• Keynote 1: Day 1 (September 5 Thursday）　2:15-3:15p.m.

　　Speaker: Maki Katsuno-Hayashikawa

(Chief of Section for Inclusive Quality Education (IQE), UNESCO Bangkok)

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                       Making ECCE everyone's business:
                     A regional overview from a SDG4.2 perspective 

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                      [profile] Ms. Maki Katsuno-Hayashikawa is the Chief of Section for Inclusive Quality Education

                            of UNESCO Bangkok & Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education since April 2016. In her

                            capacity as the Chief of Section, she oversees UNESCO's regional programme in the Asia-   

                            Pacific in the fields of education policy and planning and quality and inclusion in education,

                            from early childhood to secondary education. She was the Officer-in-Charge for the UNESCO Bangkok during August 2017 - 20 May 2018. Ms. Katsuno-Hayashikawa is also the Regional Coordinator for the SDG4-Education 2030 and the Gender Focal Point. / Ms. Katsuno-Hayashikawa holds a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics, an MA in Education Planning from the UCL-Institute of Education, University of London, and an M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education from South Australia University.

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• Keynote 2: Day 3 (September 7 Saturday）　9:15-10:15a.m.

　　Speaker: Dr. Pablo Stansbery

(Senior Regional Adviser, Early Childhood Development (ECD),

 UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO))

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Preschool Agenda 2030: From A (-ccess) to Q (-uality)
 

[profile] Dr. Pablo Stansbery is the Early Childhood Development (ECD) regional advisor for UNICEF's East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO). He served as ECD regional adviser for UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) between 2014 and 2017. Prior

​                           ​to joining UNICEF, Pablo was the ECD Senior Director at Save the Children (Washington)

                           where he expanded the ECD global portfolio and created integrated ECD programmes across

                           sectors and ministries. Previously, Pablo helped launch one of the leading ECD initiatives in the

United States, First 5 California. His research interest examines the role culture plays in routine child rearing practices and how those early interactions and conditions influence developmental trajectories of children. / Dr. Stansbery has a BA in Cross-cultural Developmental Psychology from University of Denver (USA), Masters and Doctoral degrees in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University (USA) and he completed his post-doctoral training at Boston Children's Hospital (Harvard Medical School). 

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• Keynote 3: Day 3 (September 7 Saturday）　10:30-11:30a.m.

　　Speaker: Dr. Keiko Nakamura

(Director general of JT Biohistory Research Hall (BRH))

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The Children in the Age of Science and Technology:

To Live as a Living Creature

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[profile] Dr. Keiko Nakamura graduated from the University of Tokyo and obtained her Ph.D. in molecular biology. She started her carrier as a researcher in National Institute of Health. She became Director of Department of Natural and Social Environmental Research in 1981, Professor of Waseda University in 1989, Professor of Post Graduate School, Osaka University in 1996. She has been Director General of JT Biohistory Research Hall since 2002.

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