MDPI World Children's Day Webinar 2025
MDPI World Children's Day Webinar 2025
Part of the MDPI World Children's Day Webinar series
20 November 2025
Children Matters, Children Disputes, Children Issues
Welcome Message
In order to commemorate the World Children's Day (https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-childrens-day), MDPI is launching a special webinar to encourage researchers to join together, take action, and raise awareness of children's rights.
World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare. World Children's Day offers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children's rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children.
The webinar aims to encourage connections and collaboration among the international open access community to share and discuss their research findings. We are very much looking forward to seeing you at the MDPI World Children's Day 2025.
Date: 20 November 2025
Time: 11:00 am EST | 5:00 pm CET
Webinar ID: 836 2414 2567
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Amy Pan is an Associate Professor of Department of Pediatrics at Medical College of Wisconsin. Areas of research interest include design and analysis of clinical trials, microbiome studies, meta-analysis, epidemiology, basic science, and clinical research. Dr. Amy Pan has extensive experience working with multidisciplinary research teams across many pediatric subspecialties. Also has a strong background in clinical medicine and nutrition.
Linda Shaw (PhD) is a senior lecturer in early childhood and education studies. She is a qualified teacher with experience of primary, post 16 and family learning. Previous roles also include leading early years care and education projects at a local authority as well as carrying out training, development and support as an early years' teacher consultant. Her Masters and PhD focus on work relating to public and third sector policy and practice. Her research and publications focus on play, play work and ethics with a current interest in inter-generational and multi-generational play spaces.
Registration
This is a FREE webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.
Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Program
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time in EST |
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Introduction |
11:00am-11:05am |
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Speaker 1 - Dr. Amy Pan Beyond the Curve: A Deep Dive into Growth Charts |
11:05am-11:35am |
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Speaker 2 - Dr. Linda Shaw Play For All - Child and Adult Perspectives on Inter-Generational Play Opportunities in an Urban Park in the UK |
11:35am-12:05pm |
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Q&A |
12:05pm-12:20pm |
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Closing of Webinar |
12:20pm-12:30pm |
Relevant Specials Issues
Mitigating the Impact of Maternal Mental Health Challenges on Children's Development
Guest Editors: Dr. Nanmathi Manian and Prof. Dr. Pamela J. Surkan
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 January 2026
Early Childhood Education Policy: Impact on Children's Well-Being and Development
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Nadia Siddiqui and Dr. Johny Daniel
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 17 January 2026
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