Where to from here? Generating the New Normal in this Extraordinary Century

Abstract

This is the first Presidential Keynote Address delivered at an AsiaCALL international conference. It will not be the last one. The Presidential Keynote Address series was initiated in order to give voice to the leader of the organisation and to the leadership team. Typically, keynote speakers and other featured speakers who address the conference in plenary session are external to the organisation and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the leadership of AsiaCALL. The AsiaCALL Presidential Keynote Address will remedy this situation, and I now cordially invite you to join me for the first AsiaCALL Presidential Keynote Address. Like other presentations in this conference, I will talk about the future and will focus on certain key issues. Let me begin with some more or less self-evident assertions about the 21st Century.