We’ve made a start on a list for 2019/2022 PD for the Asia region. Please note the following events with opportunities to attend and to present. Please email librarynetwork@gmail.com if you know of any other opportunities to add to these. The list below is in chronological order and is followed by links to other ongoing events in the region, as well as a list of past events. 

July 2019

5-7 July 2019 (Adelaide, Australia): New Librarians Symposium (Australian Library and Information Association)

September 2019

5-8 September 2019 (Singapore): Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2019 23 September 2019 (UWCSEA East Campus, Singapore): Vision 2020 – a workshop by Kevin Hennah

November 2019

14-16 November 2019 (Alice Smith School; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia): Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop

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Links to professional development opportunities in the region

• 21st Century Learning Conferences
• ACAMIS (Association of China and Mongolian International Schools) Librarians Network
• ALIA (Australian Library & Information Association) conferences
• EARCOS upcoming conference schedule
• IASL (International Association of School Libraries) conference schedule
• EdTech Conferences (Asia or close) – a Scoop.it page curated by Chris Smith (Shambles)
• Google Apps Education Summit Conferences — Asia
• IBBY – International Board on Books for Young People
  • 2019 China
  • 2020  Moscow, Russia 5-7 September 2020 Great big world through children’s books
  • 2022 Putrajay, Malaysia 5-8 September 2022 The Power of Stories
• IBO (International Baccalaureate Organization) – Asia-Pacific region — workshops
• IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) annual conference
• Innovative Global Education
• Knowledge Source Institute, Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Learning 2.0
• Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop & Job-Alike
• Library Association of Singapore (LAS) — well worth getting on their mailing list
• National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) (includes the annual AFCC – Asian Festival of Children’s Content — held every year at the end of May) — well worth getting on their mailing list
• The School Librarian Connection
• Shanghai Librarians Network – Symposia
• UWCSEA Centre for International Education

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Past events

• “Truth & Lies: Trust in Times of Information Disorder” at SMU, 3 April 2019 (Singapore)
• EARCOS Librarians Weekend :Reading and research across language and culture at Taipei American School, 29-30 March 2019 (Taipei, Taiwan)
• 21st Century Learning, Hong Kong, 6-9 March 2019 (21CLHK, Hong Kong)
• 21st Century Learning TeachMeet, 29 February 2019 (Singapore)
• Asia-Pacific International Schools Conference, 12-13 December 2018 (Hong Kong)
• 21st Century Learning TeachMeet, 27 November 2018 (Singapore)
• Socratic seminars with John Zola at UWCSEA, 10-11 November 2018 (Singapore)
• IBO, Cat 3: PYP/MYP/DP–The Role of the Librarian; IBO, Cat 3: DP–Approaches to Learning, 8-10 November 2018 (Beijing)
• Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop (LKSW), 8-10 November 2018 (Bangkok Patana School, Thailand)
• Learning 2.0 at ASIJ (American School in Japan), 1-3 November 2018 (Tokyo, Japan)
• Job Alike Workshop (JAW) for Library Officers, 19 October 2018 (Singapore)
• 5th International Conference on Children and Young Adult’s Librarianship (National Library of the Philippines), 17-19 October 2018 (Cebu City, Philippines)
• Follett Workshop with Larry Gilbert, 17 October 2018 (Singapore)
• IBO, Cat 3: Making the PYP Library the Hub of Learning; IBO, Cat 3: MYP–Approaches to Learning, 13-15 October 2018 (Singapore)
• EduTech Asia, 8-11 October 2018 (Singapore)
• IBO, Cat 3: PYP–The Role of the Librarian, 21-23 September 2018 (Hong Kong)
• 21st Century Learning TeachMeet, 19 September 2018 (Singapore)
• TeachMeet at the Australian International School, 11 September 2018 (Singapore)
• Asian Festival of Children’s Content, 6-8 September 2018 (Singapore)
• IBO, Cat 3: PYP/MYP–The Role of the Librarian ; IBO, Cat 3: MYP–Approaches to Learning,  5-7 September 2018 (Banten, Indonesia)
• IFLA 84th World Library and Information Congress, 24-30 August 2018 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Asia-Pacific Library and Information Conference, 30 July – 2 August 2018 (Queensland, Australia)
• 21st Century Learning Hong Kong, 17-19 Jan 2018 (Hong Kong)
• EARCOS: 2015: The Tech-Integrated Library, Taipei American School, Nov 7-8
• EARCOS Teachers’ Conference in Bangkok. 29-31 March 2018 (Bangkok, Thailand)
• Google Apps Education Summit Conferences — Asia
  • 2016: Singapore Summit – Google Apps for Education, Singapore American School, Sept 17-18
• IASL (International Association of School Libraries) conference schedule
  • 2016  Tokyo, Japan, Aug 22-26
• IBBY – International Board on Books for Young People
  • 2016  New Zealand, Aug 18-21
  • 2017 Oceania 9-12 May 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
• Innovative Global Education
  • 2016: Hong Kong: Innovative Global Education Conference, Renaissance College, Sept 3-4
• ISLN – Hands on Literacy (November 2012)
• Learning 2.0
  •  2016: Vietnam – Learning 2.0, Saigon South International School, HCMC, Oct. 6-8
• Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop & Job-Alike
  • 2013: Kuala Lumpur – Alice Smith School, Oct 5-6
  • 2014: Brunei – Jerudong International School, Feb 20-21
  • 2015: Bangkok – Shrewsbury International School, Fri/Sat Feb 6-7
  • 2016: Kuala Lumpur – Garden International School, Mar 4-5
  • 2017: Singapore – United World College of SE Asia – East campus, Feb 17-18
  • 2017:LKSW HCMC Vietnam 
• The School Librarian Connection
  • 2014: Hong Kong – Renaissance College
  • 2016: Beijing – Keystone Academy
• Singapore American School
  • 2013: SAS Children’s Literature Conference, Feb 1-3
  • 2015: iCreate Conference, Fri eve/Sat Jan 23-24
• UWCSEA Centre for International Education
  • 2017: Singapore: reThinking Literacy, UWCSEA Dover, May 11-13 (in conjunction with 21st Century Learning)
  • 2017: Singapore: reThinking Numeracy, UWCSEA Dover, May 4-6 (in conjunction with 21st Century Learning)
  • 2016: reThinkingLiteracy, UWCSEA Dover campus, Apr 21-23