Program at a glance
We are delighted to announce the program for the 2024 CEWA Early Childhood Conference!
Venue: Hyatt Regency
- 6 March, 4.00 pm – 7.30 pm
- 7 March, 8.30 am – 4.30 pm
- 8 March, 8.30 am – 4.30 pm
- 9 March, 8.30 am – 12.30 pm
Join us from 7-9 March 2024 in Perth.
Click here to find out more about the keynote speakers, panels and presenters joining the conference.
Launch Function Information
Join us at our conference launch function to hear Dr Jane Merewether (PhD), a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood and Indigenous/Cultural Studies in the School of Education at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, deliver the keynote.
Her research and teaching explore children’s common world relations with materials, places, and nonhuman others, and is published in Australian and international journals and books. She has also presented her research both nationally and internationally. Dr Merewether is particularly interested in generating liveable, sustainable, and ethical pedagogies in the context of climate and ecological change. She works with participatory methodologies and theoretical perspectives that help her to pay attention to entangled human and more-than-human relations and ways of cultivating thinking collectively with the world. Dr Merewether also draws on her many years of experience as an early childhood teacher in Australia, and a long-term engagement the educational project of Reggio Emilia in Italy.
6 March Launch Function
- 4:30pm Refreshments upon arrival
- 5:00- 5:30pm
- Delegate Welcome – CEWA Executive Director Wayne Bull
- Prayer and Welcome to Country
- 5.30 pm Welcome Address – Hon Sabine Winton MLA
- 6.00pm Keynote Presentation – Dr Jane Merewether
- 6:40pm Networking and Refreshments
Conference Online Registration
Through the exploration of early childhood development and pedagogy, educators build an understanding of the significance of each child’s story. The conference will empower educators to recognise the pivotal role this plays in optimising learning, development, and lifelong success.
- 7 March Conference Day 1 8.30am – 4.30 pm
- 8 March Conference Day 2 8.30am – 4.30 pm
- 9 March Conference Day 3 8.30am – 12.30 pm
A partial relief reimbursement will be provided to a limited number of CEWA kindergarten teachers who attend the conference. To be eligible to receive the funding, principals must complete this form for each kindergarten teacher attending. (Limit 3 per school).