09:00 Registration

09:30 Opening Session

10:00 Exploring Early Grade Literacy in Portugal: Key Findings from the LER Project
           Isabel Leite, Coordinator of the LER Project

11:15 Coffee Break

11:45 Preventing learning difficulties: early screening and intervention
          Marketa Caravolas, University of Bangor, Reino Unido
          Chair: Ana Paula Vale, UTAD, Portugal

13:00 Lunch Break

14:30 Building strong foundations: Cognitive and language development
          Nadine Gaab, Harvard University, EUA
          Chair: São Luís Castro, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

15:15 How can science inform the teaching of reading?
         Kate Nation, University of Oxford,  Reino Unido
         Chair: Isabel Leite (EDULOG / Universidade de Évora)

16:00 Building a culture of reading at school
          Isabel Alçada, EDULOG, ex‑Ministra da Educação, Portugal
          Manuela Pargana, Rede de Bibliotecas Escolares, Portugal

16:45 Coffee Break

17:15 Integrating research-driven approaches into learning
         Nisreen Ash, Cambridge University Press
         Round table: Ana Rita Bessa (LeYa Group), Vasco Teixeira (Porto Editora Group)

18:30 Closing 

09:00 Workshop - LER: Leitura, Escrita, Recursos

10:00 Teacher training - Curriculum for Teacher Preparation and In-Service Professional Development
          Jennifer Buckingham, Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation, NSW, Austrália

10:15 Towards efficiency and equity in reading acquisition
         
          APEX project and system-wide improvement through data-informed research and evidence-based initiatives
            Eliza Hilton, Fischer Family Foundation
         
          What school leaders must know about early literacy development and structured literacy implementation
          Caroline Lang, Headteacher, Longsands Community Primary School

11:15 Coffee Break

11:45 Evidence-Based Policies
         Alex Quigley, Head of Content and Engagement, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), UK

13:00 Lunch Break

14:30 Literacy policies around the globe
          Ann Kennedy, Senior Research Director for Project Management, IEA’s TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, USA

15:30 Final Remarks - EDULOG

16:30 Coffee Break

17:00 Teacher training - EDULOG