Confirmed : OEGlobal 2022 In-person Congress, Nantes, France

We are pleased to be able to let you know that the OEGlobal 2022 In-person Congress in Nantes, France, is confirmed (May 23-25, 2022)!

This decision has been taken after extensive discussions with the relevant authorities and takes into account the improving status of the pandemic.

In France, issues with the pandemic are improving dramatically. This means that most restrictions are being lifted. In particular, anyone who is fully vaccinated can enter France, while face masks will no longer be compulsory in indoor spaces (other than on public transport, in medical establishments, and in care homes).

These changes mean that attendance and participation in the OEGlobal 2022 In-person Congress will be much as it was for all in-person events before the pandemic!

Traveling to France

The customary rules apply concerning visas, depending on the country from which you are traveling. Details can be found on this official website.

In addition, to be allowed into France:

You MUST have proof that you are fully vaccinated or present a recent negative covid test;
If you are coming from another Schengen state or a country on the green list, you MUST also have completed this EU Digital Passenger Locator Form;
If you are coming from a country on the orange list, you MUST also have a completed Eos electronic form.

However, there is no longer any need for testing or quarantine. Planes and trains are now arriving in France as before the pandemic!

For up-to-date official information (in English) please consult this site . We recommend that, in addition, you regularly consult the French Ministry of the Interior’s International Travel Advice and Coming To France: Advice for Travelers for more information regarding covid-related entry requirements to
France and requirements whilst in France.

Once in France

Once in France, traveling is as before the pandemic. You can buy your plane, train, or bus ticket in advance online or at the station/airport.

Face masks continue to be compulsory on planes, trains, and other public transport.

Finally, at the OEGlobal 2022 In-person Congress venue, the Cité des Congrès, it is likely that you won’t have to wear a face mask (although you can if you wish to). We will confirm this as soon as possible.

We will update you with more details soon!

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OEG Voices – Latest Podcasts

OE Global Voices

Welcome to the home of podcasts produced by Open Education Global. These shows bring you insight and connection to the application of open education practices from around the world. Listen at podcast.oeglobal.org

We are pleased to return to our series that introducse you to members of OEGlobal Board of Directors. In this episode, we take you to Nagoya, Japan, for a conversation with Takaya Yamazato, who joined the board in 2024. Listen in to learn more about Takaya’s background, motivations, and vision for open education. You will also hear right in the opening music a fascinating insight into his many talents and his research into the micro details of one of the most iconic paintings.

As professor and Deputy Director at the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Nagoya University, Takaya’s specializes in wireless and visual light communication and also leads Nagoya University’s OpenCourseWare initiative, working with faculty to publish and enhance course content. He describes how their OCW effort are much more than uploading content aimed at supporting materials to “preserve a legacy of teaching excellence.”

We offered Takaya the option to reply to our questions in his natural language, but he went beyond that in replying in both English and Japanese. He shared his responses in notes as a PDF we are sharing as a download, which is well worth looking at because Takaya added photos to show key locations near his location in Nagoya, a beautiful photo of him as a child, and examples of his open education achievements.

Side by side photos of Takaya Yamazota sitting in his office and Alan Levine in his home library. — In the OEGlobal Voices studio with Takaya Yamazota (left) and Alan Levine (right).

You find many inspiring and global level viewpoints from Takaya:

We believe that this is a message that will bring back the way of education from the bottom up. The education that a person needs now is to grow people who are able to do the right thing. We must grow people who are not just for efficiency, profit, or national gain, but also for the good of the world.
Open education has the potential to provide a space for that reflection. It can create opportunities for ethical reasoning, global dialogue, and personal transformation, not just academic advancement.
Takaya Yamazota

Episode 84 Transcript Download

Notes on This Episode

We are pleased to offer this conversation with Takaya’s voice heard in both English and Japanese and offer a transcript of the English portions. Unfortunately the Descript editing tool we use was unable to process the dual languages, so we lack the usual listen option with the transcript and its GenAI summary.

The episode required additional editing in Audacity to add Takaya’s audio and we used MacWhisper to obtain a transcript of his responses in English. But we do offer as a bonus the full musical track that Takaya shared so we could we use in the episode’s introduction and closing. You should listen to the full episode to appreciate the story behind the music.

Additional Links and Quotes for Episode 84

diverse regions and disciplines, all united by the belief that education should be freely available and socially meaningful.
It’s not just about strategy, it’s about values. And it’s given me hope that open education can help build bridges where politics cannot.
Takaya Yamazota

Nagoya University https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/
- Nagoya University Motto 勇気ある知識人 — courageous intellectual via Wikipedia
Takaya Yamazota (OE Global Board profile)
- Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Nagoya University)
- Nagoya University OpenCourseWare (NUOCW)
- YLAB – Yamazota Laboratory (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Nagoya University)
The Secret of the Eyes of Mona Lisa (2024, The Review Policy and Current Status of the IEICE Transactions)

Italian researchers discovered the letters “LV” hidden in the Mona Lisa’s pupil, unseen for centuries, and only revealed thanks to modern technology with very precise microscope lenses.
Similarly, in telecommunications, the LDPC code was overlooked for decades before being rediscovered and becoming fundamental to today’s wireless standards.
And these examples remind us if we evaluate ideas only by today’s capabilities, we may miss tomorrow’s breakthrough.
That’s why our OCW is designed not just to present knowledge, but to inspire, reinterpretation, and rediscovering. I believe open education should be an invitation not just to learn, but to look again with new eyes.
Takaya Yamazota

Our open licensed music for this episode is “Ceramic Feeling” recorded from a live performance by Takaya’s band “Rough Diamonds” and is shared under a Creative Commons By Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license.