香港資優教育學院 The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education

Date	Location	Event
14 - 15 November, 2008	USA	Fall Symposium: Getting started with Differentiation - A 2-day workshop that provides participants with the underlying philosophy of differentiation & practical strategies for implementing differentiation in classroom, schools and districts.
8 - 9 November, 2008	Istanbul, Turkey	2008 ASCD Middle East International Conference "Value the Whole Child Embracing A Global Vision” - A 2-day conference will explore school practices and programs that ensure all students are healthy, knowledgeable, motivated, and engaged. Leading researchers on learning, education experts, school improvement consultants, and practitioners from all levels will be on hand to share with participants the many ways to educate the whole child
30 October - 2 November, 2008	USA	National Association for Gifted Children 2008 Annual Convention - 260 + sessions covering 15 important strands of gifted education, including computer & technology, creativity, curriculum, parent & community etc.
18 - 20 October, 2008	Beijing, China	International Conference on the Development & Education of Gifted Children – 30th Anniversary Research on & Education of G/T Children - Productions and experiences in research of G/T children for the past 30 years will be presented. The main topics are: Identification of the gifted children; Curriculum and programs training practice for the gifted education; Acceleration, enrichment and alternatives of gifted education and more…
14 - 17 July, 2008	Singapore	10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Gifted Education
6 - 7 March, 2008	Hong Kong	HK-UK GE Conference - "From Gifted to Great"

Date	Location	Event
5 - 8 November, 2009	Missouri, USA	NAGC 56th Annual Convention & Exhibition - Having content-rich sessions in 15 strands. For example, arts, early childhood and professional development. Attendees that the strands provide them a portal through which they can access the tremendous resources at the Convention.
30 October – 2 November, 2009	Xian, China	International Conference on the Cultivation and Education of Creativity and Innovation - The theme of the conference is to explore a series of issues related to cultivation and education of creativity and innovation, in order to promote the development of creativity and innovation in China.
3 - 7 August, 2009	Vancouver, Canada	18th Biennial World Conference for G & T & Youth Summit 2009 - The largest international gathering of teachers, administrators, faculty, researchers and parents in the field of gifted and talented learners.
17 - 19 July, 2009	Orlando, Florida, USA	The SENG Summit 2009 : Mission Possible - Presentations focus on the social and emotional development and needs of gifted people and the challenges facing the gifted population. Details and speakers to be announced.
13 - 24 July, 2009	USA	Confratute 2009 - Over 80 week-long strands focus on all aspects of differentiated instruction and enrichment learning and teaching. Confratute is a combined CONFerence, FRATernity, and instiTUTE geared toward providing educators with strategies for enrichment teaching.
26 - 28 June, 2009	USA	ASCD Summer Conference on Differentiated Instruction, Understanding by Design, and What Works in Schools - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead. Information on the Summer Conference will be available on January 2009.

Date	Location	Event
11-14 November 2010	USA	NAGC 57th Annual Convention The theme of the convention is “Great Minds Leading the Way”. Having content-rich sessions in 15 strands. For example, arts, guidance & counselling and creativity.
30 October - 1 November, 2010	China	National Talented Education International Conference (conducted in Chinese) - The Conference is organised by the National Talented Specialty Committee of the Chinese Talents Society. The main theme of the Conference is about the rationale and conception of talented education.
29 July - 1 August 2010	Sydney, Australia	11th Asia Pacific Conference on Giftedness - The theme of the conference is “Thinking Smart: Effective Partnerships for Talent Development”. It is an important time for gifted education internationally and it has secured dynamic gifted educators from across the globe to stimulate and challenge people’s thinking. It will be a great opportunity to hear new ideas and to renew connections with colleagues from the Asia-Pacific rim and beyond.
11-16 July 2010	USA	Confratute 2010 Confratute is a combined CONFerence, FRATernity, and instiTUTE . This year’s Confratute is geared toward providing educators with research-based practical strategies for engagement and enrichment learning for all students, as well as meeting the needs of gifted and talented students.
6-9 July, 2010	Hong Kong	17th International Conference on Learning The Conference is organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Education. The programme will consist of a mix of plenary and parallel sessions grouped into different streams, such as curriculum and pedagogy, student learning and educational leadership, etc.
24 - 25 June 2010	Munich, Germany	Conference: "Creativity in Business and Education: Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Aspects" - The conference aims to discuss the state of art of creativity in education and organisations, two core disciplines of the international master study programme “Psychology of Excellence in Business and Education”, and the possible themes for international collaboration on creativity research in Europe, Asia and other parts of the world.
23-25 June 2010	USA	Professional Summer Institute: Curriculum and Instruction for High Ability Learners in Diverse Settings The summer institute is organised by the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William & Mary. The purpose of this institute is to provide teachers and administrators with the knowledge and skills to design and utilize high quality curriculum within effective programmes for advanced learners.
22-24 June 2010	USA	ASCD Summer Conference 2010 The Conference will include four effective approaches to better teaching and learning: Differentiated Instruction, Understanding by Design, What Works in Schools, and Curriculum mapping.
20 - 26 June 2010	USA	Belin-Blank Fellowship Programme in Gifted Education - The Fellowship Programme is provided by the Belin-Blank Centre at The University of Iowa with the aim of helping teachers learn better methods for working with gifted students in the classrooms.
11 - 13 March 2010	USA	Diamonds in the Rough: Smart Kids Who Learn Differently A national conference for educators, parents, students, and all who appreciate the unique strengths and needs of bright kids who are twice exceptional, i.e. gifted and with a learning difficulty.

Date	Location	Event
8 - 12 August, 2011	South Korea	19th World Conference for Gifted and Talented Children - This event comprises conference, youth summit and parents partnership prgramme for the participation of gifted educators, psychologists, gifted and talents coordinators, school teachers, graduate students, youngsters and parents worldwide. The theme for the Conference is “Embedded Leadership: Between Life and Universe”.
25 - 28 April, 2011	USA	CEC 2011 Convention & Expo - The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is an international professional organisation promoting special and gifted education. The 2011 Convention & Expo is the annual professional development event for educators from around the world to share, learn and exchange issues in the field of special and gifted education.