MDPI World Children's Day Webinar 2025
Part of the MDPI World Children's Day Webinar series
20 November 2025, 11:00 AM (EST)
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.
Faculty of Education, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
David Tzuriel is a clinical and educational psychologist, an expert in dynamic assessment (DA) of learning potential, and a leader in the DA movement. He received his Ph.D. from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University (1977) and is currently a Professor Emeritus at Bar-Ilan University and Head of the Graduate Program of Learning Disabilities at Talpiot College. He served as the President of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology (1999-2001) and as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology (JCEP; 2006-2011, 2016-2021). His scientific work is related to the empirical validation, implementation, and modification of the theories of Feuerstein and Vygotsky, and his research is frequently cited in the literature. David Tzuriel has supervised 97 M.A. and Ph.D. students and published many studies and books on DA, mediated learning experiences, and cognitive education programs. For the last four decades, he has taught 200 international workshops on DA and cognitive education programs and developed 12 DA measures for young children.
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 - Prof. David Tzuriel Emeritus Dynamic Assessment for Young Children: Theory, Research, and Applications |
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 Issue
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
