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PROGRAM

Theme：“Current Status of the Education of the Next Generation, and Challenges to Its Sustainable Growth, with a Focus on Early Childhood”

Date：Friday, February 22, 2019

Venue：Assembly Hall, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Tokyo

Organized by: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Hiroshima University, University of Tsukuba

Supported by: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

*Languages: English-Japanese simultaneous interpretations

SCHEDULE

10:00-10:20　      Opening Session

Opening Address: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

Opening Address: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

10:20-10:50         Keynote speech 1 Lynette Okengo, Executive Director, Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN), Video
10:50-11:20         Keynote speech 2 Takashi Hamano, Professor, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Ochanomizu University

11:20-12:00         Questions and Answers with Keynote Speakers

13:30-15:00　      Panel Session

Moderator:  Mathias Urban, Professor, Desmond Chair of Early Childhood Education, Dublin City University

Panelists:

• Dwi Priyono, Director, South East Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Early Childhood Care Education and Parenting (SEAMEO CECCEP)
• Keiko Nakamura, Vice Principal, Hiroshima University Kindergarten
• Junko Takaoka, Research Manager, Child Sciences and Parenting Research Office, Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute
• Mathias Urban, Professor, School of Language, Literacy & Early Childhood Education, Dublin City University
• Christine Chen, President, Association for Early Childhood Educators (Singapore)