0800 – 0900

Registration

0900 – 0930

Opening ceremony
-     Welcome Address by Guest of Honour

0930 – 1030

Keynote address:
Western Influences on the East, Eastern Influences on the West: Lessons for the East and West
Professor Julian (Joe) Elliott, Durham University, England

1030 – 1100

Tea

1100 – 1200

Keynote address:
Asia and the Pacific in 2020: Scenarios for Education Research
Professor Colin N. Power, Chair, Commonwealth Consortium of Education
Former Deputy-Director General, UNESCO

1200 – 1300

Lunch

1300 – 1400

WERA Keynote address:
Initiatives for New Learning: Integration, Sustainability and Creativity
Professor Yin Cheong Cheng, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

1400 – 1500

Breakout paper sessions (1)

1500 – 1530

Tea

1530 – 1630

Breakout paper sessions (2)

1730 – 1830

0800 – 0900

Registration

0900 – 1000

WERA Keynote address:
New Directions: Assessment, Learning and Transformative Media
Professor Eva L. Baker, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, USA

1000 – 1030

Tea

1030 – 1130

Keynote address:
Building a Science Culture
Professor Bienvenido F. Nebres, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

1130 – 1230

Breakout paper sessions (4)

1230 – 1330

Lunch

1330 – 1430

Keynote address:
Self-directed Learning Oriented Assessment: Evolution and Innovation
Professor Magdalena Mo-Ching Mok, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

Ruth Wong Memorial Lecture:
Mediating Learning Strategies and Children’s Cognitive Plasticity
Professor David Tzuriel, Bar Ilan University, Israel

1530 – 1600

Tea

1600 – 1700

Breakout paper sessions (5)

1700 – 1800

Breakout paper sessions (6)

1830 – 2100

Dinner at Marina (optional event)

0900 – 1000

WERA Keynote address:
Education Research in an International Context – Trends
Dr. Felice J. Levine, Executive Director, American Educational Research Association

1000 – 1030

Tea

1030 – 1130

Breakout paper sessions (7)

1130 – 1230

Lunch

1230 – 1330

Breakout paper sessions (8)

1330 – 1430

Breakout paper sessions (9)

1430 – 1500

Tea

1500 – 1630

Plenary session
Closing ceremony