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International Conference The Future of Education

International Conference The Future of Education

The International Conference “The Future of Education” will take place in Florence on 16 - 17 June 2011.

The aim of the Future of Education Conference is to promote the sharing of good practice and transnational cooperation in the field of the application of innovative education and training strategies, methodologies and solutions.

The Future of Education conference will also be an excellent opportunity for the presentation of previous and current projects and innovative initiatives in the field of education.

The Future of Education conference focuses on the following topics:

- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methodologies

- Education and New Technologies

- Media Literacy Education

- E-learning

- Distance Education

- Human Computer Interaction

- Learning Games

- Art Education

- Music Education

The Call for Papers, in the Future of Education Conference’s framework, is addressed to teachers and experts as well as to coordinators of projects and initiatives in the field of education and training.

Teachers and experts in the field of education and trainers are invited to submit an abstract of a paper to be presented during the Future of Education Conference. The abstract should be written in English (300 – 500 words) and sent via e-mail to edu_future@pixel-online.net no later than 14 February 2011.

Important dates for the Future of Education Conference

- 14 February 2011: Deadline for submitting abstracts

- 28 February 2011: Notification of Acceptance / Rejection

- 21 March 2011: Deadline for final submission of papers

- 10 June 2011: Deadline for registration

- 16 - 17 June 2011: Dates of the conference

At the Future of Education Conference there will be three presentation modalities: Oral and poster presentations (in-person) and virtual (for those who cannot attend in person)

An ISBN publication will be produced with all the accepted papers.

For further information about the Future of Education Conference, please contact us at the following address: edu_future@pixel-online.net

or visit the conference website: http://www.pixel-online.net/edu_future/index.php

International Conference

ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRENDS IN MODERN LITERATURE:

EAST AND WEST (INCOTIML - 11)

ORGANISED BY

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

January 4th & 5th, 2011

VENUE

L.C.T.L. Palaniappa Chettiar Memorial Auditorium,

KARAIKUDI - 630 003,

Tamil Nadu,

India

The broad areas of the Conference are listed below:

Trends in the Modern Literature of

British American

Indian Greek

German French

Canadian Malay

Chinese Language Other Languages

Trends in Modern Literature of all Indian Languages including Tamil will be discussed.

Last date for sending Abstracts : 23.12.2010

Last date for sending full papers: 30.12.2010

CONTACT PERSON (for sending Papers/Enquiries)

Dr. S. Subbiah

Associate Professor & Head i/c,

Department of English and Foreign Languages,

Alagappa University,

Karaikudi - 63o 003

Sivaganga District,

Tamilnadu,

India.

Phone: 04365-228 724, Mobile: 9442282517

email: aludepteng@gmail.com

Selected Abstracts will be published in the Conference Souvenir with ISBN

Conference Alerts (British Council)

http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-english-teachersandtrainers-development.htm STARTING, STIMULATING AND SUSTAINING ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT A conference for English Language Teacher Educators In January 2011, state sector trainers, teacher educators and members of regional and international teacher associations will come together to share best practices on teacher education programmes and to connect with other practitioners for professional development and networking. The British Council and the EFL-U (English and Foreign Languages University) are co-hosting a three-day conference on ‘Starting, Stimulating and Sustaining English Language Teacher Education and Development’ for the English Language Teacher Educators from 22-24 January 2011 in Hyderabad, India. The event is being supported by the ELTAI (English Language Teachers’ Association of India) and the IATEFL’s Young Learner Teenagers Special Interest Group (YLT SIG) and Teacher Training and Education Special Interest Group (TTEd SIG). The objectives of the conference are: to provide an opportunity for English Language pre and in-service teacher educators from across South Asia to meet and share best practice and experiences to provide English Language pre and in-service teacher educators an opportunity for professional development and updating which will enable them to become more effective to establish and build a sustainable community and network of English language teacher educators At the conference, we will announce the winners of the India and Sri Lanka English Language Teaching Research Awards. What will the conference cover? Over three days, the conference will have plenaries, workshops, panels and paper presentations on the following themes: 1 Developing English language primary teachers 2 Teacher education in difficult and rural contexts 3 Curriculum and materials development for teacher education 4 The role of technology (radio, Edusat, mobiles, ICT) in teacher education 5 Distance teacher education 6 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for teachers and teacher educators 7 Challenges of evolving and implementing English Language teacher education policy Who all can participate? We expect 700 pre and in-service teacher educators from across South Asia to participate in the conference. The participants could be: District Centre Chief Tutors and Tutors International speakers and delegates Master Trainers/ Resource Persons state sector teacher educators Representatives of English Language Teacher Institute (ELTI) Representatives of Teacher Education bodies and agencies Researchers in teacher education/ training DIET/ SCERT Lecturers and SSA Teacher Educators B.Ed. Lecturers of English Teacher Association representatives NGO Teacher Educators Teacher education managers and leaders Teacher Association representatives How can you participate? As a pre/ in-service teacher educator, you could contribute to the conference either as a speaker or as a delegate. Prospective speakers are encouraged to complete the Speaker Proposal Form and submit their applications (refer to the Call for Papers) no later than 1 December 2010. Those English Language Teacher Educators interested to participate as delegates are requested to complete the registration formalities latest by 10 January 2011. The registrations for the conference will be accepted on a first come first served basis. To register, please submit your Application Form along with the fees mentioned below. Registration Fees Speakers and delegates from India and South Asia INR (Rs.) Speakers and delegates from other countries GBP (£) Conference fee 1000 80 Discount for ELTAI and IATEFL Members 800 75 Early bird registration fee (for all registrations received on or before 1 December 2010) 750 60 Early bird discount for ELTAI and IATEFL Members (for all registrations received on or before 1 December 2010) 700 55 The fee includes registration, conference pack, refreshments and lunch. Accommodation is not included but a list will be available from 1 December 2010. For more information, please contact: International speakers and delegates: Wendy Arnold at arnoldworld@gmail.com Indian speakers and delegates: Sam Prasanthkumar at sam.prasanthkumar@in.britishcouncil.org

IATEFL 45th Annual conference

45th Annual Conference and Exhibition

Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
15th -19th April 2011

Plenary Speakers

Thomas Farrell	Peter Grundy	Brian Patten	Sue Palmer	Catherine Walter

PLEASE NOTE ALL SPEAKERS HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THEIR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE SPEAKER APPLICATION FORM

Register online as a delegate

Conference 2011 June Brochure

We are pleased to announce that registration fees have remained the same as last year

Registration and full payment received on or before 28th January 2011

IATEFL members £125/Non members £175/IATEFL Student members* £95

Registration and full payment received after 28th January 2011

IATEFL members £160/Non members £210/IATEFL Student members* £95

Single day attendance fees

IATEFL members £70/Non members £85/IATEFL Student members* £45

Single day attendance fees on Tuesday 19th (half day)

IATEFL members £35/Non members £45/IATEFL Student members* £25

(* - you must be an IATEFL student member to pay this rate)

The speaker proposal deadline was 17th September 2010.

Getting to Brighton

The National Express has services between most large towns, and has links from London to Brighton.

The nearest airport is London Gatwick.

Accommodation

It is already possible to arrange your accommodation for Brighton - book accommodation. If you have any queries Visit Brighton can help with this as well as any other queries you may have.

Sponsorship Opportunities
The new Sponsorship Opportunities Document for the 45th Annual International Conference and Exhibition at Brighton is available on the IATEFL website now. Please download a copy below. Bookings, however, will not be taken until Friday 9th April at this years' IATEFL Conference at Harrogate. If you have any queries please contact Alison Wallis Marketing and Sponsorship Officer. See our sponsorship page for more details.

Sponsorship 2011

ELT Exhibition at Conference
The details for the exhibition to be held at Brighton, including prices and deadlines can be found on our exhibition page . The floorplan, price list and exhibition manual are available to download . If you have any queries please contact Alison Wallis Marketing and Sponsorship Officer.

http://www.iatefl.org/brighton-2011/45th-annual-conference-and-exhibition-2011