Official Opening by Ms Sile De Valera TD, Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science

Professor Jagdish Gundara, UNESCO Chair of Intercultural Studies and Teacher Education, Institute of Education, University of London: Intercultural Teacher Education in Multicultural Societies, followed by questions and discussion.

Dr Derick Wilson, Senior Lecturer, University of Ulster and co-director, Future Ways: Partisanship or Citizenship – Teacher Training as a Space for Critical Reflection?

Dr Dympna Devine, Senior Lecturer, Department of Education, University College Dublin: Teacher Education for Ethnic Diversity – Challenges and Opportunities from a Southern Irish Perspective, followed by questions and discussion

Ms Signe Marie Natvig Andreassen, Rector, Gran School, Oslo: To win in spite of…the Richness and Challenges of a Multinational School in Norway

Dr Roland Tormey, University of Limerick: Belonging, Emotion and Intercultural Teacher Education

SCoTENS website on citizenship. Dr Roger Austin and Ms Una O’Connor, University of Ulster, and Mr Gerry Jeffers, NUI Maynooth

Workgroups
a) Taking a Whole School Approach in a Culturally Diverse Society: Ms Mary Gannon and Ms Margaret Patterson
b) Violence in Schools in a Culturally Diverse Society: Professor Mona O’Moore and Mr Stephen Minton
c) School Leadership in a Culturally Diverse Society: Dr Tom Hesketh and Dr Jim Gleeson
d) ICT and Citizenship in a Culturally Diverse Society: Dr Roger Austin and Dr Paul Conway
e) Teacher Education, Inclusion and the Integration of Special Needs: Mr Hugh Kearns and Dr Michael Shevlin
f) Preparing Teachers for a Culturally Diverse Society: Mr Gerry Jeffers and Ms Una O’Connor

Professor John Coolahan on future directions for SCoTENS

Closing remarks by Dr Pauric Travers, President, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra.