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Luz Pro spoke on her organisation uses art to help rehabilitate children and young adults who have lived in highly stressful and traumatic situations, such as children born in prison and in violent environments. She spoke of how the children can use art as an outlet for all this contained emotion, and how it improves their ability to form relationships and connect with people.

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Connie Carballo spoke to us about the way she and some colleagues brought Montessori to Argentina, where there hadn’t previously been any.

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Diego Alvarez presented his adolescent project, Montessori Tepoztlán, and the structure and pedagogy

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Omar Esparza along with 3 adolescents from the Montessori adolescent program in Chihuahua presented their school.

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Helen Mohan Elias shared her experience with CoRE, India. During the initial stage of the project, the CoRE group faced different challenges, such as working without materials first and creating them from unconventional objects

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Kelly Bodtke, who spoke about PAZ, a project developed in Oaxaca. PAZ has implemented Montessori education in the region and integrated it with different programs that involve the entire community of Oaxaca

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Rosa Baca and Pilar Gomez Ullibari presented the start and history of Montessori schools and training centers in Mexico, since 1961

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The acronym SARAR stands for the five attributes and capacities that are considered the minimum essentials for participation to be a dynamic and self-sustaining process: Self-esteem, a sense of self-worth as a person as well as a valuable resource for development; Associative strength, the capacity to define and work toward a common vision through mutual respect, trust, and collaborative effort; Resourcefulness, the capacity to visualise new solutions to problems even against the odds, and the willingness to be challenged and take risks; Action planning, combining critical thinking and creativity to come up with new, effective, and reality-based plans in which each participant has a useful and fulfilling role; Responsibility, for follow-through until the commitments made are fully discharged and the hoped-for benefits achieved. SARAR was developed during the 1970s and 1980s by Dr. Lyra Srinivasan and colleagues for a variety of development purposes. The participants visited the SARAR centre in Tepoztlan, that focuses on water management and sanitation. The focus is primarily on sustainable descentralized water and sanitation (ecosan). The highly creative, dynamic interdisciplinary team of experts is committed to assisting individuals and groups in Mexico, the rest of Latin America, as well as other parts of the world in developing sustainable alternatives.

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Nati Beltrán expuso su trabajo con la Fundación Diagrama con adolescentes y adultos mayores

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Regina Lohndorf mostró sus investigaciones realizadas en la comunidad mapuche del sur de Chile

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Gabriella Ortega presentó su proyecto comunitario con pueblos indígenas,

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Crossway Community: An Ever-Evolving Montessori Village

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Crossway Community: An Ever-Evolving Montessori Village

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Kathleen Guinan, Washington D.C Kathleen Guinan familias en alto riesgo.

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Montessori Demonstration Truck in France.

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Montessori Demonstration Truck in France.

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Elodie Michaud showed the work she is doing bringing Montessori to different areas in France and her project in creating a documentary of different Montessori projects throughout the world.

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Montessori initiatives in India with a community of ‘untouchables’ living in tent villages.

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Montessori initiatives in India with a community of ‘untouchables’ living in tent villages.

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Lesley-Ann Patrick  talked about the ugh the , the adolescents are helping revive the agriculture in the area.

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Centro de Educación Comunitaria Valle de Chalco

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Centro de Educación Comunitaria Valle de Chalco

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Maria Tenorio and colleagues who shared their work with underprivileged children

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Centro Tyrone Guzman and Siembra Montessori 

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Centro Tyrone Guzman and Siembra Montessori 

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Roxana Linares public dual language preschools in Minneapolis, Minnesota,

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Linda Nathan, University of Massachusetts, Boston. presented Art and Creativity as Key for Learning, and the different ways in which art is incorporated into their schools, and the difference it makes to children.

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Lynne Lawrence gave the opening keynote on Working for Social Change.

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Development of Cognitive Neuroscience Canada

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Development of Cognitive Neuroscience Canada

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Adele Diamond, Research chair  presented "Movement and brain development” on the importance of applying the Montessori principles to a variety of areas such as medicine or conflict resolution. Adele also covered the topic of meaningful learning and the role of stress in the development of a child.

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Anne Kelly, in Australia. "Meaningful engagement through activity." Anne explained how to apply Montessori principles with elderly people with dementia. One of the suggestions is assigning roles in the Practical Life. She also suggests labelling objects and representing sequences through drawings and phrases. Providing a prepared environment for people with dementia makes them feel more independent and ensures free movement, ability to carry out tasks and ability to maintain interpersonal relationships with others

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Milcah Jerotich and Judy Mogambi our heroes in Africa!