1400 – 1900 (Dewan Seri Siantan)

1930 – 2100 (Dewan Seri Siantan)

0800-0930 (Lobby, Dewan Seri Melati)

0900-1100 (Dewan Seri Siantan 1)

OPENING

• Welcome and Introduction by Professor Dr Md Sidin Ahmad Ishak, MBBY Vice President.
• Opening Address by Wally de Doncker, IBBY President
• Keynote 1: Dato’ Ahmad Redza Khairuddin, MBBY President: Celebrating Diversities in Children’s Literature and Literary Activities
• Keynote 2: Junko Yukota (CTCB Director): Children’s Literature in the Digital World (tentative title)

1130-1300 (Dewan Seri Siantan 1)

PLENARY SESSION 1: Asia Oceania Country Report Part 1

Presiding and Moderator: Dato’ Ahmad Redza Khairuddin

Reports: Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia , Indonesia, India, Japan, China

1400-1530 (Dewan Seri Siantan 1)

PLENARY SESSION 2: Asia Oceania Country Report Part 2

Presiding and Moderator: Dato’ Ahmad Redza Khairuddin

• Reports:  Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand
• Special Presentation: Libby Limbrick (New Zealand IBBY): Preview of IBBY Congress in Auckland, 2016

1600-1800 (Dewan Seri Melati 1, 2, and 3)

Parallel 1A: Special Children, Special Needs

Moderator: Nafisah Ahmad (National Library of Malaysia)

• Jenni Woodroffe (Australia): Trail Blazers: Children with Disabilities Portrayed in Australian Children’s Literature
• Dipavali Debroy (India): The theme of Disability in Indian children’s literature
• Mohammadreza Shams (Iran): Metacognition of Special child’s special needs in a short story by Ali Mahdavi Hezaveh
• Jesus Federico Hernandez (Philippines): Tales from the fringe: The representation of people with disabilities in contemporary Philippine children’s literature 
  

Parallel 1B: Diversity throughout History

Moderator: Arief Hakim Sani Rahmat (MABOPA)

• Saori Katagiri (Japan): Diversity of "Momotaro"―Iconography of the Edo Period and hopes of the people.
• Christantiowati (Indonesia): The Diversity of Indonesian Children's Reading from the Colonial Era to the Present
• Jo Henwood (Australia): Is there such a thing as an Australian fairy tale?
• Dahlan Abdul Ghani & Noor Azlinda Hamzah (Malaysia): Preserving Wayang Kulit Using 3D Interactive Comics for Children

Parallel 1C: Diversity in Literary Activity

Moderator: Ishak Hamzah (MABOPA)

• Norhayati Razali (Kota Buku, Malaysia): Kota Buku Children’s Literature Festival: Empowering Children Through Books
• Manorama Jafa (India): Indian IBBY Literacy Project
• Yoshimi Horiuchi (Thailand): Inclusive Mobile Library Activities: Bridge to Connect Marginalized People to the Mainstream Society through Books
• Maizurah Omar, Rahmat Awang, Besbelli, N., Temple, W., Heinzow B. (Malaysia): TOXICLARO: Developing Understanding on the Harm of Chemicals in Schoolchildren

0900-1030 (Dewan Seri Siantan 1)

PLENARY SESSION 3: CREATING ILLUSTRATIONS THAT CAPTIVATE

A panel of award-winning illustrators will discuss the essentials to illustrating children’s literature and share their experiences, thoughts, recommendations and secrets to developing habits to be a more effective illustrator and content creator.

Featuring:

• Yusof Gajah (Malaysia), illustrator, writer, naive art artist and winner of ACCU Noma Concours Grand Prix Award.
• Kang Woo-hyon (South Korea), CEO of Nami Island Inc. and winner of numerous awards for designers and illustrators.
• Tuan Siyuan (China), Copyright Manager of Beijing Consulting Co. Ltd, which is member of Chinese Board on Board for Young People (CBBY) 

Moderator: Tuan Sayed Munawar Sayed Mohd Mustar (Perbadanan Kota Buku)

1100-1300 (Dewan Seri Melati 1, 2 and 3)

Parallel 2A: Mirrors in Multicultural Children’s Literature

Moderator: Yumiko Bando-Saito (JBBY)

• Herdiana Hakim (Indonesia): Multicultural Literature in Indonesian Children’s Books
• Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal (Singapore): Grit and Gumption, Sass and Verve: Learning from Multicultural Picture Book 
• Imron Wakhid Harits, Stefan Chudy, Alena Opletalova & Dana Vicherkova (Czech Republic): Vicarious Experience by Modeling and 

• Nita Berry (India): Social Change through Children’s Books: An India Perspective

Parallel 2B: Genre Diversity

Moderator: Zang Yi (CBBY)

• Datin Rossiti Aishah Rashidi (Malaysia): Writing Illustrated Books for conservation and preservation for wildlife and nature
• Swati Raje (India): The Vibrant Oral Tradition of India - Powada: Stories in A Song
• Ran Lee, Hyunjung Lee, Eunja Hyun (South Korea): The Literary Role of Poverty and its Educational Implications in Korean Traditional Fairy Tales
• Ary Nilandari (Indonesia): Promoting Anti-Corruption Values through Children's Content

Parallel 2C: Content Diversity

Moderator: Poh Swee Hiang (MBBY)

• Mohana Gill (Malaysia): Reaching Out to The World’s Children For a Healthy Lifestyle…The Hayley Series
• Murti Bunanta (Indonesia): How Food Plays an Integral Role in Indonesian Folk Tales and Maintains the Moral of the Stories
• Jeonga Park, Shinae Lee, Eunja Hyun (South Korea): An Analysis of Relationships between the Main Characters and Their companion Dogs in Terms of Their Friendship in Korean Picture Books
• Fauzi Naeim Mohamed & Nurul Lina Mohd Nor (Malaysia): Lat’s Budak Kampung: Nostalgia as Semiotic

1400-1530 (Dewan Seri Siantan 1)

PLENARY SESSION 4

Moderator: Ellis Vance (USBBY)

Patricia Aldana (IBBY Past President): IBBY Project for Children in Crisis

Nur Azlina Abdul Aziz (REC Coordinator): Literacy Initiatives for Stateless Rohingya Children in Malaysia

1530-1545

1545-1800 (Metting Room)

ASIA OCEANIA REGIONAL MEETING OF HEADS OF DELEGATION

Presiding and Moderator: Dato’ Ahmad Redza Khairuddin (MBBY President)

STORY TELLING SESSION

Presentation by Storytellers from Asia Oceania Countries: Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Australia

WORKSHOP 1: How to Tell Stories with People With Disabilities

Expert Facilitator: Jo Henwood

1945-2200 (Dewan Seri Siantan)

Appreciation Dinner & Cultural Performance

0830-1030 (Dewan Seri Siantan 1)

PLENARY SESSION 5

Moderator: Hasri Hasan (Perbadanan Kota Buku)

• Fred Minn  (NAMBOOK Coordinator): Nami Island as official Sponsor H. C. Andersen Awards
• Liz Page (IBBY Executive Director): IBBY Activities in Asia-Oceania

1045-1245 (Dewan Seri Melati 1, 2, and 3)

Parallel 3A: Visual Literacy and Storytelling

Moderator: Pornanong N. Horikawa (Thailand)

• Nurul Lina Mohd Nor & Fauzi Naeim Mohamed (Malaysia): Siti: A Design Process
• Etsuko Nozaka & Hina Nagase (Japan): Kamishibai: Stories for living together
• Bori Yu, Ran Lee, Eunja Hyun (South Korea): Analysis of Images of Houses in Korean Picture Books - Comparing with Foreign Picture Books
• Emilia Nazir (Indonesia): Visual Literacy Activity for Emergent Readers

Parallel 3B: Diversity in Media and Audience

Moderator: Murti Bunanta (Indonesia) 

• Mohd Amir Mat Omar (Malaysia): Audience Reception Among Children and Teenagers on Malaysian Animated Television Series
• Zeng Yi (China ): The Children’s Book Market of China
• Marzura Abdul Malek & Ramachandran Ponnan (Malaysia): Continuing the legacy of Children’s Programming in Malaysia
• Alireza Karimdadian (Iran): The Status of Translated Children's Book in Iran

Parallel 3C [IN MALAY] Literature and Children’s Education and Development

Moderator: Mahaya Mohd Yassin (MBBY)

• Maizira Abdul Majid (Malaysia): Imaginasi dalam Teater Kanak-Kanak sebagai Medium Pendidikan
• Madiawati Mamat@Mustaffa (Malaysia): Pembangunan Moral dalam Sastera Multimedia Kanak-Kanak di Malaysia
• Maizatul Azura Yahya & Ainal Akmar Ahmad (Malaysia): Pembinaan Imej Positif Menerusi Kartun Dalam Buku Animasi
• Ainal Akmar Ahmad dan Maizatul Azura Yahya (Malaysia): Buku Cerita Kanak-kanak Sebagai Bentuk Komunikasi & Penyampaian Maklumat

1400-1600 (Dewan Seri Siantan 1)

CLOSING

Presiding and Moderator: Dato’ Ahmad Redza Khairuddin (MBBY President)

• Panel Discussion & Summary and Suggestions
• Concluding Remarks

Dinner on Your Own

Free n Easy

0900-1200 (Bilik Mesyuarat Dekan 1, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya)

WORKSHOP 2: Teaching Our Children to Love Reading

Expert Facilitator: Ellis Vance (USA)

WORKSHOP 3: Kamishibai: Joy of Sharing Feelings through Telling Stories with Pictures

Expert Facilitator: Etsuko Nozaka (Japan)

WORKSHOP 4: Picture Book Writing and Editing

Expert Facilitator: Patricia Aldana (Canada)