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Heidelberg invited representatives from seven institutions from around the world to participate in a roundtable discussion in New York City about the future of education relevant to the evolving needs of the graphic communication industry. Among these were Erich Steiner, Stuttgart Media University in Germany; Andre Dion, Quebec Institute of Graphic Communication in Canada; Abhay Sharma, Ryerson University in Canada; Halim Yatim, Istitut Latihan Perindustrianarumugam Pillai Nibong Tebal in Malaysia; Manoel Manteigas de Oliveira, Escola SENAI in Brazil; Les Claridge, London College of Communication in the United Kingdom, and Frank Cost, Rochester Institute of Technology in the USA. The roundtable discussion took place on August 9, 2006.