
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dr. Gary Stager is an outstanding educator who has run many workshops in Victoria and keynote at the ACCE2010 conference in Melbourne. Author of the “Invent to Learn” book. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Gary is running a <b class="">free online event </b>scheduled for <b class="">10am Wed 12 May 2020 (AEST)</b> where you can ask him any question you want. Details below, well worth registering as they often share back the recording later.<div class=""><br class="">Stay safe everybody with family and loved ones.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best of wishes, Roland</div><div class="">

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