NORDIC MONTESSORI CONFERENCE The Danish Montessori Society cordially invite you to participate in the 5 th Nordic Montessori Conference Peace Through Education Helsingør, Denmark 2-3 September 2016 Hotel Marienlyst Danish Montessori Society www.montessorisociety.dk
PROGRAMME Friday 2 September 2016 15:00 Registration Coffee and Tea 16:00 Welcome and Opening Dinny Rebild Chairperson of Danish Montessori Society 16:30 Philip O Brien President, AMI 17:15 Plenary Session Sharing Information and Ideas about Peace 18:45 Anne Mette Friis Head of Children s Rights Education UNICEF Denmark 19:30 Dinner at Restaurant Marienlyst Stunning view of the sea, the Swedish coastline and Kronborg Castle Saturday 3 September 2016 7:00 Yoga session with Kristine Høj Johnson Montessori Teacher and Yoga Teacher, Denmark 9:15 Lynne Lawrence Executive Director, AMI 10:15 Coffee and Tea 10:45 Bolette Daniels Beck Assistant Professor, Music Therapy Education, Aalborg University 11:30 Q&A for both Lynne Lawrence and Bolette Daniels Beck 12:00 Lunch 13:15 Workshop participants choose one of the 2 workshops Bolette Daniels Beck / Madlena Ulrich 14:15 Coffee and Tea 14:45 Workshop participants attend the 2 nd workshop Bolette Daniels Beck / Madlena Ulrich 16:00 Final plenary session Conclusion 17:00 Closing and Goodbye The Conference will be held in English.
REGISTRATION Conference Fee: DKK 2750 Early-Bird: DKK 2550 (by 29 April 2016) Please register either: Online: www.montessorisociety.dk Or send an email to: info@montessorisociety.dk with your name, telephone number, address, your position and the name of your school if applicable. Once registered, please transfer the conference fee to our account number: Nordea Sort Code: 2252, Account: 3499580672. IBAN: DK8520003499580672. Swiftadresse: NDEADKKK. Please use your name as Reference. Thank you. ACCOMMODATION Hotel Marienlyst www.marienlyst.dk (please fill-out the attached accommodation form to book at the Hotel Marienlyst) Ndr. Strandvej 2, 3000 Helsingør Bed and Breakfast-By The Sea www.bbbythesea.dk Sdr. Strandvej 86b, 3000 Helsingør Madam Sprunck Hotel & Restaurant www.madamsprunck.dk Bramstræde 5, 3000 Helsingør Helsingør Bed and Breakfast www.helsingorbedandbreakfast.dk Nordre Strandvej 38A, 3000 Helsingør B&B Thorell www.thorell.dk Læssøesvej 19, 3000 Helsingør SPEAKERS Philip O Brien President, Association Montessori Internationale Philip O'Brien is currently Senior Adviser at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation. He was previously Executive Vice President for Communications Advocacy and Development at the Foundation. Prior to joining Elizabeth Glaser, Philip worked for UNICEF in a number of positions and roles, including as Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe, and Director of Private Partnerships and Fundraising. He has lived and worked in Asia, Africa, US and Europe. He holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Wales, Swansea UK. Lynne Lawrence Executive Director, Association Montessori Internationale Lynne Lawrence has been the Executive Director of AMI since June 2008, and prior to this held the position of AMI General Secretary ad interim (2007). She was also head of the AMI Human Resources Committee. Lynne was Director of Training and Schools at the Maria Montessori Training Organisation (MMTO), now known as the Maria Montessori Institute, since 1989. Lynne actively promotes AMI s involvement in Montessori educational projects in developing countries, alongside the many other areas of the association s work, including teacher training programmes globally and ancillary Montessori programmes, research and development supported by the AMI board, committees and staff.
Anne Mette Friis Head of Children s Rights Education UNICEF Denmark Anne Mette Friis has been employed at UNICEF for 14 years. She deals with the UN Child Convention and is the organisation's expert on children's rights. She is especially concerned with advocacy and information, but she is also involved in UNICEF's global work. She has visited many UNICEF projects worldwide and she has for many years been chairman of an international board of directors consisting of rights experts from several OECD countries. Kristine Høj Johnson Montessori Teacher, Denmark Kristine Høj Johnson is Head Teacher at Montessori International Preschool in Copenhagen, Denmark. She graduated in 2000 with a Bachelors degree as a social worker from Skovtofte Seminarium in Virum, Copenhagen. Thereafter, she moved to Arizona, USA where she worked as a social worker for Prehab of Arizona for 5 years in behavioural health treatment homes and domestic violence shelters. She became an AMI Montessori Teacher in 2005, graduating from the Montessori Education Centre of Arizona. She trained in children s yoga through Bright Yogis and was certified in 2012. Bolette Daniels Beck Assistant Professor, Music Therapy Education, Aalborg University Bolette Daniels Beck has a PhD in Music Therapy and works as an Assistant Professor at Aalborg University. She has 20 years of clinical experience with different groups, including children in the autism spectrum. She is currently researching the effect of music and imagery with stress and trauma patients. She has also earlier worked as composer, musician and music pedagogue. From the ages of 18-22, she was active as a musician in the peace movement. Madlena Ulrich Montessori Teacher and Trainer, Norway Madlena Ulrich trained as a Preschool Teacher in Norway at the University College of Buskerud and Vestfold (HBV) and took her original AMI 3-6 training in Dublin, Ireland in 1994-95. Since then she worked at a 0-15 environment situated in Eastern Norway. She did her AMI Training of Trainers with Molly O Shaughnessy in Minnesota, USA and Ulla Wikefeldt, Sweden in 2008-2010. She is a member of the China Faculty who holds AMI 3-6 Training in Hangzhou and Shenzhen. She is also training students on AMI courses in Romania, Russia in addition to students in Norway. She is lecturing frequently all around the world. ------------------------- Danish Montessori Society www.montessorisociety.dk
Strand- & Badehotel Marienlyst Ndr. Strandvej 2, 3000 Elsinore - Denmark Phone: +45 49 21 4000 Fax: +45 49 28 4900 www.marienlyst.dk AC C O M M O D AT I O N F O R M Montessori 02.-03. September 2016 Elsinore, Denmark PARTICIPANT & CONTACT ADDRESS Family Name First Name Address Postcode Phone City E-mail HOTEL ACCOMMODATION DEADLINE FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS: 02 August 2016 Date of Arrival (DD/MM/YY): Date of Departure (DD/MM/YY): Type of room (please indicate your choice): DKK 1.045,00 = Single Standard Room DKK 195.00 = Seaview Supplement DKK 1.245,000 = Double Standard Room DKK 195.00 = Seaview Supplement The room rates are per room per night, incl. 25% VAT and service charge, breakfast buffet, free internet, free entrance to Marienlyst Pool and Casino Marienlyst. Check-in is possible from 15.00 h, and we kindly ask you to check out before 11.00 h. Please note that after 02 August 2016 rooms will be upon availability Remarks: PAYMENT & CANCELLATION Any cancellation must be in written to booking@marienlyst.dk For cancellation later than 14 days before arrival or no show, the hotel will charge the first night s stay. Hotel accommodation is to be paid directly at the hotel by cash or credit card upon departure. Your credit card details are required as a deposit guarantee. The one night deposit will not be drawn from your credit card unless the reservation has been cancelled later than 48 hours before arrival. A passport or identity card is required for checking in at the hotel. Eurocard/Mastercard Visa American Express Diners Credit card number: Card in name of: Expiry date Signature Please return the form to Ms Susanne Biehl Jakobsen by e-mail or fax to: E-mail: sbj@marienlyst.dk - Fax: +45 4921 4900