Program Schedule



December 27, 2012 Thursday
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM WCCI Board of Directors Meeting


Day 1  
December 28, 2012 Friday
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM WCCI Board of Directors’ Meeting
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Study Tour and Cultural Experiences
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Conference Registration
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Welcome Reception
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Special Interest Groups/Sessions Chairperson’s Orientation


Day 2  
December 29, 2012 Saturday
6:00 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Conference Registration
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Opening Ceremony
  • Taiwan National Anthem
  • Welcome: Victor Der Long Fang, Director WCCI 2012 International Conference
    National Kaohsiung Normal University (NKNUCC), Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Introduction: WCCI Board; Taiwan Chapter; Committees
  • Greetings: Minister Wu, Ching Ji, Minister of Education; Dr. Tsai, Pei-tsun, President, NKNUCC Mayor Chen, Chu, Kaohsiung City Government Invocation: Multi-Faith Reflections
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM General Session 1: Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, New York, NY

Response/Reflection on the Keynote address: Betty Reardon, International Institute of Peace Education (IIPE), New York City, USA
Cultural Presentation
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 1/Panel Presentation 1
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Coffee Break
Cultural Bazaar opens to deposit items
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Concurrent Session 2 and Workshop 1
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Special Interest Groups Meeting 1
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Dinner with your Interest Group


Day 3  
December 30, 2012 Sunday
6:00 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Conference Registration
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 3 and Workshop 2
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM General Session 2: UN Panel Presentation
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW55)
Speakers: Betty Reardon, Karen Webb, Vincent Shieh, Angela Lo, Yan, Shang Luan and Nicky De Leon
Cultural Presentation
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 4 and Workshop 3
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Coffee Break
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM Cultural Bazaar opens
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Interfaith Service
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Special Interest Groups Meeting 2
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM Dinner with your Interest Group


Day 4  
December 31, 2012 Monday
6:00 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Conference Registration
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 5 and Workshop 4
10:30 AM- 11:00 AM Coffee Break
Cultural Bazaar
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM General Session 3: Alice Miel Lecture
Speaker: Ismail Mirici, WCCI President, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
Response and Reflection on the Lecture: Larry Hufford, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Cultural Presentation
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 6/Workshop 5
3:30 PM -3:45 PM Break
Cultural Bazaar last day
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Chapters Meeting
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Kaohsiung Harbor Cruise with dinner
10:00 PM – 1:00 PM New Year Celebration at Love River


Day 5  
January 1, 2013 Tuesday
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Breakfast
10:30 AM – 5:00 PM Opening Ceremony of Pacific Rim Park
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Special Interest Groups meeting 3


Day 6  
January 2, 2013 Wednesday
6:00 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 7 and Workshop 5
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 8 and Workshop 6
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM WCCI General Membership Meeting
(All participants are required to attend the meeting)
Special Interest Groups Reports
Election
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Coffee Break
5:00 PM – 10:00 PM Free time


Day 7  
January 3, 2013 Thursday
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Farewell Breakfast
11:00 AM - open Post Conference Tours – to be arranged