Program Objectives

At the 18th Biennial World Conference, our objectives are to:

• Share and discuss recent advances inprograms, planning and practices in the field of high ability learners
• Review advances inclassroom practice and how they apply to personalizing your teaching
• Discuss administrative options emerging throughout the world
• Review parent developments for families with special needs children
• Provide youth summit activities to increase skills and networking in high ability learners
• Support the career development of educators and researchers with an interest in gifted and talented children

Keynote Speakers

	Dr. Lloyd Axworthy (Canada), President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg Community Learning Partnerships
	Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli (USA), researcher and educator Intelligences outside the Normal Curve
	Robert Bateman (Canada), artist and naturalist Presentation Title TBA
	Janet Matthews (Canada), inspirational speaker and author Heroes and Heart
	Dr. John Geake (United Kingdom), researcher and educator The High-Ability Brain and the Latest Neuro-Imaging Research
	Dr. Lannie Kanevsky (Canada), researcher and educator Dreams of Development: The process of Becoming

Other Keynote Speakers

Madame Justice Rosalie Abella
Supreme Court of Canada

Bill Bell
Head of Protection
Save the Children, United Kingdom

Sharan Burrow
President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and
International Trade Union Confederation

Radhika Coomaraswamy
Sri Lanka
United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict

The Rev. Tim Costello
CEO, World Vision Australia

Judge Corinne E. Dettmeijer-Vermeulen,
Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Judge at the district court of The Hague

Professor Mick Dodson AM
Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at the Australian National University and Professor of Law at the ANU College of Law

Julie Inman Grant
Director for Internet Safety and Security
Microsoft Asia Pacific

Michele Jankanish
Director
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) ILO

June Kane AM
Independent Expert in human rights, specifically in the fields of child labour, forced labour, sexual abuse and exploitation of children, violence against children and women, and human trafficking

Bernadette McMenamin
National Director Child Wise ECPAT in Australia

Professor Dr Eddie Mhlanga
Nelson Mandela School of Medicine at the University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal in Durban

The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Founding Patron
Children’s Rights International
Former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia

Chief Federal Magistrate John Pascoe AO
Federal Magistrate Court of Australia

John Trew
Senior Technical Advisor, Child Labor & Education
CARE USA

Program Highlights

• Keynote Speakers
• Featured Sessions
• Workshops
• Round table discussions
• Parent strand
• Poster display
• Youth summit (off-site)
• Symposia
• Networking social events

Who should attend?

The 18th Biennial World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children is the largest international gathering of teachers, administrators, faculty, researchers and parents in the field of gifted and talented learners. Those interested in all aspects of this field, from experienced teachers to junior teachers, faculty members to administrators and school trustees, human resource promoters to parent advocates, are all encouraged Ngo`s groups, youths and youth-focused organizations to attend this conference.