CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Conference Programme And Book of Abstracts March 2017

Thursday 23rd March

14.00 – 18.00 Sligo Vicinity Pre-Conference Tours

Details at:

http://www.stangelas.nuigalway.ie/ifhe2017/conference-tours/

Friday, 24th March

8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 9.30 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Welcome – Plenary

Amanda McCloat & Helen Maguire,

Co-Chairs Organising Committee Conference 2017

Dr Anne Taheny, President, St. Angela’s College,

Professor Dr. Sidiga Washi, IFHE President

Official Launch of Conference 2017

Minister Marcella Corcoran Kennedy,
Minister of State for Health Promotion

9.30 – 10.15 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Professor Nóirín Hayes

Visiting Professor at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin

The Role of Early Childhood Education and Care in a Healthy and Sustainable Society

10.15 – 10.45   COFFEE BREAK
10.45 – 11.30 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Professor Theresa Marteau
Director of Behaviour and Health Research Unit, Univ. of Cambridge, Director of Studies in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences at Christ’s College, CambridgeChanging Behavior to Improve Population and Planetary Health
11.30 – 11.45 Guided Mindfulness Meditation & Movement
11.45 – 12.30 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Professor David Selby
Founding Director of Sustainability Frontiers
The Butterfly Emerges: Transformative Learning for Restored Earth Connection
12.30 – 1.30 LUNCH

Poster Presentations, Textile Exhibition (self-guided)

1.30 – 2.30 Breakout Rooms Concurrent Session 1

Presentation of Research papers

2.30 – 3.00 COFFEE BREAK
3.00 – 4.00 Breakout Rooms Concurrent Session 2

Presentation of Research papers

4.00 – 4.30 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Plenary
7.00 pm Markree Castle, Sligo Conference Banquet Dinner

Saturday 25th March

8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 9.30 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Welcome – Plenary

Professor Victoria Thoresen,

PERL/UNITWIN, UNESCO Chair for Education about Sustainable Lifestyles, Hedmark University of

Applied Sciences, Norway

Global Viewpoint – UNESCO Global Action

Programme (GAP) Update

9.30 – 10.15 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Dr. Slyvia Lorek

Home Economist, Head of Sustainable Europe

Research Institute, Germany

Sustainable Consumption

10.15 – 10.45 COFFEE BREAK
10.45 – 11.30 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Professor Philip James

Hon. Professor of Nutrition, London School of

Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Preventing the Global Burden of Disease by Changing the Current Food System

11.30 – 11.45 Guided Mindfulness Meditation & Movement
11.45 – 12.30 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Professor Donna Pendergast

Home Economist, Dean, School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Queensland

SDGs and Home Economics:

Serendipity at a Global Scale

12.30 – 1.30 LUNCH

Poster Presentations, Textile Exhibition (self-guided)

1.30 – 2.30 Breakout Rooms Concurrent Session 3

Presentation of

Research papers

Workshops
2.30 – 3.00 COFFEE BREAK
3.00 – 4.00 Concurrent Session 4

Presentation of

Research papers

4.00 – 4.30 Virginia Henderson Lecture Theatre Conference Closing – Plenary