8:00 - 9:30

On-site Registrations at UNESCO

9:30 - 10:30

Welcome and Opening Remarks - French Montessori Association - The French Minister of Education or his / her representative - The Director General of UNESCO or his/her representative - Renilde Montessori, President, Association Montessori Internationale - Marie-Louise Pasquier, President, French Montessori Association Musical Interlude - concert pianist Pascal Gallet

10:30 -11:15

Break

11:15 - 12:00

Dr. Luciano Mazzetti, Italy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Rome, AMI "Education as an aid to life: Montessori Perspectives"

12:00 -14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:30

Dr. Catherine Dolto, France, Hapto-Psychotherapist "Establishing a basis of security for the child from the beginning of life" (perspectives based on haptonomy, the science of feelings)

14:30 - 15:00

Linda Burney, Australia, Deputy Director General, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, New South Wales, Australia "Integrating traditional wisdom within education for the 21st century"

15:00 - 15:30

Dr. Silvana Montanaro, Italy, Psychiatrist, Director, Montessori Education Centre, AMI "The child, a pole of humanity: the future adult cannot be constructed harmoniously if the child has not been able to develop harmoniously "

15:30 - 16:15

Break

16:15 - 17:00

Round Table: Dr. Catherine Dolto, Linda Burney, Dr. Silvana Montanaro, Dr. Luciano Mazzetti, Moderator: Monique Perrot-Lanaud, journalist, mensuel Sources, UNESCO

9:30 - 10:15

Edgar Morin, France, Sociologist, Essayist "The knowledge necessary for education in the 21st Century"

10:15 - 10:45

Camillo Grazzini, Italy, Director, Fondazione Centro Internazionale Studi Montessoriani, AMI "The cosmic plan, cosmic education and the cosmic vision of Maria Montessori"

10:45 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:00

Vincent-Paul Toccoli, France, Salesian Priest "The search for wisdom as a fundamental pillar in education as an aid to life"

12:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:45

Jane Healy, Ph.D., USA, Writer "Failure to connect: new challenges in education for the 21st century"

14:45 - 15:15

Lynne Lawrence, Great Britain, Maria Montessori Training Organisation, AMI "The importance of a sensorial grounding of intelligence starting from the beginning of life"

15:15 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:00

Round Table: Sigrid Niedermayer, UNESCO, Associated Schools International Co-ordination Unit UNESCO Edgar Morin, Vincent-Paul Toccoli, Jane Healy, Lynne Lawrence Moderator: Martine Allain-Regnault, France, Medical Journalist

9:30 - 10:15

Dr. Frank Wilson, USA, Neurologist, Author, The Hand "Hand-made minds: a neurologist discusses the role of manual experience in emotional and cognitive development."

10:15 - 10:45

Gérard Dartois, France, Professor of Art, University of Rennes "The hand, organ of possibilities: impressions and expressions"

10:45 - 11 :30

Break

11:30 - 12:00

Renilde Montessori, Spain, President, Association Montessori Internationale "Chiaroscuro"

12:00 -14:00

Lunch

14:00 -14:30

Alfonse Tay, France, UNESCO, Programme Specialist, Children in Difficult Circumstances "Transforming values into action: children in difficult circumstances as the tip of the iceberg"

14:30 - 15:00

Muriel Dwyer, Great Britain, Chairman, Maria Montessori Training Organisation, AMI; Sister Gaspara Kashamba, Lushoto Tanzania; Sister Angela Loko, Kenya; Sister Salustia Masuya, Tanzania "Montessori in the developing world: 33 years of experience"

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 17:00

"Educateurs sans Frontières" - Some interesting experiences of Montessorians around the world - Yukie Sato / Takako Fukatsu, Japan "Pioneer non-classroom Montessori experiences of aid to children in Cambodian refugee communities in Thailand" - Dr. John Erhart and Monica Smith, USA "Montessori Intervention Programme with mentally ill children and youth" - Tribute to Rebecca Ault, USA "Training support to a family-style orphanage in Romania for HIV children" - Pierre Bastide, France "Three decades of Montessori experience in a psycho-pedagogic institute for children with psychological problems"

17:00 -17:30

Andres Guerrero, UNICEF, Education Advisor "The rights of adolescents to development and participation: rights to education, health and a society where they can participate in constructing their future."

20:00 - 22:30

Closing Night - Gala Reception Ingebrog Breines, UNESCO, Director, Programme of Women and a Culture of Peace André Roberfroid, UNICEF, NY, Deputy Executive Director Dr. Luciano Mazzetti, Italy, AMI, "Perspectives, projects and accomplishments: towards a culture of peace" with Renilde Montessori, AMI, and Camillo Grazzini, AMI