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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">The Department of Early Childhood Education
at The Education University of Hong Kong is organizing the </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><b>1st EdUHK International Conference for Research in Early Childhood
Education and Development (InCRECE 2024)</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"> from
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><b>1st to 3rd June</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"> in
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><b>Hong Kong</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">The conference theme is “Ecologies for Development
and Learning: Supporting Children to Reach Their Full Potential.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">InCRECE 2024 will bring together international,
regional, and local scholars, researchers, and practitioners to share their research in an intellectually stimulating forum that covers all aspects of early childhood education and development, including early years education, developmental psychology, child
development, child and family studies, curriculum studies, special needs, and teacher education and professional development.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Our conference will feature keynote speeches
from renowned international and local scholars, together with parallel research sessions, and a gala dinner. Abstract submission is now open, and the submission deadline for abstracts is
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><b>February 15, 2024</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">.</span></p>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); background-color: yellow;"><b><a href="https://www.increce-eduhk.com/" target="_blank" id="OWA126a75c3-db63-665d-ddd0-68e73a87dd78" class="x_OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin: 0px;">https://www.increce-eduhk.com</a></b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"> for
more information about the conference and registration procedures. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">We would appreciate it if you could circulate
this letter amongst colleagues who may find it of interest. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">We hope to have the pleasure to welcome you
to Hong Kong in June 2024. Thank you!</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Dr. Alfredo Bautista & Dr. Jianbin Li (Co-Chairs)</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">On behalf of the InCRECE 2024 Organizing Committee</span></p>
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