Sponsored by:
Would you like to become our sponsor? We are always open to new partnerships. Please feel free to contact us.
National Kick-off
Facing Diversity and Inclusion challenges in Education and Training in the 21. Century
Comparative experiences from Austria, Europe and the USA
WDLS-EU 2011 will be preceded for the first time by a National Kick-off on the 22nd of March 2011 and will be centred on Diversity in Education and Training. Conference venue
The National Kick-off will take place at the Institute for Economic Promotion (WIFI) of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.The Austrian National Pre-summit will be held both in English and German. Translation is not available.
Tuesday, March 22nd 2011
8.00-11.00am
Registration
Location
Wifi
12.05-12.45pm
Welcome Remarks
| Tasks | Speakers | Company/Organisation |
| Speakers | Beatrice Achaleke | WDLS EU Organiser and Conference Manager |
| Helmut Naumann | Head of the Department of Economic Policy, Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry | |
| Rüdiger Teutsch | Head of the department “diversity and language policy, special needs education and inclusion, gifted and talented education”, Austrian Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture | |
| Karl Zarhuber | Secretary General, Austrian Youth Red Cross | |
| Moderator: | Sophia Kaiserseder | PULS4 Talk Senior Producer |
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
12.45-1.15pm
Musical Intro (Project: Vorlaut)
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
1.15-2.15pm
Introduction: Short film „ Creating Inclusive Environments in Modern Schools
Theoretical Input: What does Diversity und Inclusion in Education really mean?
| Tasks | Speakers | Company/Organisation |
| Speaker: | Norbert Pauser | Managing Director, Pauser&Wondrak Unternehmensberatung OG |
| Facilitator: | Erwin Greiner | Former School principal Consultant for Secondary Schools in Vienna and in Germany |
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
2.15-3.15pm
Panel: Benefits, best practices, future trends, challenges of Diversity in Education and Training: strengthening and fostering talents pipelines from kindergarten through high schools
| Tasks | Speakers | Company/Organisation |
| Speakers: | Tanya Odom | Consultant and Coach |
| Mark Levy | Project Manager Inclusion & Diversity in Education (INDIE), Manager of ELT & Education Projects team, British Council, Spain | |
| Rüdiger Teutsch | Head of the Department Diversity and Language Policy, Special Needs Education and Inclusion, Gifted and Talented Education, Austrian Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture |
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
3.15-3.45pm
Break/Snacks
Location
Wifi, Foyer
3.45-5.00pm
Workshop 1: Formal education and the role of parents
| Tasks | Speakers | Company/Organisation |
| Speakers: | Martina Grötschnig | Head of the Family Department Styria Family Project “ZWEI UND MEHR” (“TWO AND MORE”) |
| Facilitator: | Norbert Pauser | Managing Director, Pauser&Wondrak Unternehmensberatung OG |
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
3.45-5.00pm
Workshop 2: Kindergarten and Pre-schools
| Tasks | Speakers | Company/Organisation |
| Speakers: | Birgit Prochazka | Education Expert, trainer and project manager, Caritas Eisenstadt |
| Facilitator: | Sophia Kaiserseder | PULS4 Talk Senior Producer |
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
3.45-5.00pm
Workshop 3: Primary schools
| Tasks | Speakers | Company/Organisation |
| Speaker: | Stuart Simpson | Project Mananager, English language learning Vienna Board of Education |
| Facilitator: | Erwin Greiner | Former School principal |
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
3.45-5.00pm
Workshop 4: Secondary and high schools
| Tasks | Speakers | Company/Organisation |
| Speaker: | Claire Schocher-Döring | Austrian Youth Red Cross, International Projects Manager |
| Facilitator: | Mark Levy | Project Manager Inclusion & Diversity in Education (INDIE) Manager of ELT & Education Projects team, British Council, Spain |
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
3.45-5.00pm
Workshop 5: Professional and Training Institutions
| Tasks | Speakers | Company/Organisation |
| Speaker: | Karl Wöber | Full Professor, Founding President, MODUL University Vienna |
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
5.00-5.30pm
Presentation of highlights from workshops and concluding remarks
Location
Wifi, Karl Dittrich Saal
-
14.04.2011
WDLS-EU 2011 in Retrospective
WDLS-EU 2011 in Retrospective Photos... -
01.03.2011
Limited Early Brids Registration
Limited Early Brids Registration Secure... -
22.02.2011
WDLS-EU 2011 EDL Nominee Announcement
WDLS-EU 2011 EDL Nominee Announcement WDLS... -
14.02.2011
World Diversity Leadership Summit Europe 2011 Speakers are online
True to its tradition WDLS-EU is once... -
31.01.2011
Only a few more hours left to benefit from our 10% off WDLS-EU Early Birds Special Offer!
Only a few more hours left to benefit from our...
