On the occasion of the second International Day of Play, Right To Play International are hosting a virtual mini-summit exploring the power of play to support children’s learning and well-being at all ages and stages.

This online experience will include energizing play activations, as well as insights from a range of play specialists. Keynote and expert panels will include community-based practitioners, local actors, and young people themselves who will share their knowledge on topics including playful parenting, play in the early years, play-based teaching and learning, as well as play-based psychosocial support in both development and humanitarian contexts.
 

• When: Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
• Time: 8am EST - 10:30 EST (a health break will occur mid-event)
• Where: Zoom

Please register here by 12pm EST, Monday, June 9th.

Confirmed moderators and speakers include:

Tricia Young (she/her), Director - Moving Minds Alliance
Ardine (she/her), Child Campaigner Bali - Children & Youth Advisory Network (CYAN) and Save the Children Indonesia
Ramya Vivekanandan (she/her), Senior Education Specialist/Thematic Lead for Teaching & Learning - Global Partnership for Education
Ellen Fesseha (she/her), Play Specialist - Right To Play International
Michael Kassa, PhD (he/him), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Science & Mathematics Education -  Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia  
Michelle Cruickshank (she/her), Child Development Lead - Grand Challenges Canada
Rebeca (she/her), Chair - Child & Youth Advisory Board (CAYAB) and Child & Youth Friendly Governance Project
Hollyn Romeyn (she/her), Regional Education Adviser East and Southern Africa - Norwegian Refugee Council
Dr. Beide Melaku (he/him), Associate Professor, Applied Developmental Psychology - Kotebe University of Education in Addis Ababa
Rev. Sr. Secunda Kobusingye (she/her), Head Teacher, St Joseph's Kyabirukwa School, Host Community of Nakivale Settlement, Isingiro District, Uganda
Ms. Spera Atuhairwe (she/her), Country Director, BRAC Uganda
Lobaba Gasamelsayed (she/her), MHPSS Coordinator- Save the Children International Sudan
Racha Nasreddine (she/her),  Country Director -  Right To Play Lebanon

On the occasion of the second International Day of Play, Right To Play International are hosting a virtual mini-summit exploring the power of play to support children’s learning and well-being at all ages and stages.

This online experience will include energizing play activations, as well as insights from a range of play specialists. Keynote and expert panels will include community-based practitioners, local actors, and young people themselves who will share their knowledge on topics including playful parenting, play in the early years, play-based teaching and learning, as well as play-based psychosocial support in both development and humanitarian contexts.
 

• When: Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
• Time: 8am EST - 10:30 EST (a health break will occur mid-event)
• Where: Zoom

Please register here by 12pm EST, Monday, June 9th.

Confirmed moderators and speakers include:

Tricia Young (she/her), Director - Moving Minds Alliance
Ardine (she/her), Child Campaigner Bali - Children & Youth Advisory Network (CYAN) and Save the Children Indonesia
Ramya Vivekanandan (she/her), Senior Education Specialist/Thematic Lead for Teaching & Learning - Global Partnership for Education
Ellen Fesseha (she/her), Play Specialist - Right To Play International
Michael Kassa, PhD (he/him), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Science & Mathematics Education -  Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia  
Michelle Cruickshank (she/her), Child Development Lead - Grand Challenges Canada
Rebeca (she/her), Chair - Child & Youth Advisory Board (CAYAB) and Child & Youth Friendly Governance Project
Hollyn Romeyn (she/her), Regional Education Adviser East and Southern Africa - Norwegian Refugee Council
Dr. Beide Melaku (he/him), Associate Professor, Applied Developmental Psychology - Kotebe University of Education in Addis Ababa
Rev. Sr. Secunda Kobusingye (she/her), Head Teacher, St Joseph's Kyabirukwa School, Host Community of Nakivale Settlement, Isingiro District, Uganda
Ms. Spera Atuhairwe (she/her), Country Director, BRAC Uganda
Lobaba Gasamelsayed (she/her), MHPSS Coordinator- Save the Children International Sudan
Racha Nasreddine (she/her),  Country Director -  Right To Play Lebanon

The second KIX Education Policy and Innovation Conference aims to create a forum for intensifying dialogue between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from the Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The conference will provide a venue for bridging the seemingly perennial gap between research, policy, and practice. In bringing together educational sector experts and institutions, the conference will mobilize knowledge and provide visibility to national and regional expertise. It welcomes recent data-driven research and best practice, which addresses current national and regional challenges and provides prospective solutions.

Join the panel discussion on Improving coverage and quality in early childhood education 8 June 11:30am (Zurich time) during which UNESCO will present the work done in the framework of the 2022 UNESCO World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), with the support of the Teacher Task Force and its thematic group on ECCE, led by VVOB - education for development.

For more information and to register, visit the official website of the conference.