Speakers & Programme
Languages
English
Simultaneous translation to German and French for Keynotes and Plenary Sessions
Please click here for download the Programme of the Keynotes and Plenary Sessions in French language
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Opening Ceremony
Sunday 27th July 2008
Keynote Address
Contextualising the future - demographic and sociological insights into the future of global society and the role of individuals and families within this framework
Dr. Thomas GRÖBLY
Master of Advanced Studies in Applied Ethics (MAE)
Theologian and Ethic
Switzerland
Sunday 27th July 2008
Keynote Address
The role of education to equip individuals and families to be resilient and active participants in the global community
Dr. Ursula RENOLD
Director
Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET)/
Bundesamt für Berufsbildung und Technologie (BBT)
Switzerland
Plenary Session 1
Monday 28th July 2008
8:30 - 9:30
Celebrating the past: A critical reflection on the history of IFHE and the home economics profession
Main Speaker I:
Virginia B. VINCENTI, Ph.D, CFCS, Professor
Department of Family & Consumer Sciences
University of Wyoming
USA
Celebrating the past: A critical reflection on the history of IFHE and the home economics profession
Main Speaker II:
Dr. Kaija TURKKI
Department of Home Economics and Craft Science
University of Helsinki
Finland
Plenary Session 2
Monday 28th July 2008
9:30 - 10:30
Sustainability - considering the pillars of sustainability as a theoretical paradigm, various models - with links to home economics
Martin CARAHER, Ph.D., MSc
Associate Dean, Reader in Food and Healthy Policy
City Community and Health Sciences
City University London
UK
Plenary Session 3
Tuesday 29th July 2008
8:30 - 9.30
Consumers and consumption in the future - questions of sustainability, advocacy, patterns and traits, projections, links to home economics
Prof. Dr. Francis NWONWU
Chief Research Specialist
Head of the Sustainable Development Research Unit
Africa Institute of South Africa
South Africa
Plenary Session 4
Tuesday 29th July 2008
9:30 - 10:30
The Globalisation of the food supply - the role of home economists
Tan Suri Napsiah OMAR
Womens`s Institute of Management (WIM)
Ministry of Women
Family Community Development
Malaysia
Plenary Session 5
Wednesday 30th July 2008
8:30 - 9:30
Generational theory and home economics - the millennial generation and beyond - the importance of future planning
Associate Professor Donna Pendergast, Ph.D.
The University of Queensland
Australia
Plenary Session 6
Wednesday 30th July 2008
9:30 - 10:30
Visionary insights into the future - 2028
James McINTOSH
WHISK LTD.
London, UK
Visionary insights into the future - 2028
Emma COLLINS
UK
Visionary insights into the future - 2028
Christina COLLINS
Australia
Plenary Session 7
Thursday 31st July 2008
8:30 - 9:30
Individual empowerment as a home economist
Dr. Sue L.T. McGREGOR, Canada
Professor, Director, Graduate Education
Faculty of Education, Mount St. Vincent University
Canada
Plenary Session 8/Panel Session
Thursday 31st July 2008
9:30 - 10:30
Collective empowerment of the home economics profession
Geraldene B. HODELIN, Ph.D.
Dean
Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies
University of Technology, Kingston
Jamaica
Panel Members:
Developing critical reflection for home economics teachers
Dr. Mary MAGEE
St. Angela`s College of Education
Lough Gill, Sligo
Ireland
Developing critical reflection for home economics teachers
Prof. Dr. Tae Myung YOO
Kyungsang National University
Korea
Developing critical reflection for home economics teachers
Dr. Chui-Fui Joyce MOK
Assistant Professor
Natural Science & Science Education
National Institute of Education
Nangyang Technological University
Singapore
Please click here for download her Curriculum Vitae
Developing critical reflection for home economics teachers
Prof. Dr. Sidiga WASHI
Dean
School of Health Sciences
Ahfad University For Women
Omdurman
Sudan