International Conference THE READING AND WRITING PROCESS to foster reading comprehension. November 11, 12 and 13, 2011. Madrid-Spain. 

After the PISA reports, we find that one of the most general problems in a wide number of students that complete their compulsory education is that of “not fully developing the capacity to comprehend texts”, this being an essential element to acquire and strengthen reading competency. To this, we ask, is there a disassociation between the process of teaching and learning that take place in the centers and what is expected of the students?

Maybe the key to solve this problem resides in analyzing and reflecting on the change that has taken place today on the conception of what is to reads and, in consequence, what it means to understand. We invitedMs. Lu Jing (Shanghai), ms Katja Stahl and ms Pauliina Pirhonen (Finland), Francesco Tonucci (Italia), Simona BoniLauri from Reggio Emilia Municipality (Italia) and Dolors Todoli (Spain), among others.

Third International Conference on Early Childhood Education and Competencies Development.Madrid, November 26, 27 & 28, 2010. Over 500 delegates participated in the Conference and more than 1.000 followed by the on-libe broadcast.

Second International Conference on Early Childhood Education and Competencies Development.Madrid, 27, 28 & 29, 2009. Experts from 7 countries came to Madrid: Prof. Hubert Montagner (France) y Dr. Rafael Cristóbal (Spain), Hilda Flandez (Chile), Armando Trejo (México), Ana María Kauffman (Argentina), Henrique Santos (Portugal) and Franklin Martínez (Cuba), among others.

International Conference on Early Childhood Education: "first years of life". The conference will take place in Guanajuato (México), March 27-29, 2009. 

Our goal with this conference is that classroom teachers become familiar with the latest research work being done on early childhood as well as with the techniques needed to apply it with their children. 

Among other, we highlight the participation of Gaby Fujimoto –EEUU/Perú-, Eugene and Kamile Geist -EEUU- and Susan Ludington -EEUU-.

International Conference on "Thinking Development: Learning to think in early childhood". May, 21, 22 & 23, 2009 in Morelia (México).

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND COMPETENCIES DEVELOPMENT. Madrid, November 28, 29 & 30 2008. 

The concept of competencies has slowly spread in the field of education, until it has been included in the educational reforms made in many different countries. To focus the school work on competencies requires the educators to look for educational experiences in which the children will put into use a set of capacities of different kinds (affective, social, cognitive, language, physical, motor) that reinforce each other. In general, children’s learning will encompass different fields of human development at the same time.Therefore, in this conference, our goal is to offer educators the strategies to promote, strengthen and develop the competencies that each child already has. 

Among the personalities that have taken part in this event we can mention to Thomas Armstrong and Constance Kamii.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD". México, February 21, 22 & 23, 2008

Nowadays, we can not define writing only as the transcription of spoken language but also as a means to permanently fix our thoughts, experiences and memories and as a form of expression, communication and Exchange. Therefore, we have to keep in mind that in the learning of writing we develop motor, intellectual and expression activities. This leads us to a number of questions: What is reading and writing? When to start? What skills are needed? What method to use? How to foster and stimulate the process? To find the answers to these and other questions we had this conference where we offered space for reflection and for updating the information that is offered daily from many different fields, assessing the contributions of neurology, psychology and pedagogy.

WORLD CONFERENCE on EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR PEACE "Learning to live together in peace, from early childhood". Albacete (Spain) April 20-22, 2007 in collaboration with the City Hall of Albacete, UNESCO, the World Bank, the Organization of American States, the World Association of Non Governmental Organizations (WANGO) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), among other institutions.

METHODOLOGIES ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. México, March 21, 22 & 23, 2007.

The 1 st International Conference on Logical Mathematical Thinking in Early Childhood Education,Madrid , 28, 29 & 30, 2006.

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON READING AND WRITING: Methodological reflections. México,March 23, 24 & 25, 2006.

The 5th World Conference on Early Childhood Education took place in Morelia , Mexico , April 6, 7 & 8, 2005, with the participation of 50 well known international experts and over 2,500 delegates. The conference had the auspices and collaboration of the Ministry of Education of the State of Michoacan , UNESCO Mexico and the National Pedagogic University.

In December 2004, the International Conference “Early childhood curricula in the European Community” in Merida, Badajoz, in collaboration with the Association of Early Childhood Professionals of Portugal and under the Presidency of Honor of Mr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ibarra, President of the Junta de Extremadura . A team of experts from the main European countries led the sessions for 200 delegates.

The Second World Conference on Reading and Writing took place in Madrid , May 2004 with an outstanding international team of speakers, including Ana Maria Kauffman, Yetta Goodman, Ken Pugh, Ken Goodman and Gaston Mialaret. Delegations from Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Peru, Panama, the United States, Portugal, England, France and Japan.

The International Conference “Brain, Intelligence and Educational Programs” took place in May 2003 in San Salvador, under the Presidency of Honor of Mrs. Lourdes de Flores, First Lady of the country and with the attendance of 1,400 delegates from all the American Continent

An International Symposium of Experts on Emotional Intelligence marked the 10th anniversary of the Association, in Madrid , March 2003. With 900 delegates from all over Spain and Portugal and small international delegations from Mexico , Argentina , Ecuador , Venezuela and the Dominican Republic , the President of Honor of the Conference was H.R.H. Queen Sofia.

The International Conference on Early Childhood Education , organized in collaboration with the Libertador Pedagogical University of Venezuela, took place in their Barquisimeto Campus, June 7-9, 2002, with 17 different countries represented by 1.600 delegates. It included parallel symposiums on Training of early childhood educators; Non formal education programs; Government early childhood policies and Child Rights.

The European Conference on Values Education took place in Santiago de Compostela, December 6 – 8, 2001, presided by Mr. Manuel Fraga Iribarne, President of the Xunta de Galicia, with speakers from nearly all the European countries and 600 delegates from Europe and Latin America .

The First World Conference on Reading and Writing was held in Valencia , Spain , December 6 – 8, 2000, with 1,600 delegates representing 24 countries under the presidency of H.R.H. Elena de Borbon.

The World Meeting of Early Childhood Educators was held in Cartagena de Indias , Colombia , November 19 – 21, 1999. It was presided by Mrs. Nohra Puyana de Pastrana, First Lady of Colombiaand UNESCO, UNICEF and the Colombian Ministry of Education sponsored it.

The 4th World Conference on Early Childhood Education was held in the Municipal Conference Center of Madrid, December 4 – 8, 1998 under the Presidency of H.R.H. Queen Sofia. 2,200 delegates from 34 different countries attended the conference.

The Third World Conference on Early Childhood Education was held in Cartagena de Indias , Colombia , July 5 to 8, 1996 with over 1.500 participants from 28 different countries.