The conference activities consist of:
- Key-note addresses on the conference theme
- Con-current paper sessions
- Poster sessions
- Symposium on current issues on teachers' quality education.
The conference working language is English (another language can be chosen by a con-current session if necessary).
Conference web-site
Updated information on the conference, the proposal submission and participant registration forms as well as information on the accomodation in Riga will be available at www.ppf.lu.lv/pn and ATEE web-site www.atee.org from November, 3, 2009..
Conference organizing committee
Goivanni Polliani, ATEE president, Italy
Irena Zogla, chair, University of Latvia
Rudite Andersone, University of Latvia
Aida Kruze, University of Latvia
Justine Erkul, ATEE vice president, Slovenia
Alona Rauckiene, Klaipeda University, Lithuani
Board of Editors
Lucija Rutka, Latvia
Riva Levenchuk, Israel
Alona Rauckiene, Lithuania
Secretariat of the Conference
Linda Daniela, Latvia
Sanita Baranova, Latvia
Imants Gorbans, Latvia
Keynote speakers
Maris Vinovskis, USA
Andrejs Rauhvargers, Latvia
Irena Zogla, Latvia
Accomodation in Riga
Individual booking via Internet is more than welcome.
Please, find information on the hotels and hostels on the conference web-site: http://www.ppf.lu.lv/pn/information.php - Information - Links - Tourist information - Meeting (moving information) - wait to catch "hotels" and click.
The conference venue is in the centre of Riga (plenary, Friday) and Faculty of Education and Psychology (con-current sessions, on Saturday), the faculty is between the centre and Jurmala (seaside). The distance from the airport to the centre and Jurmala (if you choose hotels there) is almost the same (taxi fee - might be round 10-15 EUR, Airbaltic taxi most preferable - 9 Ls; bus to the center of Riga below 1 EUR).
Do not hesitate to ask for more information via e-mail, phone or Riga website.
Local currency and weather:
1 Lat = about 0,70 EUR. The weather usually is good, round 15 above zero. Though sometimes cheats: can be above 20 and below 10. Please, address the information web-site
The web-site will be up-dated, if needed: by December 5th, 2009; January 5th, 2010; February 5th, 2010; March 5th, 2010.
Tourist information - Meeting (moving information)
Hotels easy-to-reach and for reasonable prices in the city Riga: www.maritim.lv - from 112,- EUR, single (special shuttle to the airport if ordered, free of charge) www.nb.lv - from about 70,- EUR; www.metropole.lv - from about 70,- EUR;