Guest Welcome & Registration
Host: SeeBeyondBorders (SBB)
Welcome Remarks
Managing Director, SBB, MIC Alumnus 2023
Academic Adviser, SBB and EPIC Alliance
Head of Development Cooperation, Embassy of Ireland, Vietnam
The Importance of Teacher Solidarity
President, INTO
KEYNOTE SESSION: Transform Education Programme: Challenges and complexities of education in the Cambodian context & Panel discussion
Session Facilitator:
Education Lead, SBB
Presenters:
General Manager Programmes, SBB
Senior Project Manager SBB, Maynooth University Alumna 2024, Nottingham Trent 2026/2027
Provincial Manager, SBB
Panellists:
Director, Phnom Penh Teacher Education College (PTEC)
Professor of International Education, University of Nottingham
President, MIC
Welcome Remarks
EPIC Senior Project Manager, SBB
CEO International Operations, SBB
KEYNOTE SESSION: Her Excellency Dr Vichheka Khuon’s Keynote Session & Panel Discussion
Keynote Speaker:
Director General, Teacher Education and Development,
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
CEO International Operations, SBB
Panellists:
Primary Education; Maynooth University, SBB Ireland Trustee
Managing Director, SBB, MIC Alumnus 2023
Senior Research Fellow, CDRI
KEYNOTE SESSION: Her Excellency Dr Vichheka Khuon’s Keynote Session & Panel Discussion
Keynote Speaker:
Director General, Teacher Education and Development, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Session Chair:
CEO International Operations, SBB
Panellists:
Primary Education; Maynooth University, SBB Ireland Trustee
Managing Director, SBB, MIC Alumnus 2023
Senior Research Fellow, CDRI
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM A):
Insights on Teacher Professional Development
Deputy Director, PTEC
Exploring Primary Teachers’ Involvement and Decision Making in Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development in Rural Cambodia
General Manager Shared Services, Maynooth University Alumna 2025
Early Career Teacher Feedback on a Teacher Education Program and School Support in Cambodia: A Continuum of Professional Development
Deputy Director, Battambang Teacher Education College (TEC)
Communities of Practice as Effective CPD
Lecturer, MIC
Discussion and Q&A Session
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM B):
Insights and Instruments in Practice
Deputy Head, Languages Department, PTEC
Teachers’ Perception of Social Emotional Learning Roles in Upper Elementary Schools
Lecturer, Institute for Banking Studies
Independent Consultant
Examining the Implementation of Model School Standards (MSS) on School Governance and Community Engagement
Research Associate, Cambodia Development Resource Institute
Needs Assessment on Inclusive Basic Education in Cambodia
Education Manager, Save the Children
Discussion and Q&A Session
PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSION (ROOM A):
Collaborative Research Inquiries
Monitoring Support Officer, SBB
CRI1: Empowering New School Leaders: Supporting Professional Development for Leadership Transition in Cambodia
Lecturer, Mary Immaculate College
Lecturer, Mary Immaculate College
District Manager, SBB
Vice Dean, PTEC
CRI2: A Collaborative Action Research Project Supporting Early Language Development through Participatory Pedagogies in Public Primary Schools in Cambodia
Primary Education; Maynooth University, SBB Ireland Trustee
Director of Early Childhood Placements, Maynooth University
Deputy Head, Languages Department, PTEC
General Manager Programmes, SBB
PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSION (ROOM B):
Early Grade Numeracy Instruction
Organisational Development Consultant, SBB
Thinking, Talking and Working Mathematically in the Early Years
Education Ambassador, SBB Australia
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM A):
International Perspectives on Teaching and Education
Vice Dean, PTEC
International Perspective on Teacher Professional Identity
Professor of International Education, University of Nottingham
Integrating the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy in Developing an English Question Bank: A Case Study of a Cambodian High School
Inclusive Education Consultant SBB, Monash University Alumna 2025
Preparing students for the English-language demands of universities: Teacher perspectives and emerging challenges
Senior Teacher, SHINE, University of St Andrews Alumna 2025
Discussion and Q&A Session
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM B):
Empowering Youth and Student Voice
Education Lead, SBB
Working Together with Teachers to Create Empowered Youth in Cambodia: A Case Study of PEPY
Executive Director, PEPY
Leadership Development Mentor, PEPY, Australian Volunteers Program
The Role of Student Voice in Modern Education
Teacher, Broombridge Educate Together National School; PEPY Volunteer
Global Citizenship in Practice: Advancing Social Justice and the SDGs in Primary Education
Teacher, Broombridge ETNS, PEPY Volunteer
Teacher, Broombridge Educate Together National School; PEPY Volunteer
Discussion and Q&A Session
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM A):
Navigating the Use of Artificial Intelligence
Conversations with Educators: Digital World Challenges and
Opportunities for Education in Cambodia
Academic Adviser, SBB and EPIC Alliance
EPIC Senior Project Manager, SBB
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM B):
Cross-Context Reflective Discourse Among Teachers
Teachers’ Conversation Workshop
Former School Principal; Deputy Chair, SBB Ireland
Senior Project Manager SBB, Maynooth University Alumna 2024, Nottingham Trent 2026/2027
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM A):
Developing Classroom Instruction
Director of Early Childhood Placements, Maynooth University
The Foundations of Reading: A Comprehensive Approach to Developing Fluent Readers
Teacher, Lecturer MIC
Improving Learning Through Formative Action.
Strategic Education Adviser, VVOB
Effectiveness of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy in Enhancing Student Teachers’ Second Language Reading Comprehension
Head Educational Research & Library, Battambang TEC
Discussion and Q&A Session
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM B):
Developing Insights Through Research
Lecturer, MIC
The Impact of Self-Regulated Learning on Academic Achievement and Behaviours of Grade 7 Students in Chemistry Subject
Teacher, Obekaom Lower Secondary School
Vice Dean, PTEC
A Proposed Framework for In-Service Teacher Professional Development in Cambodia
Academic Adviser, SBB and EPIC Alliance
Quantitative Research of SMILE Programme Evaluation: Strengthening Early Grade Maths through Inclusive Level-appropriate Education 2023-2025
MERL Adviser, VVOB
Discussion and Q&A Session
KEYNOTE SESSION: Navigating Without a Map: Cambodian Education in a World Beyond Polycrisis & Panel Discussion
Keynote Speaker:
Associate Professor, University of Canberra; Founder FreshEd podcast, Author
Session Chair:
Professor of International Education, University of Nottingham
Panellists:
Director, Department of Teacher Development, MoEYS
Head of Development Cooperation, Embassy of Ireland, Vietnam
President, Mary Immaculate College
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM A):
Educational Technology and Learning
Lecturer, Mary Immaculate College
The Ultimate Computer: Using AI to Stimulate Thinking and Not Substitute for It
Teacher, Glenwood Public School, NSW, Australia
Promoting Green ELT through ClassDojo: A Digital Tool for Sustainable Language Teaching
Teacher Educator, Battambang TEC
Teaching Entrepreneurship Using Blended and Project-Based Learning Approaches
Director of Innovation & Education, Impact Hub Phnom Penh
Discussion and Q&A Session
PARALLEL PAPER SESSION (ROOM B):
Educational Leadership and School Governance
Trustee, SBB Ireland; Former Deputy Director, Centre for School Leadership
The Impact of EI in the Development of Psychological Safety as Part of Best Practice Educational Leadership in Cambodia
Leadership Development Mentor, PEPY, Australian Volunteers Program
The Real Power of Leadership: Adding Value to People
Teacher & Writer, Western University & Spring Education Center
Empowering Teachers as Leaders of Inclusive and Collaborative Learning in Remote Cambodia
Gender Equality, Safeguarding and Social Inclusion Specialist, United World School
Discussion and Q&A Session
PLENARY SESSION: Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability for Educational Development
Session Chair:
Senior Project Manager SBB, Maynooth University Alumna 2024, Nottingham Trent 2026/2027
Panellists:
Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion Mentor, SBB, Australian Volunteers Program
Development Specialist, SBB
Global Solidarity Officer, INTO
PLENARY SESSION: Closing Reflections by Critical Friends
Session Chair:
EPIC Senior Project Manager, SBB
Panellists:
Board Trustee, SBB
International Development Specialist
Board Trustee, SBB
SUMMIT CLOSING REMARKS: Wrap-up, Thanks & Acknowledgement
Managing Director, SBB, MIC Alumnus 2023
Academic Adviser, SBB and EPIC Alliance
