7:45 Shuttle bus from Volha Hall to Top Hotel
8:00 – 19:00 Registration / Information centre
9:00 – 9:15 Introductions and Objectives - Sarah Klaus and Michelle Neuman
9:15 – 10:00 Three Paradigms of Research - Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram
10:00 – 10:45 Case Study as the Method of Choice for Child Study – Robert Stake and Natalia Sofiy
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 Parallel Workshop Sessions – Data Collection Methods and Applications
(Participants choose one workshop to attend)
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 Researching with Young Children: New Possibilities, Different Challenges - Alison Clark
15:00 – 16:30 Parallel Workshop Sessions – Data Analysis Methods and Reporting
(Participants choose one workshop to attend)
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 17:30 Wrap-up and next steps – Sarah Klaus and Liana Ghent
17:30 - 18:00 Optional Session: Writing for publication – Chris Pascal and colleagues
19:30 Shuttle bus from Top Hotel to Volha Hall

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Conference Programme - Day 1: Wednesday, 29th August, 2007

7:45 Shuttle bus from Volha Hall to Top Hotel
8:00 – 18:00 Registration / Information centre
10:00 – 17:00 Meeting of the EECERA Board of Trustees, Meeting of the Editorial Board of the EECERA Journal, Meeting of the EECERA Electoral College, Annual General Meeting of the EECERA members, ISSA Council Meeting
17:15 Shuttle bus from Top Hotel to Volha Hall
17:30 – 18:00 Sightseeing transfers from Top Hotel to Opening reception (transfers from Volha at 18:00)
19:00 – 21:00 Opening reception
21:30 - 23:00 Transfers back to Top Hotel and Volha Hall

Day 2: Thursday, 30th August, 2007

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7:45 Shuttle bus from Volha Hall to Top Hotel
8:00 – 19:00 Registration / Information centre
8:45 – 9:30 Opening Ceremony
9:30 – 10:30 Keynote I. Elena Kravtsova, Russian State University for the Humanities, L.S. Vygotsky Psychology Institute, Russia
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10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Symposium Set 1
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12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Keynote II. Elena Bodrova, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), Denver, Colorado, USA
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14:45 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:45 Symposium Set 2
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16:45 – 18:00 Posters
18:00 Shuttle bus from Top Hotel to Volha Hall
19:00 - 19:30 Transfers from Top Hotel to Conference dinner (transfers from Volha at 19:30)
20:00 – 24:00 Conference dinner
22:00 - 24:00 Transfers back to Top Hotel and Volha Hall

Day 3: Friday, 31st August, 2007

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8:30 Shuttle bus from Volha Hall to Top Hotel
8:45 – 19:00 Information centre
8:45 – 9:30 Keynote III. Bert van Oers, Department of Theory and Research in Education, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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9:45 – 11:15 Symposium Set 3
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11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 12:30 Keynote IV. James V. Wertsch, McDonnell International Scholars Academy; Washington University, USA
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12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Symposium Set 4
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15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
15:30 - 16:45 Posters
16:45 – 18:15 Symposium Set 5
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18:15 Shuttle bus from Top Hotel to Volha Hall
19:00 - 19:30 Transfers from Top Hotel to Conference dinner (transfers from Volha at 19:30)
20:00 – 23:00 Optional evening programmes
22:30 - 23:00 Transfers back to Top Hotel and Volha Hall

Day 4: Saturday, 1st September, 2007

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8:30 Shuttle bus from Volha Hall to Top Hotel
8:45 – 18:00 Information centre
8:45 – 10:15 Symposium Set 6
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10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30 Keynote V. Susanna Mantovani, University of Milan, Biocca, Italy - No presentation is available for this symposium
11:30 – 12:15 Closing session
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch
13:15 Shuttle bus from Top Hotel to Volha Hall
14:00 – 18:00 pick-up for Sightseeing tour of Prague in Top Hotel (Volha Hall at 14:15)