On, 29th and 30th March 2010 Professor Stephen Heppell will be visiting Australia.  Stephen, an internationally recognized expert on education, has accepted an invitation to spend two days working with school leadership teams. The Building Connections conference will be held at the Baha’i Centre in Hobart with Professor Heppell the keynote presenter.

During the two day conference there will be an opportunity to hear Stephen discuss what is happening internationally in the field of education. Professor Heppell travels widely, presenting at conferences and working on building exceptional schools to truly engage students in learning.

There will be opportunities to meet with Professor Heppell in the relaxed and inviting atmosphere of the Baha’i Centre. Schools are invited to showcase the work of their students on the Tuesday afternoon. 

On Tuesday morning internationally recognised educational facility planner, architect Prakash Nair will be online via video link to talk with school leaders about the building projects the have been working on including the Cayman Islands. 

The conference promises to be an invigorating start to the school year as schools develop strategies to ensure the best use of the enhanced facilities new technologies. All this as a result of funding provided to schools from the Building Education Revolution and the Digital Education Revolution.
For those delegates attending the dinner on Monday evening highly acclaimed Tasmanian singer, Carmen Young will be performing during the evening.

The conference is collaboratively supported by, The Catholic Education Office, the Department of Education and the Association of Independent Schools. Numbers are restricted to 200. The dinner to 100. The conference is expected to be over subscribed so please register early. You can download the registration form here or alternatively register online.