Tentative Program

TENTATIVE PROGRAM of ICEDU 2026

07.30 – 08.30	Conference registration
08.30 – 09.00	Conference Inauguration
09.00 – 09.10	Partner Recognition
09.10 – 09.50	Inaugural Keynote speech by Prof. Fred Paas, Professor of Educational Psychology Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Title: “Transforming Education for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future: Cognitive Load–Informed Design Across Ages and Technologies”
09.50 – 10.00	Group Photograph
10.00 – 10.30	Morning Refreshments
10.30 – 11.30	Open Networking Space
11.30 – 12.30	Technical Sessions
12.30 – 12.40	Technical Dialogue
12.40 – 13.40	Lunch
13.40 – 14.10	Plenary Speech by Prof. Brendan Hokowhitu, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures (IFC), University of Queensland, Australia Title: “Unlearning Colonialism: Disciplinary Power and Body-logic”
14.10 – 15.55	Technical Sessions
15.55 – 16.05	Technical Dialogue
16.05 – 16.35	Evening Refreshments (With Poster Session)
16.35 – 17.35	Panel Discussion on “Educational Policy as a Driver for Systemic Transformation” · Prof. Dr. Marcel köhler · Prof. Eugene p. Sheehan · Prof. Fred Paas · Mpho-Entle Puleng Modise (PhD)

08.30 – 09.30	Technical Sessions
09.30 – 09.40	Technical Dialogue
09.40 – 10.10	Morning Refreshments
10.10 – 10.40	Plenary Speech by Dr. Ni Luh Nyoman Seri Malini, Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University, Indonesia Title: “Quality Assurance Framework in Higher Education”
10.40 – 11.40	Technical Sessions
11.40 – 11.50	Technical Dialogue
11.50 – 12.30
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
13.30 – 14.30	Technical Sessions
14.30 – 14.40	Technical Dialogue
14.40 – 15.20	Workshop by Prof. Fred Paas Title: “Using Cognitive Load Theory for Designing Learning Environments for Complex Learning”
15.20 – 16.20	Technical Sessions
16.20 – 16.30	Technical Dialogue
16.30 – 17.00	Evening Refreshments
17.00 – 18.00	Workshop on “Mentorship and Research & Teaching Innovations for Emerging Scholars” · Prof. (Dr.) Fei Victor Lim · Prof. Dr. Kay O’Halloran

08.30 – 09.30	Technical Sessions
09.30 – 09.40	Technical Dialogue
09.40 – 10.10	Morning Refreshments
10.10 – 10.40	Plenary Speech by Prof. Ana M. Martínez-Alemán, Associate Dean, Faculty & Academic Affairs, Golden Eagle Foundation Faculty Research Fellow, Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, USA Title: “Philosophical Qualitative Research in Higher Education: Bridging Reflection and Empirical Inquiry”
10.40 – 11.55	Technical Sessions
11.55 – 12.05	Technical Dialogue
12.05 – 12.35	Plenary Speech by Assoc. Prof. Samantha Govender, Deputy Dean for Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Studies Faculty of Education, University of Zululand, South Africa. Title: “Curriculum as Assemblage: Responding to Climate Change through Education”
12.35 – 13.30	Lunch
13.30 – 14.30	Technical Sessions
14.30 – 14.40	Technical Dialogue
14.40 – 15.20	Keynote Speech by Prof. Annette Bos, Deputy Director (Education), Director – Graduate Research, Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI), Monash University, Australia. Title: “Sustainability in Higher Education
15.20 – 16.00	Workshop by Dr. Ni Luh Nyoman Seri Malini Title: “Future-Oriented Curriculum Designing”
16.00 – 16.30	Evening Refreshments
16.30 – 17.30	Awarding and Conference Closure