Speakers and Symposia

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: PROMISES AND REALITIES
Patricia Wallace, Ph. D.
Director Information Services & Instructional Technologies Centre for Talented Youth, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA


NETWORKED: THE NEW SCIENCE OF COLLABORATIVE GIFTEDNESS
Henry Tirri, Ph. D.
Nokia Research Center, Finland

THE LEARNING RENAISSANCE
Chris Yapp, Ph. D.
ICL Fellow, Lifelong Learning National Grid for Learning, UK


INVITED SPEAKERS
Tim Cornford, World Class Tests, UK
Carmen Cretu
, University AI. I. Cuza, Romania
Csilla Fuszek, Ministry of Education, Hungary
Luz Perez, Universidad Complutense, Spain*
Alexander Voiskounsky, Moscow State University, Russia
Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, William and Mary College, Virginia, USA


SYMPOSIA
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GIFTED*
Gerardo Aguado, University of Navarra, Spain

THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT OF CTY MODEL
Linda Barnett, The Johns Hopkins University, USA

SELF REGULATED LEARNING AND GIFTED EDUCATION*
M. Carmen Gonzalez-Torres, University of Navarra, Spain

THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTS IN GIFTED DEVELOPMENT
Annette Heinbokel, Universität Osnabrück, Germany

GIFTED EDUCATION IN SCANDINAVIA
Ole Kyed, Psychological Service Centre, Lyngby-Taarbak, Denmark

RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED
Kirsi Tirri, University of Helsinki, Finland

GIFTED PUPILS IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM: THE CHALLENGE FOR TEACHERS
Johanna M. Raffan, NACE, UK

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
Harald Wagner, Bildung und Begabung e.V., Germany

* The presentation will be in Spanish