Program

Registrations times:

April 30th from 16:00-20:00 and May 1st from 9:30-16:00 at the venue

April 30th

Hour	Event	Speaker
16:00 - 20:00 Event Registration Speaker	Registration
20:00 - 21:30 Event Meet and Greet at Fiesta Americana Stelaris Bar (optional) Speaker	Meet and Greet at Fiesta Americana Stelaris Bar (optional)

May 1st

Hour	Event	Speaker
09:30 - 16:00 Event Registrations Speaker	Registrations
10:00 - Event Exhibitor Area opening Speaker	Exhibitor Area opening
10:30 - 11:30 Event -Open Breakouts (*No registration required)- Speaker Event From Theory to Practice: Montessori Sports in Action Speaker Patrick Oudejans Jip Bartels Event La conexión entre el desarrollo del cerebro y el aprendizaje socioemocional : Una perspectiva Montessori para la primera infancia (Spanish only) Speaker Veronica Burbano Event Montessori beyond Borders: From Principles to Action \| Beverly Maragh, Roberto Colín, Gilberto Botello Speaker Event Montessori, Education for peace (Documentary) Speaker Ángel Galmés Sureda Event Seven Essential Elements Supporting Equity-Based Assessment Practices in Montessori Education Speaker Paige Bray Gay Ward Event The Prepared Partnership: Using Epstein's Framework to Cultivate Inclusive Family Engagement in the Montessori Environment Speaker Selda Nolan Event The Three-Period Lesson as a Joyful Journey: How Montessori got the neuroscience right Speaker Jeff Hester Alissa Stolz	-Open Breakouts (*No registration required)- From Theory to Practice: Montessori Sports in Action La conexión entre el desarrollo del cerebro y el aprendizaje socioemocional : Una perspectiva Montessori para la primera infancia (Spanish only) Montessori beyond Borders: From Principles to Action \| Beverly Maragh, Roberto Colín, Gilberto Botello Montessori, Education for peace (Documentary) Seven Essential Elements Supporting Equity-Based Assessment Practices in Montessori Education The Prepared Partnership: Using Epstein's Framework to Cultivate Inclusive Family Engagement in the Montessori Environment The Three-Period Lesson as a Joyful Journey: How Montessori got the neuroscience right	Patrick Oudejans Jip Bartels Veronica Burbano Ángel Galmés Sureda Paige Bray Gay Ward Selda Nolan Jeff Hester Alissa Stolz
11:00 - 12:30 Event AGM Speaker AMI	AGM	AMI
11:30 - 12:30 Event -Open Breakouts (*No registration required)- Speaker Event A Musical Journey Embracing the World with Joy Speaker Inga Sieminski Event Cultivating Joyful Relationships: Adult Development Through Nonviolent Communication Speaker Nati Beltrán Event Donde Montessori encuentra el futbol: Un trayecto alegre a traves del movimiento con proposito (Spanish Only) Speaker Santiago Nacinovich Event Families in Action: Strengthening Your School's Collaboration with Families Speaker Elizabeth Slade Event Knowing the facts. What Data-Informed Research tells Us about Learning to be a Montessori Teacher. A Comparative Study across Two Continents. Speaker Koen Schaap Tina Booth Event Let’s Build a Network in Horme: A Journey Through Successful Montessori Social Projects (HORME Documentary) \| Roberto Colin Speaker Event Nurturing the Eye, Hand, and Soul: Supporting the Child’s Artistic Development in the Casa Speaker Liza Davis	-Open Breakouts (*No registration required)- A Musical Journey Embracing the World with Joy Cultivating Joyful Relationships: Adult Development Through Nonviolent Communication Donde Montessori encuentra el futbol: Un trayecto alegre a traves del movimiento con proposito (Spanish Only) Families in Action: Strengthening Your School's Collaboration with Families Knowing the facts. What Data-Informed Research tells Us about Learning to be a Montessori Teacher. A Comparative Study across Two Continents. Let’s Build a Network in Horme: A Journey Through Successful Montessori Social Projects (HORME Documentary) \| Roberto Colin Nurturing the Eye, Hand, and Soul: Supporting the Child’s Artistic Development in the Casa	Inga Sieminski Nati Beltrán Santiago Nacinovich Elizabeth Slade Koen Schaap Tina Booth Liza Davis
15:00 - 16:00 Event Opening Ceremony Speaker	Opening Ceremony
16:00 - 16:45 Event The hope and the promise Speaker Montessori Adolescents	The hope and the promise	Montessori Adolescents
16:45 - 17:30 Event Coffee Break Speaker	Coffee Break
17:30 - 18:50 Event Opening Keynote: Biology of Loss Speaker Gabor Maté	Opening Keynote: Biology of Loss	Gabor Maté
18:50 - 19:00 Event Closing remarks Speaker	Closing remarks
19:30 - 22:00 Event Welcome Cocktail at El Pinar (registered participants only) Speaker	Welcome Cocktail at El Pinar (registered participants only)

May 2nd

Hour	Event	Speaker
08:45 - 09:00 Event Welcome Speaker	Welcome
09:00 - 10:00 Event The Montessori Difference: What the Research Tells Us Speaker Angeline Stoll Lillard	The Montessori Difference: What the Research Tells Us	Angeline Stoll Lillard
10:00 - 11:00 Event Building the Foundation for the Ongoing Joyful Journey Speaker Judi Orion	Building the Foundation for the Ongoing Joyful Journey	Judi Orion
11:00 - 12:00 Event Coffee break Speaker	Coffee break
12:00 - 13:00 Event From Doing to Being: The Joyful Journey at the Heart of Montessori. A Montessori perspective on dignity, connection and human development across the lifespan Speaker Julia Ballesteros	From Doing to Being: The Joyful Journey at the Heart of Montessori. A Montessori perspective on dignity, connection and human development across the lifespan	Julia Ballesteros
13:00 - 15:00 Event Lunch Speaker	Lunch
15:00 - 17:50 Event Workshop- Peer Orientation: Why children are stressed, Why Parents and Teachers are disempowered and How to restore a healthy balance in Adult-Child relationships Speaker Gabor Maté	Workshop- Peer Orientation: Why children are stressed, Why Parents and Teachers are disempowered and How to restore a healthy balance in Adult-Child relationships	Gabor Maté
17:45 - 18:00 Event Closing remarks Speaker	Closing remarks
19:00 - 20:00 Event Meet and Greet Cocktail (Fiesta Americana Stelaris bar) Speaker Global Reseachers Group \| Educateurs Sans Frontiers \| Montessori Dementia Disability and Ageing \| GSA (Global School Acreditation)	Meet and Greet Cocktail (Fiesta Americana Stelaris bar)	Global Reseachers Group \| Educateurs Sans Frontiers \| Montessori Dementia Disability and Ageing \| GSA (Global School Acreditation)

May 3rd

Hour	Event	Speaker
08:45 - 09:00 Event Welcome Speaker	Welcome
09:00 - 10:00 Event The Child: The Missing Piece in Humanity’s Puzzle Speaker Molly O’Shaughnessy	The Child: The Missing Piece in Humanity’s Puzzle	Molly O’Shaughnessy
10:00 - 11:00 Event Executive Functions and Social and Emotional Needs: Their Multifaceted Relationships Speaker Adele Diamond	Executive Functions and Social and Emotional Needs: Their Multifaceted Relationships	Adele Diamond
11:00 - 12:00 Event Coffee break Speaker	Coffee break
12:00 - 13:00 Event -Breakout Rooms- Speaker Event A Joyful Journey Through the Four Planes of Development: Experiencing Montessori from Childhood to Adulthood Speaker Junnifa Uzodike Simone Davies Event Business Mindset with a Heart: Co-Creating Sustainable Montessori Schools through Values-Based Leadership Speaker Hana Chramostová Mirka Vlčková Event Competition in Service of the Child Speaker Patrick Oudejans Jip Bartels Event Cultivando relaciones alegres: desarrollo del adulto a traves de la comunicación no violenta (Spanish Only) Speaker Nati Beltrán Event From Crisis to Community: History, Experiences and Future Speaker Erica Moretti Lynne Lawrence Event Montessori and Innovation: A Design Thinking Workshop for a Changing World Speaker Pavan Goyal Munira Hussain Event Montessori, Education for peace (Documentary) Speaker Ángel Galmés Sureda Event Where Dignity Lives: Designing Montessori Spaces for a Life Well Lived Speaker Carolyn Magnussen Jennifer Brush	-Breakout Rooms- A Joyful Journey Through the Four Planes of Development: Experiencing Montessori from Childhood to Adulthood Business Mindset with a Heart: Co-Creating Sustainable Montessori Schools through Values-Based Leadership Competition in Service of the Child Cultivando relaciones alegres: desarrollo del adulto a traves de la comunicación no violenta (Spanish Only) From Crisis to Community: History, Experiences and Future Montessori and Innovation: A Design Thinking Workshop for a Changing World Montessori, Education for peace (Documentary) Where Dignity Lives: Designing Montessori Spaces for a Life Well Lived	Junnifa Uzodike Simone Davies Hana Chramostová Mirka Vlčková Patrick Oudejans Jip Bartels Nati Beltrán Erica Moretti Lynne Lawrence Pavan Goyal Munira Hussain Ángel Galmés Sureda Carolyn Magnussen Jennifer Brush
13:00 - 15:00 Event Lunch Speaker	Lunch
15:00 - 16:00 Event -Breakout Rooms- Speaker Event Curriculum with Integrity: Psychodisciplines Across the Planes of Development Speaker Xavier Barrameda Event EsF Panel Speaker Sarah Kiteleja Francescah Kipsoi Patricia Peterson-Fontenay Event Interstitial: Exploring the Spaces Between the Construction of Self and the Fabric of Society Speaker Terrence Millie Event Let’s Build a Network in Horme: A Journey Through Successful Montessori Social Projects \| (HORME Documentary) Roberto Colin Speaker Event Montessoricare (Dayservice Poppy) and Montessori Care association Japan: If you get DEMENTIA -dementia that brings happiness and people’s lives Speaker Kazuyo Yamamoto Miwa Sugita Event Positive Discipline in the Montessori Community: Cultivating Respect, Resilience, and Responsibility at School and Home Speaker Chip DeLorenzo Event The Connection Between Brain Development and Social Emotional Learning: A Montessori Perspective for Early Childhood Speaker Veronica Burbano Event Where Montessori Meets Football: A Joyful Journey Through Purposeful Movement Speaker Santiago Nacinovich	-Breakout Rooms- Curriculum with Integrity: Psychodisciplines Across the Planes of Development EsF Panel Interstitial: Exploring the Spaces Between the Construction of Self and the Fabric of Society Let’s Build a Network in Horme: A Journey Through Successful Montessori Social Projects \| (HORME Documentary) Roberto Colin Montessoricare (Dayservice Poppy) and Montessori Care association Japan: If you get DEMENTIA -dementia that brings happiness and people’s lives Positive Discipline in the Montessori Community: Cultivating Respect, Resilience, and Responsibility at School and Home The Connection Between Brain Development and Social Emotional Learning: A Montessori Perspective for Early Childhood Where Montessori Meets Football: A Joyful Journey Through Purposeful Movement	Xavier Barrameda Sarah Kiteleja Francescah Kipsoi Patricia Peterson-Fontenay Terrence Millie Kazuyo Yamamoto Miwa Sugita Chip DeLorenzo Veronica Burbano Santiago Nacinovich
20:00 - 00:30 Event Community dinner at the The International Congress Center of Yucatán Esplanade (registered participants only) Speaker	Community dinner at the The International Congress Center of Yucatán Esplanade (registered participants only)

May 4th

Hour	Event	Speaker
08:45 - 09:00 Event Welcome Speaker	Welcome
09:00 - 10:00 Event Belonging in the world Speaker Bo Mynett	Belonging in the world	Bo Mynett
10:00 - 10:45 Event Panel “Education and Peace” Speaker Lynne Lawrence Alain Tschudin Anuradha Shankar	Panel “Education and Peace”	Lynne Lawrence Alain Tschudin Anuradha Shankar
10:45 - 11:45 Event Coffee break Speaker	Coffee break
11:45 - 12:30 Event Together: Journey and legacy Speaker Eder Cuevas Iturralde	Together: Journey and legacy	Eder Cuevas Iturralde
12:30 - 13:30 Event Closing ceremony: 2029 a new journey Speaker	Closing ceremony: 2029 a new journey

*Program subject to change without prior notice