The Reggio Emilia Conference 2026 took place on October 30 and 31 in Singapore, dedicated to the theme \u201cEducation in Complex Times: Children, Democratic Cultures and the Role of Childhood in Shaping the Future.\u201d The initiative represented an opportunity for international exchange on the role of childhood, democratic cultures, and the perspectives of education in a context of profound social and technological changes.<\/p>\n
The conference was attended by Goh Pei Ming, Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Social and Family Development of Singapore; the Ambassador of Italy to Singapore, Dante Brandi; and Annalisa Ranieri and Valentina Violi, representing the educational experience of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia.<\/p>\n
In his speech, the Guest of Honor, Goh Pei Ming, identified curiosity, trust, and care as three fundamental qualities to support the new generations in facing future challenges, emphasizing their alignment with the principles of the Reggio Emilia pedagogical philosophy. In particular, he recalled the importance of preparing children for a future characterized by deep transformations, also as a result of the development of new technologies and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Dante Brandi highlighted the value of the Reggio Emilia pedagogical experience in promoting a human, creative, and relational dimension of learning, even in the era of artificial intelligence. Recalling the Italian tradition, he emphasized how creativity and innovation stem from dialogue and collaboration among people, identifying the Reggio Emilia ateliers<\/i> as a contemporary example of this tradition.<\/p>\n
Annalisa Ranieri, a teacher at the Documentation and Educational Research Center of Preschools and Infant-Toddler Centers, and Valentina Violi, a pedagogist from the Pedagogical Coordination team of the same Institution of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia, presented practices and experiences from Reggio Emilia’s educational services. Their contributions examined in depth the role of children, relationships, and learning processes in building an educational culture capable of responding to the complexities of the present.<\/p>\n
The conference concluded with a discussion among institutional representatives and professionals in the educational sector, confirming the importance of international exchanges of experiences and perspectives to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of early childhood education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Reggio Emilia Conference 2026 took place on October 30 and 31 in Singapore, dedicated to the theme \u201cEducation in Complex Times: Children, Democratic Cultures and the Role of Childhood in Shaping the Future.\u201d The initiative represented an opportunity for international exchange on the role of childhood, democratic cultures, and the perspectives of education in […]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9910,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905\/revisions\/9910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}