Conference Organisers

The 2008 conference was organised by representatives from a wide variety of institutions.

We wish to thank all those on the committees as listed below (alphabetically by employer)

Steering Committee
Organising Committee
Program Committee
Conference Support Group

Steering Committee: providing general direction in the organisation of the conference

1	Ou Socheat	ACE	Logistics Officer
2	Quach Mengly	AII & AIS	President and Principal
3	Paul Mahony	IDP	Country Director
4	Om Soryong	IFL	Deputy Head of English Department
5	Leang Seng Hak	MoEYS(TTD)	Director
6	Im Koch	NIE	Director
7	Koun Chamroeun	NWI	Director of Studies
8	Kieng Rotana	PUC	Vice President and Dean of English
9	Kathy Broeckel	US State Department	English Language Fellow

Organising Committee: meeting regularly and carrying out tasks to bring the conference to fruition

1	Leang Sokhom	ACE	Teacher
2	Ou Socheat	ACE	Logistics Officer
3	Keo Lundi	AII & AIS	General Affairs Manager
4	Lar Sopheak	AII & AIS	Academic Coordinator
5	Bun Sambath	IDP	Administrative Officer
6	Paul Mahony	IDP	Country Director
7	Pum Piseth	IDP	Administrative Assistant
8	Chea Kagnarith	IFL	Lecturer
9	Sou Visal	IFL	Lecturer
10	Dy Bonna	NIE	Vice Director
11	Lim Kannitha	NIE	Teacher Trainer
12	Sy Vanna	NTS	Training Officer
13	Hong Bunty	NWI	General Manager
14	Khun Sokha	NYIS	Head Teacher
15	Loren Abramson	PUC	Teacher
16	Srey Soksaphat	RTTC	Teacher Trainer
17	Bounchan Sumana	RUPP - ELSU	Lecturer
18	Leng Srun	SIS	Head Teacher

Program Committee: selecting abstracts and developing and running the program

1	Australia	Marion Bagot	TAFE NSW	Director, Nth Sydney Institute
2	Cambodia	Ou Socheat	ACE	Logistics Officer
3	Cambodia	Bun Sambath	IDP	Administrative Officer
4	Cambodia	Paul Mahony	IDP	Country Director
5	Cambodia	Pum Piseth	IDP	Administrative Assistant
6	Cambodia	Chea Kagnarith	IFL	Lecturer
7	Cambodia	Keuk Chan Narith	IFL	Lecturer
8	Cambodia	Ly Monirith	RUPP	Lecturer
9	Cambodia	Koun Chamroeun	NWI	Director of Studies
10	Cambodia	Kathy Broeckel	US State Department	English Language Fellow
11	Japan	Ted O’Neill	J.F. Oberlin University	Lecturer
12	Vietnam	Lynda Beagle	UD-UQ ELI	Director of Studies

Conference Support Group:

In addition to the individuals on various committees with specific functions listed above, there are many other people who volunteer to organise and support the CamTESOL conference.  In particular, there are several individuals who are making a substantial contribution to the development and growth of this conference in specific ways that are appropriate to acknowledge, as below

1	Australia	Anne Newman	Anne is facilitating communication between the members of an informal international support group that integrates with local committee members and shares experience each year in conference organisation and various ELT quality assurance issues.
2	Australia	Marion Bagot	Marion is editing abstracts and contributing to the formatting of the conference handbook.
3	Cambodia	Chea Kagnarith	Kagnarith is facilitating local support for the CamTESOL publication including providing logistical assistance to the Editor-in-Chief.  He also acts as liaison person for the informal international support group.
4	Cambodia	Chea Theara	Theara is facilitating local support for the CamTESOL publication including support of Cambodian-based research that will feed into conference presentations.
5	Cambodia	Leang Sokhom	Sokhom is publicising the conference both within Cambodia and internationally.  She is seeking potential partners to help develop the conference.
6	Cambodia	Paul Cooke	Paul is acting as a focal point for Cambodian-based TESOL research.  He is facilitating the development of a corpus of research and Cambodian articles that will give a Cambodian  flavour to the CamTESOL publication.
7	Japan	Ted O’Neill	Ted is co-ordinating the circulation of papers and taking a leading role in establishing the CamTESOL publication.
8	Japan	Richmond Stroupe	Richmond is facilitating dialogue between managers of English Language centres overseas and within Cambodia to help start an effective management stream within the conference.  He is assisting Cambodian-based research, including preparation of presentations and the CamTESOL publication.
9	Vietnam	Lynda Beagle	Lynda is assisting regionalisation of the conference through working with teachers in Central Vietnam in the preparation of presentations linked into tiered peer professional development in Vietnam.

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