2019 International Confederation of Principals Convention
Conference Program
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Tuesday, 22nd October, 2019
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Registration at East China Normal University Gymnasium Stadium |
Wednesday, 23rd October, 2019
| Location | East China Normal University Gymnasium Stadium |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Registration |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Opening Ceremony |
| 9:00 am – 9:15 am | Opening Remarks Minister of Education |
| 9:15 am – 9:30 am | Opening Remarks ECNU President |
| 9:30 am – 9:45 am | Opening Remarks Alta Van Heerden, ICP President |
| 9:45 am – 10:45 am | Keynote Presentation Jack Ma, Founder of Jack Ma Foundation, United National Sustainable Development Advocate, Partner of Alibaba Group |
| 10:45 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Keynote Presentation: Finding Your Leadership Edge Michelle Gibbings, Managing Director, Change Meridian |
| 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch Break |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Keynote Presentation: Time to Invent a New Paradigm of Education: The Trap of Global Borrowing in Education Professor Zhao Yong, Foundation Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas |
| 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Workshop Session 1 |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Our Principals Wellbeing – Making A Difference Michael Battenally and Michael Hall, Australian Secondary Principals’ Association (AUS) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Daya Chetty |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Welcome Mhlanga |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | The Keys to Positive Leadership Mike Buchanan, HMC (GBR) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | The Role of Professional Associations in Connecting and Enabling School Leaders Craig Peterson, NSW Secondary Principals' Council (AUS) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Equity and Excellence - University of NSW: Gonski Institute of Education Lila Mularczyk OAM, Immediate Past President NSW Secondary Principals' Council (AUS) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Unlock Your Authentic Personal Power – Neuroscience Perspective On Leadership Dr Melodie De Jager, Mind Moves Institute (ZAF) |
| Creating the Future Workshop
| Creating The Future Through An International Understanding Of Ethical Leadership Dr Peter Kent, ICP (UK) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Dr Manuj Gokul and Mr Terry Heath, Yeronga State High School (AUS) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Denise Lofts, NSW Secondary Principals’ Council (AUS) The Chinese Model of Schools with International Competitiveness Ye Cuiwei, Hailiang Education Group (CHN) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Damian Howard, St Raphael’s Primary School (AUS) and Frank Dullard, St Liborius Primary School (AUS) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Paving Roads, Chasing Dreams - the Pursuit of Fair and Quality Education Ideals Xu Jun, Shanghai Yan An Middle School (CHN) Improving the Quality of Regional Education - The Practice and Thinking of Fangzhuang Education Cluster Guan Jie, Beijing No 18 High School (CHN) |
| 6:30 pm – Late | Conference Dinner at Hongqiao Jin Jiang Hotel |
Thursday, 24th October, 2019
| Location | East China Normal University Stadium |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Registration |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Keynote Presentation: Principled, Invitational and Imperfect Leadership Dr Steve Munby, Internationally Renowned Researcher in Leadership and Structural Reform |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
10:45 am - 11:45 am | Keynote Presentation: Uncommon Leadership: Catalysing Innovation Vicki Phillips, CEO, Educurious and Founding Partner, Teaching Partners |
| 11:45 am - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break |
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm | Keynote Presentation: The Future Has Arrived: Education is Experiencing a Great Revolution Professor Yuan Zhenguo, East China Normal University |
| 2:15 am - 3:00 pm | Coffee Break |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Workshop Session 2 |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Kalpana Chaudharym NH Goel Word School (IND) Questioning, Thinking, Leading - To Teach is to Touch Lives Forever Li Ming, Huaibin Senior High School, Henan (CHN) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Sustainable Leadership: Ideas From The Field. Dr Sharon Parkes, NSW Secondary Principals’ Council (AUS) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Lead Now - Lead Next Dr Fiona Forbes, ICP (AUS) The Power of Integrating Eastern and Western Methodologies: The Evolution of Nanjing Hankai Academy Wang Zhanbao, Nanjing Hankai Academy (CHN) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Raising the Status of Teaching: What the Chartered College of Teaching Do For You? Mike Buchanan, HMC (GBR) Meet the Cadenza, Overwatch the Future Xang Xianghui, Lanzhou Overseas Chinese Experimental School (CHN) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | From Good to Great in our Education System - How the English System of Education is Facing the Challenge Carl Ward, Association of School and College Leaders (GBR) Strive to Cultivate People with Outstanding Ability for the Future Li Guangyao, Jiangsu Taicang Senior High School (CHN) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Great Love and Complete Sincerity: School Culture Nourishes the Development of Teachers and Students Sun Qingxin Shenyang, Tongze High School (CHN) Education: The Search, The Goodness and Perfection Shi Yanmei, Guiyang No 3 Experimental High School (CHN) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Principalship Ready: Preparing School Leaders. What We Can Learn From Each Other? Associate Professor Rob Nairn, ICP (AUS) Potential Education: Enables Students to Foresee Their Best Potentials Lin Chunhui, Shanghai Fengxian High School (CHN) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Well-Being As The Future Focus Of Schooling Dr Jennifer Moore, Moore Well-Being (USA) Creating a Suitable Education for Students Tang Xinhong, Hangzhou No 14 High School, Zhejiang Province (CHN) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Are You A Future School’s Leader? Dr Doug Thomas, Claremont College (AUS) 'Spirit' and 'Entity': Cultivate a Unique Public School Li Baiyan, Shanghai Jianping Experimental Middle School and Pudong Junior High School Education Guidance Centre (CHN) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | School Promotion and Research of Aptitude-Based Learning (SPRAL) Dong Junwu, Shanghai Shixi High School (CHN) The Sustainable Development of a Harmonious and Prosperous School Through Cooperation and Cohesion Wang Honghua, Tianjin No 4 High School (CHN) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Job Crafting: How Connecting Our Work With Meaning Helps Us To Lead Through Diversity Angela Falkenberg, South Australian Primary Principal’s Association (AUS) Seeking for Eternity in Change: Reflections on Teachers' Professional Development Chen Zhaoxing, Guangzhou Haizhu District Education Development Centre (CHN) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Empowered Leaders Creating The Future Margaret Charlton, NSW Primary Principals’ Association (AUS) |
| 4:00 pm - 4:10 pm | Move to Next Session |
| 4:10 pm - 5:10 pm | Workshop Session 3 |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | How To Realise The Dream Of Online Learning For Principals: Lessons Learned Dr Andy Scott, International School Leadership (CAN) and Robert Jackson, Ontario Principals' Council (CAN) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Developing Leadership Capacity: Renewing Enthusiasm For The Role Dr. Indu Khetarpal, Salwan Trust (IND) The Principal is a Person Who Inspires the Vitality of Teachers Peng Jianping, Guangzhou Middle School (CHN) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Bob Willetts, NSW Primary Principals’ Assocation (AUS) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | 'Old, New, Borrowed and Blue...Creating the First Finnish High School Abroad Ari Pokka The Course on Cultivation of Innovative Literacy and Cooperative Link Ji Hongxu, Shanghai Jinyuan Senior High School (CHN) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Education Digital Transformation and Microsoft Showcase School Rick Wang, Microsoft China (CHN) |
| Connecting Leaders Workshop | Practice and Thinking of Career Education: Beijing No 11 High School Cui Chumin, Beijing No 11 High School (CHN) Potential Education: Makes Life Full of Idea and Vitality Wang Baoqing, Tianjin No 7 High School (CHN) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Dr Lesley Murrihy, Amesbury School (NZL) Professional Growth for Teachers: Find Yourself in a Better Light Liu Yan, Fuzhou Overseas Chinese Middle School, Fujian |
| Creating the Future Workshop | A Glance In The Rearview Mirror- A Backwards Glance Towards A Forwards Vision Gavin Fish, Fish Hoek High School (ZAF) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Educating For Wellness. Too Optimistic Or Just Realistic Magnus Thorkelsson, Flensborg College (ISL) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Carl Ward, Association of School and College Leaders (GBR) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Dr Paul Hine, St Ignatius’ College (AUS) |
| Creating the Future Workshop | Thomas Moth, North Kellyville Public School (AUS) |
| 6:30 pm | President Welcome Reception |
Friday, 25th October, 2019
| Location | East China Normal University Stadium |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Registration |
8:30 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Presentation: In School and Out of School Learning: Synergies, Competition and Responsibilities in Increasingly Marketised Environments Professor Mark Bray, East China Normal University and Emeritus Professor of The University of Hong Kong |
9:30 am – 10:30am | Educating Students For Their Future, Not Our Past – Lessons From PISA Andreas Schleicher, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Panel Discussion Facilitated by Steve Munby |
11:15 am - 11:45 am | ICP Business 2021 ICP Convention |
11:45 am – 12:15 pm | Closing Ceremony and Farewell |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm | School Visits |
Disclaimers
- All conference activities and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- For any questions about the conference schedule please see the Registration Desk throughout the Conference.
- Session attendance is on a first come, first served basis.