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Conference venue

The 3rd International Symposium of Early Childhood & School Pedagogy will be held at the University campus, at the University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hospitality

Accommodation

Conference delegates can choose one of the city's fine Hotels:

Hotels in Nicosia Special Rates for the Department of Education University of Cyprus Please note that the lower rates offered are only available to registered delegates of the 3rd International Symposium on Early Childhood and School Pedagogy and are strictly subject to availability. Availability of rooms and prices cannot be guaranteed by the Department of Education, University of Cyprus. Any queries on the booking of the hotel should be directed to the hotel following the procedure guidelines given below for each hotel.
Hotel	Single Room (per night)	Double Room (per night)	Booking Procedure
Hilton (city center)	85 €	105 €	Please click here to make your booking to Hilton Cyprus.
Semeli Hotel (city center)	80 €	100 €	Please click here to make your booking to Semeli hotel and follow the guidelines provided in the Reservation Form
Cleopatra Hotel (city center)	70 €	90 €	Please click here to make your booking to Cleopatra hotel and follow the guidelines provided in the Reservation Form.
Centrum Hotel (down town)	61 €	71 €	Please send an email to one of the following email-addresses to arrange your booking saying that you are a registered delegate of the 3rd International Symposium on Early Childhood and School Pedagogy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
UC Hall (opposite the University of Cyprus)	40 € (for at least 2 nights)	50 € (for at least 2 nights)	Please send an email to the following email-address saying that you are a registered delegate of the 3rd International Symposium on Early Childhood and School Pedagogy to arrange your booking: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Early Childhood Pedagogy YouTube channel is a collection of video presentations for those symposium delegates unable to attend in person. Delegates should proceed with their registration first and then upload their videos to YouTube, which we then add to the symposium channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1p2__--wkNEL0oAuLiP5A. We also list these video presentations in the program.

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Instructions for creating video presentation

Initially after you finish creating your presentation (ppt file) by using Microsoft PowerPoint2010, you can convert it to video in order to be presented at the Symposium. The video you create, will be uploaded to the corresponding channel of the Symposium, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1p2__--wkNEL0oAuLiP5A

The following are the basic steps for creating video presentation:
To create the video your computer must have a sound card, microphone and speakers, and must make sure that your microphone is working properly.
1. Open your presentation with Microsoft PowerPoint2010.
2. Go to the Slide Show tab, in the Settings menu and select «Presentation Recording» .
3. Then you can select one of the following:
• Start recording from the beginning or
• Start recording from the current slide
4. Next, in the dialog window Presentation Recording you can select the "Narratives and laser pointer"
5. You are ready to start voice recording by selecting "Start Recording".
6. Any time of the creation of video you can temporarily stop the recording by selecting the "Pause" from the menu "Recording". To resume recording select "Continue recording".
7. To complete the recording of your presentation, right-click the slide and select "End show."
8. Finally, on the File menu, select "Save and send" and then click on "Create video."

On the following addresses you can find instructional videos for creating video presentation (English):
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNEVVxIV8ZA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
Also, you may use any other program (eg. snagit, camtasia, youcam, movie maker) to create a video presentation.
If you cannot upload the video to youtube, you can send the video file at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in order to be uploaded to the corresponding channel of the Symposium.

Virtual Attendance

You may watch the symposium at http://ecp16.earlychildhoodpedagogy.gr/en/

Registration Fees

Registration fees are as follows:

Early Bird registration (until 30/03/2016)	50 euros for speakers 20 euros for students & teachers
Full registration (all days)	70 euros
Virtual registration	20 euros
Students	30 euros
Teachers	30 euros

PAYMENT OPTIONS

PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER:

	SYMPOSIUM: 3^ο 3RD EARLY CHILDHOOD PEDAGOGY SYMPOSIUM: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING
	NAME OF THE BANK: PIRAEUS BANK
	ADDRESS:1 AVEROF STR., 45333, IOANNINA, GREECE
	IBAN: GR20 0172 4050 0054 0503 4810 310
	SWIFT CODE: PIRBGRAA
	ACCOUNT HOLDER: RESEARCH COMMITTEE - UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

1) During the bank transfer you have to indicate that:
"this BANK TRANSFER/DEPOSIT made by …… (your name) is for the the 3rd Early Childhood Pedagogy Symposium: "Contemporary Trends in Curriculum Development and Teaching" (Code: 81933)"
2) It's mandatory that you send the deposit receipt/slip via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

(Official receipt will be given to you by the Symposium Secretariat upon your arrival.)