administration Thomas Persson

Managing Knowledge beyond Flexibility:
Coping with Globalization and the Knowledge Economy
Keynote: Professor Bengt Kristensson Uggla,
Åbo Akademi, Finland

Leading beyond expectations - countries, systems, sectors and schools
Keynote: Professor Andy Hargreaves,
Boston College, USA

Leadership, what is in all the buzzwords?
Dr Lars Svedberg,
Stockholm University, Sweden

The superintendent
Dr Elisabeth Nihlfors,
Uppsala University Sweden

Global leadership in a flat world
Dr Karolyn Snyder, USA

Leadership for sustainability and change
Professor Olof Johansson and Mrs Elisabeth Zachrisson,
Umeå University, Sweden

Superintendents in between political demands and the schools
Ms Heidemarie Schäfers/Ms Erika Monnartz,
regional superintendents, Düsseldorf, Germany

To stay steady on course in shiftning winds,
Brigadier Bo Pellnäs, Sweden

Quality assessment as a tool for change
Keynote: Professor Jorunn Möller,
University of Oslo, Norway

Evaluation and improvement
- two necessary mentalities that drive the development of schools
Professor Mats Ekholm, Karlstad University, Sweden and
Professor Uwe Hameyer, University of Kiel, Germany,

leadership in Context: How superindentends understand, take action,
and shape the context of their work with accountability,
Professor Paul V Bredeson, University of Wisconsin-Madison and
Professor Olof Johansson, Umeå University .

Effective schools
Dr Lennart Grosin and Mr Trevor Dolan,
Stockholm University, Sweden

Developing inquiry-based learning practices through networks
to solve complex achievement problems
Dr Brian Annan, New Zealand

The Nordic Experience
Deputy Superintendent Kjell Richard Andersen
Oslo Education Administration
Superintendent Rauno Jarnila
Helsinki Education Administration
Superintendent Thomas Persson
Stockholm Education Administration

Leading means managing understanding
- a new paradigm for management
Keynote: Dr Axel Targama
School of business, Göteborg university

Transforming Education through Networks
Dr Karen Stephenson
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University