II EDUCATION FORUM'S AMBASSADORS

Regional Chief Education Officers and representatives of educational institutions:
kindergartens, schools, colleges and universities will definitely find something of their
interest at the 2nd European Education Forum - New Technologies & Innovations in

The Education Forum held on  23 and 24 November in Targi Kielce promises very to be even more interesting in its second unveiling.  Innovative learning and teaching methods, professional training techniques, utilisation of cutting edge technologies and tools, cloud-based education, design solutions for teaching facilities  – these are just some of the topics discussed at the Forum.

The Forum organizers, i.e. Targi Kielce and the European Association for Dialogue in Education have made every possible effort to meet the forum participants' needs and offer them most comprehensive knowledge.  Last year's Targi Kielce held edition brought together almost 700 participants – they all were interested in the lectures and presentations delivered by numerous experts.  This year the organizers want to reach even a wider audiences.

The preparations on the agenda, programme and the exhibition zone of the 2nd European Education Forum - New Technologies & Innovations in Education  are in full swing. There is also a growing milieu of experts - this year's edition's ambassadors.

 The event ambassadors are:

• Professor Maciej Tanaś- a Polish aducators, habilitated doctor in the humanities, associate professor at the Maria Grzegorzewska University of Special Education in Warsaw.   Professor Tanaś is also the Dean of the Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences of the University of Special Education and the Head of the Department of Educational Information Technology Applications in the NASK's Information Society Development Division. His scientific interests encompass: ICT and media education and issues related to the child's safety in cyberspace. 
• Professor Edyta Gruszczyk-Kolczyńska- a Polish pedagogue, the professor of humanities, academic teacher of the Maria Grzegorzewska University of Pedagogy in Warsaw, the Head of the Child Development and Education Chair, a lecturer at the Early Child Development Department of at this university, a member of the Senate of the Pedagogical University of Lodz, a lecturer at the Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw in its Ecumenical Pedagogical Section. The author of textbooks, books, articles and academic scripts. The author of the pioneering approach presented in the most popular book - "Children with specific learning difficulties in mathematics: causes, diagnosis, corrective and compensatory classes".
• Professor Marek Konopczyński -a Polish rehabilitation educator, professor of social sciences. The Rector of Pedagogical University of Warsaw. The author of 7 scientific books and the co-author and scientific editor of 11 books devoted to institutional and non-institutional social rehabilitation issues. He is also the author of over 100 articles and dissertations published in Polish and foreign scientific journals. The author of the creative social reintegration concept whose scientific reflections lie in the the search for a theoretical basis for social rehabilitation influenced by heuristic human development vision.

According to the agenda professor Tanaś and professor Gruszczyk-Kolczyńska will be involved in chairing the Opinions Arena held on the first day of the Forum. Professor Konopczyński will make his presentation on the second day of the Forum in the part called "NON-STOP On-line". Keep up to date with the educational festival's program held in Targi Kielce in November.

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