8:45 - 9:00 Registration
Opening Ceremony
9:00 - 9:10 Welcoming Speech by Professor Steve Andrews
9:10 - 9:25 Speech from Professor Mark Bray
9:25 - 9:30 Vote of thanks by Dr. Filiz Polat
Theme One: Contemporary Development of Policy and Practice in Inclusive Education (I)
9:30-9:50 Dr Peter Kutnick – Inclusion in pre-school learning – Pedagogical worlds and
exclusive learning practices? download pdf
9:50-10:10 Dr. Meng Deng– Policy on Special Education in China: A Critical Analysis download pdf
10:10-10:30 Dr. Siriparn Sriwanyong – Current Issues in Inclusive Education in Thailand:
Policy and Practice download pdf
10:30-11:00 Tea Break
Theme Two: Voices of Parents to Inclusive Education
11:00-11:20 Mrs Mei Ling Mok Wong – Parents’ Voices from Hong Kong
11:20-11:40 Dr. Ingrid Harrington – Parental Perspectives: Inclusion of Students with
Asperger Syndrome in Mainstream Primary Schools download pdf
11:40-12:00 Dr. Tat Ming Sze – Parents’ Voices from Macau download pdf
12:00-12:30 Q & A (Chaired by Dr Filiz Polat)
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
Theme Three: Contemporary Development of Policy and Practice in Inclusive Education (II)
14:00 -14:20 Dr Su-Jan Lin – Inclusive Education in Today’s Taiwan download pdf
14:20 - 14:40 Dr Zhicheng Huang – From Integration to Inclusion: The Development of
Inclusive Education in China
14:40 - 15:00 Dr Maizam Alias – Special and Technical / Vocational Education: Improving
Inclusive Education in Malaysia download pdf
15:00 - 15:20 Ms Maria Wong – Inclusive Education in Hong Kong: A Half-hearted Agenda download pdf
15:20-15:45 Tea Break
Theme Four: Effective Strategies and Practices in implementing Inclusive Education
15:45-16:05 Mr. Franky Poon – Inclusion in Action: A case study of an inclusive secondary
school in Hong Kong download pdf
16:05-16:25 Mr Andrew Tse (speaker) & Mr Keith Humphreys – Enhancing Learning
Effectiveness with cross-school student attainment data download pdf
16:25-16:45 Dr Vicky Tsang (speaker) and Dr Filiz Polat -- Comparative Perspectives: Policy
and Practice in the Asia-Pacific Region download pdf
16:45-17:15 Open Forum (Chaired by Dr. Filiz Polat)
17:15-17:30 Closing Ceremony: Presentation of Souvenirs to the Guest Speakers
(Dr Filiz Polat)
