Events 2007

February

25	Children's Rights in Practice: Tools for Social Change, Victoria, Canada

March

1	Opening launching ceremony of the International Polar Year 2007 - 2008
6 - 23	Community-Based Development and Participatory Approaches, Bangkok, Thailand
10 - 11	African Women's and Youth Conference in Dakar, Senegal
14 - 17	International Conference on the Rights of the Child, Ottawa, Canada
23 - 1	Discovery - Scotland's International Film Festival for Children & Young People, Dundee more info
23 - 28	5th World Summit on Media for Children - Media as a Tool for Global Peace and Democracy, Johannesburg, South Africa http://www.5wsmc.com/
25 - 28	7th World Young Reader Conference - Newspapers making new "connections" with the youth. http://www.wan-press.org/washington
27 - 29	The 5th African Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect Kampala, Uganda

April

6 - 10	NAB 2007 - Media Conference and Exhibition, in Las Vegas, USA http://www.nabshow.com
13 - 22	CIFF 2007 - Cyprus International Film Festival

May

20	World Day for Social Communications Children and the Media - A Challenge for Education http://www.cwnews.com
8 - 16	Goldener Spatz - Children's Film Festival Gera and Erfurt, Germany
9 - 11	IST-Africa 2007 Conference & Exhibition Maputo, Mozambique
15 - 18	World Forum on Early Care and Education Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
29 - 31	Asia Media Summit 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Broadcasters in Asia-Pacific meet to examine strategies and technologies

June

13 -15	Game in Action How computer gaming influence different aspects of human life becomes an urgent topic for the academic community http://www.learnit.org.gu.se
22 - 26	World Children's Festival in Washington DC, USA Children from all over joining hands to create hope for a batter and safer world.
2 7- 30	Society for History of Children and Youth - Fourth Biennial ConferenceDepartment of Child Studies, Linköping University, Sweden http://www.liu.se/shcy2007
28 - 30	Body matters - Children and Young People's physical well being asnd rights Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand

July

7	Presentation of the new seven Wonders of the World
23-25	IAMCR Conference - Media, Communication, Information: 50 Years of Theories and Practices. UNESCO Paris http://www.iamcr.org/

August

	Children's Film and TV Programme Festivals and Awards See the web-sites of CIFEJ and European Children's Film Association, ECFA http://www.cifej.com
25 - 29	Bridging the gaps: Integrating perspectives in child and adolescent mental health Florence, Italy

September

6 - 10	IBC 2007 - Media Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.ibc.org
24 - 26	First International Conference on Child Abuse in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

October

14 - 17	World Summit on Exploitative Child Labour, Caims, Australia
17	Presentation of winners of International children's art competititon "We can end Poverty"
17-18	Internet Research 8.0: Let's Play! Conference How human beings "seriously play" on, via and through internet/s, on local, regional, and global scales. http://conferences.aoir.org
18 - 28	The 2007 Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF). Films for children from more than 40 countries.
18 - 21	Cine-Kid International Amsterdam, The Netherlands

November

4 - 9	HELP Symposium - Local solutions to Global Water Problems: lessons from the South, in Pretoria, South Africa
18	XI ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect