World Forum History
The World Forum was first visualized by Bonnie and Roger Neugebauer and Carmel and Rodney Kenner at a 1998 meeting in Sydney, Australia. To test the waters for the concept, Exchange Press, Inc., organized the first World Forum on Early Care and Education held in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1999.
The success of this first toe-in-the-water venture led to following World Forums in Singapore and Athens. In 2002, it was decided that the concept had legs. The venture was incorporated as a 501-c-3 non profit tax exempt corporation in the USA and has continued to sponsor gatherings of early childhood professionals around the globe. Over 4,000 early childhood professionals from 95 countries have participated in the following events:
2009 World Forum on Early Care and Education
Belfast, Northern Ireland
2008 International Step by Step Association Annual Meeting
Budapest, Hungary
Growing with Integrity: Working Forum on Managing Performance in Multi-Site Early Childhood Organizations
Lihue, Hawaii, USA
Working Forum on Nature Education: New Tools for Connecting the World's Children with Nature
Arbor Day Farm, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Working Forum on Men in Early Childhood Education
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Working Forum for Teacher Educators
Auckland, New Zealand
European Early Learning Study Tour 2007
United Kingdom and Finland
Orphanage Study Tour 2007
Budapest, Hungary
2007
World Forum on Early Care and Education
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Working Forum on Nature Education: New Tools for Connecting the World's
Children with Nature 2006
Nebraska City, Nebraska, USA
Working Forum
for Multi-Site Organizations 2006
Amsterdam, Netherlands
International Working Group on Peace Building with Young Children 2006
Manizales, Colombia
2005 World Forum
on Early Care and Education
Montreal, Canada
Working Forum 2004
Belfast, Northern Ireland
2003 World Forum on Early Care and Education
Acapulco, Mexico
2002
World Forum on Early Care and Education
Auckland, New Zealand
2001
World Forum on Early Care and Education
Athens, Greece
2000 World
Forum on Early Care and Education
Singapore
1999 World Forum on Early Care and Education
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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