Preliminary Programme of the Summit

Parents First

Parent Summit

3-6 November 2019, Vienna, Austria

Preliminary Programme

Sunday, 3 November 2019

Venue: University of Vienna Lecture Centre (Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna)

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13:00-14:00 Registration
14:00 Official opening
Brigitte Haider, Chair of the Supervisory Board, Parents International
Karoline Iber, Director, KinderUni Wien
Representative of the City of Vienna (TBC)
14:30-16:00 Keynote session 1
Janet Goodall: Parental Engagement – the way to quality education
Sonia Livingstone: Parenting in the Digital Age
16:00 Coffee break
16:30-18:00 Keynote session 2
Miquel Essomba Gelabert: The role of municipalities in engaging parents
Cheng Xueqin: Anji Play – how to convince parents of the benefits of adventurous play and engage them in it
Renate Heinisch: Intergenerational learning
19:00 Dinner

 

Monday, 4 November 2019

Venue: Novotel Hauptbahnhof (Canettistraße 6, 1100 Vienna)

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9:00-10:30 Session 1 – Workshop in breakout rooms
Sonia Livingstone: Parenting in the Digital Age
Fred Verboon: Open Schools for Quality Education – Collaboration between Parents and School Leaders
Edit Schlaffer: Mother School: Parenting for Peace
10:30 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Session 2– Workshop in breakout rooms
Renate Heinisch: Intergenerational Learning
Laura Gutierrez: Basic financial literacy
Cheng Xueqin: Anji Play – how to convince parents of the benefits of adventurous play and engage them in it
12:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Session 3– Workshop in breakout rooms
Miquel Essomba Gelabert: Municipalities role on parental engagement
Eefje Cottenier – Judit Regős: Alternative approaches to childcare for families – Families Share and House of Parents
Luca László: Mentoring for parents and teachers – engaging disadvantaged parents
15:00 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Session 4– Workshop is breakout rooms
Eszter Salamon – Christian Gary: STE(A)Ming up education- collaboration between formal and non-formal education providers
O. Fred Donaldson: Just Right Touch
Barbara Schuster: Kinderhände – inclusion with hands
19:00 Dinner

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Venue: Novotel Hauptbahnhof (Canettistraße 6, 1100 Vienna)

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9:00-10:30 Session 5– Workshop in breakout rooms
Janet Goodall: Parental engagement for better education
Bruria Schaedel: Conflicting cultures engaging together – experiences of success with Jewish and Arab parents in Israel
Ursula Mauric: Global citizenship education and the role of parents in it
10:30 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Session 6– Workshop in breakout rooms
Ton Duif: Towards a common understanding of basic entrepreneurship education
Brigitte Haider: Parents training teachers for migrant inclusion
12:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Session 7– Workshop in breakout rooms
Judit Horgas: Future Memory – supporting future success of disadvantaged children
Bert-Jan Kolmer: Dichotomy in education or equal chances?
Hermino Correa: Supporting parents of disabled children – a successful training programme
15:00 Coffee break
15: 30-17:00 Fishbowl Session – Takeaways of the Summit
19:00 Dinner

Wednesday, 6 November 2019

For Parents International members and partners only

Venue: Novotel Hauptbahnhof (Canettistraße 6, 1100 Vienna)

9:30-12:30      Members meeting and informal discussions

Topics:

  • Annual report 2018
  • Reporting on the work of 2019
  • Project updates
  • Human Resources planning