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Day 1 Tuesday 8 March 2016

Time

Event

7.30am

Registration & Welcome Coffee/Tea

9.00am

Welcome Address
Mr Chan Poh Meng
President, Academy of Principals (Singapore)

9.05am

Opening Address
Mr Ng Chee Meng
Acting Minister for Education (Schools)

9.30am

Keynote 1
Professor Arnoud De Meyer
Singapore Management University, Singapore

Leading in a Complex Knowledge Society: From Command and Control to Collaboration

 

11.00 am

TEA BREAK

 

11.30am

Keynote 2
Professor Hannele Niemi
University of Helsinki, Finland

Supporting Schools to become Learning Communities – Experiences from Finland and other countries.

 

1.00pm

LUNCH

 

2.00pm

Keynote 3
Dr Thomas R Hoerr
New City School, United States of America

Leading for the Future : Culture is Key

 

3.00 pm

TEA BREAK

 

3.30 pm

Keynote 4
Professor Emeritus Craig Richards,
Columbia University, United States of America

Innovation in School Leadership Preparation

 

5.00pm

End of Day 1 Programme

 

Day 2 Wednesday 9 March 2016

Time

Event

9.00am

Keynote 5
Prof Walter Woon
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Leadership in a VUCA World

10.30am

TEA BREAK

 

11.00am

Keynote 6
Dr Sharon Friesen
University of Calgary, Canada

Creating Adaptive Learning Capacity

12.30pm

LUNCH

 

1.30 pm

Practitioners’ Panel
What This Means for Schools

3.00 pm

TEA BREAK

 

3.30pm

Keynote 7
Ms Chia Yong Yong
Yusarn Audrey & Partners, Singapore

Leading for the Future

4.30pm

Closing Address
Ms Chan Lai Fung
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education

5.00pm

Vote of Thanks

 

End of Conference