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The '''European Learning Industry Group''' ('''ELIG''') is a pan-Europe lobby group for corporations providing education products and services, including multi-national technology firms.

Its mission, it says, is 'to change the way Europe learns'.

==Members==
ELIG's corporate members include:<ref>[http://www.elig.org/we-are/members Members], ELIG website, accessed Oct 15</ref>
*[[IBM]]
*[[Pearson]]
*[[Microsoft]] (joined ELIG in August 2015)
*[[Samsung]] (joined ELIG January 2015)
*[[HP]] ([[Hewlett Packard]])
*[[Intel]]
*[[McGraw Hill]]
*[[Cambridge University Press]]
*[[Wiley]]

==People==
===Board===
ELIG's board includes:
*[[Fadi Khalek]], chair: Khalek is Vice President Higher Education & Applied Learning, [[Pearson]] Education; and a Senior Advisor at [[Active M]] investment.
*[[Diem Ho]], vice chair: Manager of University Relations (EMEA), [[IBM]]
*[[Paul Hunter]], vice chair: Director, [[IMD]]'s Corporate Learning Network
*[[Alexa Joyce]]. board member: Director of Policy, Teaching and Learning for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Worldwide Education, [[Microsoft]]
*[[Steffen Ganders]], board member: Senior Manager and Head of Corporate Affairs [[Samsung]]

===Staff===
*[[Richard Straub]], ELIG secretary general; formerly of [[IBM]]
*[[Elmar Husmann]], ELIG Deputy Secretary General & Public Policy Advisor; formerly of [[PwC]] and [[IBM]] (IBM bought PwC's consulting arm in 2002).
*[[Claudia Didjurgeit]], senior adviser; formerly of [[PwC]] and [[IBM]]
*[[Sabine Windgasse]], operations; formerly of [[PwC]] and [[IBM]]
*[[Florence Rizzo]], ELIG fellow; founder of [[Creative Lab for Social Change]]; also worked with Ashoka, a global network of innovative Social Entrepreneurs

==History==
Formerly know as the 'eLearning Industry Group', it was founded in 2002. It became ELIG in 2007 as it attracted members from the wider e-learning industry, such as the publishing and content industry. In 2009 it partnered with German agency [[ICWE]], which organises events in education, training and ICT, such as Online Educa Berlin and eLearning Africa.<ref>[http://www.elig.org/we-inspire/about/ About], ELIG website, accessed Oct 2015</ref>

==Contacts==
:Website: http://www.elig.org

==References==
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-The '''European Learning Industry Group''' ('''ELIG''') is a pan-Europe lobby group for corporations providing education products and services, including multi-national technology firms.
+The '''European Learning Industry Group''' ('''ELIG''') is a pan-Europe lobby group for 'innovation in learning.' Its mission, it says, is 'to change the way Europe learns'.
-Its mission, it says, is 'to change the way Europe learns'.
+Its members represent what it calls the 'ecosystem for 21st century learning solutions', which is predominantly corporations providing education products and services and multi-national technology firms.
 ==Members==
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 *[[Cambridge University Press]]
 *[[Wiley]]
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 ===Staff===
-*[[Richard Straub]], ELIG secretary general; formerly of [[IBM]]
+*[[Richard Straub]], ELIG secretary general; formerly spent 32 years at [[IBM]], including at executive level. 'For the last 10 years Straub has been increasingly involved in European Union level industry initiatives in the area of skills, lifelong learning and innovation as Chair of the [[European Career Space Consortium]] (ICT skills and new University curricula required for the 21st Century Economy), the [[Living Labs Policy Group]] and the [[Open Innovation Strategy Group]].
 *[[Elmar Husmann]], ELIG Deputy Secretary General & Public Policy Advisor; formerly of [[PwC]] and [[IBM]] (IBM bought PwC's consulting arm in 2002).
 *[[Claudia Didjurgeit]], senior adviser; formerly of [[PwC]] and [[IBM]]
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 ==History==
 Formerly know as the 'eLearning Industry Group', it was founded in 2002. It became ELIG in 2007 as it attracted members from the wider e-learning industry, such as the publishing and content industry. In 2009 it partnered with German agency [[ICWE]], which organises events in education, training and ICT, such as Online Educa Berlin and eLearning Africa.<ref>[http://www.elig.org/we-inspire/about/ About], ELIG website, accessed Oct 2015</ref>
 ==Contacts==