Professor Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA

Title of the keynote lecture:
The language environment and quality in early childhood programs
Date: Wednesday 29th of June, 10:30-11:30, Auditorium 1
Chair: Cecília Aguiar, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), School of Social Sciences, Portugal

Professor Karine Verschueren, University of Leuven, Belgium

Title of the keynote lecture:
Beyond classroom-level processes: Individual teacher-child relationships as developmental contexts for young children
Date: Friday 1st of July, 11:00-12:00, Auditorium 1
Chair: Isabel Abreu-Lima, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of Porto University, Portugal

Professor Manuel Sobrinho Simões, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology at the University of Porto, Portugal

Title of the keynote lecture:
Research and development of health science in Portugal: A history of success that should be protected
Date: Thursday 30th of June, 11:00-12:00, Auditorium 1
Chair: Catarina Grande, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of Porto University, Portugal