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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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