Diary of ECD events and conferences
This page lists upcoming events and conferences which may be of interest to those who work in early childhood. Please email us if you know of an event we should add to this list.
July 2009
16th International Conference on Learning
Organiser: Learning Conference
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Dates: July 1-4, 2009
Themes: The International Conference on Learning is for any person with an interest in, and concern for, education at any of its level - from early childhood, to schools, to higher education - and lifelong learning in any of its sites, from home to school to university to the workplace. It will address a range of critically important themes relating to education today. Main speakers will include some of the world's leading thinkers in the field of education, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners.
Contact: http://l09.cg-conference.com/
Seminar 4: How are young children’s participatory rights enacted
Organiser: University of Melbourne’s Vice Chancellor's Interdisciplinary Steering Committee, Children's Rights, Participation and Citizenship Initiative
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Dates: July 15, 2009
Themes: Part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series 2009.
Contact: www.childrensrights.unimelb.edu.au
Rebuilding resilience: Planning education in 'fragile contexts'
Organiser: International Institute for Education Planning
Location: Paris, France
Dates: July 21-30, 2009
Themes: The 2009 IIEP Summer School will be inaugurated by His Excellency Mr Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi, and Mr Nicholas Burnett, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Education. It will address national and international policy issues, and will investigate a range of implications that relate to education and fragility. These include the conceptual issues concerning the nature of fragility and rebuilding resilience in various contexts. Practical sessions on mechanisms for planning, capacity development, implementation, monitoring and resource mobilization will draw on experiences from practitioners in this field.
Contact: www.iiep.unesco.org/summer-school-2009.html
Advancing Early Childhood Development in Africa
Organiser: Centre for Early Childhood Development
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Dates: July 21-23, 2009
Contact: www.cecd.org.za/index.php?option=com_attend_events&task=view&id=2&Itemid=60
August 2009
Mitigating the Impact of HIV and AIDS on Young Children
Organiser: TREE
Location: Durban, South Africa
Dates: August 3-5, 2009
Themes: This symposium will incorporate expert speakers to address some critical and very practical issues such as: exclusive breastfeeding - exactly what does this mean and why is it important? HIV testing of young children - when, where, how and what? ARV treatment of young children - when, what and how? What support is required? How do we support HIV+ young children in an ECD setting? How do we support caregivers of HIV+ young children?
Contact: tree-ecd.co.za
XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology
Organiser: European Society for Developmental Psychology
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Dates: August 18-22, 2009
Themes: The conference will focus on the most relevant topics and issues within recent theoretical and methodological advances of developmental psychology, basic research and applied areas and will provide a forum for presentation of a wide range of papers in all aspects of human development in European contexts. Over and beyond basic research, we will put emphasis on the transfer of psychological insights to social policies and programme development.
Contact: www.ecdp2009.com
Seminar 5: Children as researchers
Organiser: University of Melbourne’s Vice Chancellor's Interdisciplinary Steering Committee, Children's Rights, Participation and Citizenship Initiative
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Dates: August 19, 2009
Themes: Part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series 2009.
Contact: www.childrensrights.unimelb.edu.au
19th EECERA Annual Conference
Organiser: European Early Childhood Education Research Association
Location: Strasbourg, France
Dates: August 26-29, 2009
Themes: Diversities in Early Childhood Education: This theme will be addressed from the perspective of the rights of youger children and their families. The education of younger children today is increasingly tackled in variable and complex ways, and the environments in which they live, both at home and in education and care, can be equally variable.
Contact: rogerdietz.com/19th%20EECERA/Accueil_19th_eecera.html
September 2009
Children and the Law: International approaches to children and their vulnerabilities
Organiser: Monash University
Location: Prato, Italy
Dates: September 7-10, 2009
Themes: This international conference will bring together practitioners, policy contributors, advocates and researchers from welfare, criminology, law, policing, health and mental health. It will examine the vulnerabilities of children and young people and how the systems responding to those at risk of harm must be reshaped to better protect their rights and best interests.
Contact: www.med.monash.edu.au/socialwork/conference09/
Promoting Social-Emotional Education: Practitioners and Researchers Exploring Evidence Based Practice
Organiser: ENSEC, the European Network for Social and Emotional Competence
Location: Izmir, Turkey
Dates: September 9-12, 2009
Themes: There are four key conference sub-themes: - Policy and provision: developing national strategies; - Early intervention: building social and emotional competence; - Succesful strategies: building effectiveness through personal and professional development; - Emancipatory research and practice: children and young persons as partners in
research and practice.
Contact: www.ensec2009.boun.edu.tr
Seminar 6: General Comment No 7
Organiser: University of Melbourne’s Vice Chancellor's Interdisciplinary Steering Committee, Children's Rights, Participation and Citizenship Initiative
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Dates: September 16, 2009
Themes: Part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series 2009.
Contact: www.childrensrights.unimelb.edu.au
AIDSImpact 9th International Conference
Organiser: AIDSImpact
Location: Gaborone, Botswana
Dates: September 22-25, 2009
Contact: http://www.aidsimpact.com/2009/
October 2009
CHILDREN: RESPECT THEIR RIGHTS
Organiser: European Social Action Network
Location: Strasbourg, France
Dates: October 5-6, 2009
Themes: A seminar in Strasbourg to be held on 5-6 October intitled: CHILDREN: RESPECT THEIR RIGHTS – 20 years of joint commitments by NGOs, public authorities, foundations, the Council of Europe and the European Union.
Contact: http://www.esan.eu/version_anglaise/top_menu/events/focus
10th ISSA Annual Conference
Organiser: International Step by Step Association
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Dates: October 14-17, 2009
Themes: The event will explore holistic approaches to education, where political will and economic investments go hand in hand with effective implementation, to ensure the development of social capital and societal cohesion. Special focus will be devoted to promoting a comprehensive approach to early childhood development and education (ECDE) as the strongest foundation for well-being and success throughout life.
Contact: www.issa.nl/conf_2009.html
Seminar 7: Children and risk: balancing protection and participation
Organiser: University of Melbourne’s Vice Chancellor's Interdisciplinary Steering Committee, Children's Rights, Participation and Citizenship Initiative
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Dates: October 21, 2009
Themes: Part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series 2009.
Contact: www.childrensrights.unimelb.edu.au
November 2009
Inclusive Education and Diversity in Early Years: A Regional Conference For ECCD Professionals
Organiser: Early Childhood Care and Development Program at Arab Resource Collective
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Dates: November 5-7, 2009
Themes: The 3 days "Inclusive Education and Diversity in Early Years Regional Conference" is intended to review the general guidelines and elements of inclusion and diversity programs in early years, discuss latest trends and policies, map challenges and implementation barriers, present positive models, and share successful stories from Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Qatar, Yemen, and other countries form the region.
Contact: www.mawared.org/eccd/index.php?page=bulletin&action=Detail&id=2&cat_id=2
Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 9
Organiser: Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood (CEIEC)
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Dates: November 19-21, 2009
Themes: Children’s rights in diverse contexts; Concepts of children’s citizenship in diverse contexts and settings; Children and participation in diverse settings; Early childhood and children’s participation, protection and provision rights.
Contact: www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/ceiec/conferences/conf09/index.html
Children’s Rights at a Cross-Roads: A Global Conference for The 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Organiser: Childwatch International Research Network, The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Dates: November 30-December 2, 2009
Themes: The main objective of the conference will be the promotion of a framework for the global collaborative development of a knowledge base for the realization of children’s rights.
Contact: www.childwatch.uio.no/... (pdf)
December 2009
15th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training
Organiser: Online Educa Berlin
Location: Berlin, Germany
Dates: December 2-4, 2009
Themes: Innovate, Share, Succeed – is the theme of OEB09. This year’s agenda will be about your learning innovations, your expertise and the great ideas that will lead your organisation, company or school to success.
Contact: http://www.online-educa.com/
January 2010
February 2010
2nd International Congress on Didactics: The teacher's activity: Intervention prospects, Innovation, Research
Organiser: Universidad de Girona
Location: Girona, Spain
Dates: February 3-6, 2010
Themes: Today, the teaching activity plays a central role as mediator in the achievement of the many objectives of the social project, educational policies, programmes and curricula as well as agents in the interaction between students and school practices and knowledge. The teaching activity widely exceeds the space and time limits of the classroom and class duration. But, what do we know about the activities that take place beyond these frontiers? What do we know about their relations with the most visible dimension of teaching practices in the classroom? How does one study teaching activity from a disciplinary didactics approach? Which relations can be established between normative texts of educational policies and the constraints faced by teachers in daily practice? What relevance is given to the teaching activity in training programmes (initial and ongoing training)? What new relations can be established between research and teaching practices?
Contact: www.udg.edu/...
