“Welcome to our conference” from 4-year-old Frankie
Early Childhood Voices 2020 Conference welcome message by Dr Tamara Cumming and Prof Sharynne McLeod

The Early Childhood Voices Conference (ECV2020) is a multidisciplinary international conference providing a platform to share research about innovative methods, theories and partnerships with children, families and practitioners that supports social justice during early childhood or within the early childhood sector.

ECV2020 is organised by the Charles Sturt University Early Childhood Research Group, and is an opportunity to present research in a virtual online space. 2020 has been a challenging year, and COVID-19 has altered the way in which we do many things, including research. Many conferences have been cancelled or postponed. ECV2020 provides researchers with the opportunity to present work that they been unable to present in other forums, research that they have been working on during the year, and/or work that responds to challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We invite researchers and post-graduate students to submit abstracts to share their work on innovations to improve the lives of children, families and practitioners during early childhood (generally birth-8 years) or within the early childhood sector. Please interpret this guidance broadly. Papers employing qualitative and/or quantitative methods, reviews (e.g., scoping and systematic reviews) and scholarly theoretical papers are welcomed. All abstracts will be peer reviewed by the ECV2020 Scientific Committee and authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit online presentations.

ECV2020 will be held entirely online and asynchronously. There is no registration fee and no fees to present or view the presentations. The conference will be held from 16th to 20th November 2020. Presentations will be pre-recorded, and will remain online. The presentations will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License to indicate that adaptations or commercial use of the presentations are not allowed.

Registration

Registration is now open.

Important Dates

Abstract submission closesMonday 14th September 2020
Abstract submission outcomeWednesday 30th September 2020
Pre-recorded presentations dueFriday 30th October 2020
Online conferenceMonday 16th to Friday 20th November 2020

Keynote Speakers

Professor Laura Lundy

PhD, Centre for Children’s Rights, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom

Professor Gail Gillon

PhD (Ngāi Tahu iwi), University of Canterbury Child Well-Being Research Institute, New Zealand

Laureate Professor Marilyn Fleer

PhD, Glykeria Fragkiadaki, PhD, and Prabhat Rai, PhD, Conceptual PlayLab, Monash University, Australia

Professor Sheila Degotardi

PhD, Macquarie University, Australia

Professor Emeritus Bob Perry

PhD, Charles Sturt University, and Peridot Education Pty Ltd, Australia

Professor Emeritus Sue Dockett

PhD, Charles Sturt University, and Peridot Education Pty Ltd, Australia

Professor Jayne Osgood

Middlesex University, UK

Professor Ann Merete Otterstad

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway

Jacqui Emery, Royal Far West, Australia

Topics

Topics relating to innovations to improve the lives of children, families and professionals during early childhood (generally birth-8 years), or within the early childhood sector could include: 

  • Children’s voices
  • Families’ voices
  • Professionals’ voices (e.g. education, health, policy, government, community services)
  • Indigenous voices
  • Communication
  • COVID-19
  • Innovation
  • Leadership
  • Rural communities
  • Well-being
  • Workforce issues

Call for Abstracts – closed

The call for abstracts closed on 14th September 2020. Aspiring presenters were invited to submit a 200-300 word abstract to ecv2020@csu.edu.au using the template below for an online 15 minute presentation:

Preparing Online Presentations

Presentations are to be pre-recorded (e.g., voice-over Powerpoint slideshow).

Presentations are due by 30th October and will be made available on the conference website from 16th November 2020.

Presentations will remain online (unless presenters request otherwise). The presentations will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License to indicate that adaptations or commercial use of the presentations are not allowed.

Download the instructions for recording your presentation below:

Organising Committee

Chairs: Tamara Cumming, Sharynne McLeod

Scientific review committee: Sharynne McLeod (Chair), Belinda Downey (Chair), Linda Mahony, Sarah Verdon, Laura McFarland, Suzanne C. Hopf, Michelle I. Brown, Van Tran, Helen Logan, Nicole McGill, Kate Margetson, Cen (Audrey) Wang, Andi Salamon, Mandy Cooke, Anna Cronin, Kathryn Crowe, Lena Danaia, James Deehan, Jenny Dwyer, Jessica McLeod, Libbey Murray, Holly McAlister

Organisation committee: Tamara Cumming (Chair), Kathryn Crowe, Sarah Verdon, Jenny Dwyer, Nicola Ivory, Libbey Murray, Robbie Warren

Promotion/Social media committee: Sarah Verdon (Chair), Tamara Cumming (Chair), Belinda Downey, Mandy Cooke, Nicole McGill

Faculty of Arts and Education:
John McDonald (Executive Dean)
Philip Hider (Associate Dean Research)
Nicole Longhurst and Krystal Gleeson (Faculty Operations Team)

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The work of the Early Childhood Research Group supports SDGs 3, 4, 8, 10 (and others). Each presentation will be aligned with relevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Photo credit (children): iStock.com/FatCamera

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