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Longitudinal studies as a part of monitoring early childhood education and care in Germany
Prof. Dr. Yvonne Anders, Freie Universität Berlin Assessing children’s skills in different countries: Selected national longitudinal studies National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)
Prof. Dr. Sabine Weinert, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
(Please contact Prof. Dr. Weinert to optain the presentation) Study of Early Education and Development (SEED)
Prof. Dr. Edward Melhuish, University of Oxford University of London, BirkbeckNational Cohort Study Early Childhood Education and Care (Pre-COOL)
Prof. Dr. Paul Leseman, Universiteit Utrecht Chances and limits of measuring the impact of ECEC on children’s skills with a longitudinal design
Steven Barnett, Ph.D., Rutgers University New Brunswick (USA) International meassurement of child abilitiesOECD international comparative study on preschool children’s development
Miho Taguma,  OECD Paris

The role and impact of universal access to quality ECEC
Dr. Jan Peeters, Centre for Innovation in the Early Years (VBJK), Gent Differential enrolment patterns in ECEC - European PerspectivesSelective ECEC enrolment patterns in Europe - How does Germany perform?
Dr. Heike Wirth, GESIS, Mannheim Between expansion and care allowance: selective enrolment in German ECEC
Dr. Christian Alt, German Youth Institute, Munich National and local policies addressing differential enrolment Equal access to quality ECEC—what policies make the difference?
Dr. Ludovica Gambaro, University of London, London Improving accessibility of early child care in Brussels
Ilse Verbeke, Kind en Gezin, Brussels Inclusive education and care and the role of parents Families from a migrant background: parents' expectations and experienced quality of ECEC services
Prof. Dr. Birgit Leyendecker, Ruhr University Bochum Approaches from different countries: Evaluation of Sure Start children's centres in England: delivery of family services
Dr. Maria Evangelou, Associate Professor University of Oxford, Oxford   Enhancing access by involving parents: Parents‘ initiatives and 'universités parentales' in France
Michelle Clausier, Association des collectifs enfants parents professionnels (ACEPP), Paris Heterogeneity and inclusive practice in ECEC services - the German program 'Kinderwelten'
Petra Wagner Institute for situational approach (ISTA), Freie Universität Berlin

An International PerspectiveInternational cooperation concerning  questions on early childhood education and care: Aims and strategies of the OECD
Prof. Dr. Barbara Ischinger, OECD-director of education, Paris Towards quality in ECEC: Aims and activities of the European Union
Nora Milotay European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture, Brussels Current questions concerning the German ECEC system: Why broaden our perspective through international comparisons?
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kalicki, German Youth Institute, Munich                       ECEC staff Professionalism  and competence in early childhood education and care: Systemic, political and  conversational
Dr. Mathias Urban, University of East London                        Professionalisation put to the test: Ten challenges in the international context
Pamela Oberhuemer, State Institute of Early Childhood Research (IFP)                      Curricula: Contents and implementationCurrent  issues in Swedish early childhood education
Anne Kultti, PhD, Goteborgs University The current  reform of  ECEC in Luxembourg and the challenges for society and politics
Manuel Achten, Ministry of Family and Integration, Luxembourg Monitoring and evaluation International approaches to monitoring and evaluation: What should we monitor, why and how?
Richard Walley, Ministry of Education, Wellington              Monitoring quality in early childhood education and care: An English perspective
Chris Barnham Department of Education, London