This month, Room to Read's staff will join other education change-makers at the 2019 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference for this year's theme of “Education for Sustainability.” The conference runs from April 14-19 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco.

Be sure to stop by our table in the exhibit hall to connect with Room to Read staff and grab your must-read copy of Scaling Global Change. Room to Read staff will also be speaking on a range of interesting topics.

Join us for a CIES session on:

• The impact of life skills in girls' education
• Scaling data systems and government ownership
• Higher education, peacebuilding and sustainability
• Girls' economic empowerment
• Scaling high quality libraries nationwide
• Mentoring careers in comparative and international education
• Best practices in children's publishing
• Education and technological innovation + much more!
  
  

Room to Read's Conference Schedule

For more information on each panel, please download the conference schedule here.

Monday:

• Ensuring Girls’ Empowerment to Improve Education Outcome: Harnessing the Gatekeepers
  Monday, April 15, 8:00 to 9:30am, Hyatt Regency, Pacific Concourse (Level -1), Pacific F
  
  
• Better "M" for Better "E": What's the Price of Data Ownership?
  Monday, April 15, 10:00 to 11:30am, Hyatt Regency, Pacific Concourse (Level -1), Pacific H
  
  
• Parental Engagement in Early Learning Systems: Findings from Pakistan, Tanzania, Liberia and Ethiopia
  Monday, April 15, 1:30 to 3:00pm, Hyatt Regency, Atrium (Level 2), Boardroom C
  
  
• Global Case Studies of Peace Education
  Monday, April 15, 1:30 to 3:00pm, Hyatt Regency, (Level -1), Pacific N
  
  
• Soft Skills Help Girls Grow Up: Practical Results Demonstrate Significant Progress
  Monday, April 15, 3:15 to 4:45pm, Hyatt Regency, (Level 0), Plaza
  
  
• Girls’ Economic Empowerment: Results of a Global Project and Insights in the Underlying Partnership
  Monday, April 15, 3:15 to 4:45pm, Hyatt Regency, Bay (Level 1), Bayview B
  
  

Tuesday:

• Assessing Learning Across Contexts: How to Design Learning Assessments, for What Purpose, and What Can They Tell Us About Student, School and Teacher Performance?
  Tuesday, April 16, 8:00 to 9:30am, Hyatt Regency, (Level -1), Pacific E
  
  
• Multiple Roles of Religion in Building Security, Trust, and Belonging Within Educational Institutions and Pupils
  Tuesday, April 16, 10:00 to 11:30, Hyatt Regency, Atrium (Level 2), Waterfront C
  
  
• The Relationship Between Fidelity of Implementation and Learning: What the Data Tells Us
  Tuesday, April 16, 1:30 to 3:00pm, Hyatt Regency, Pacific Concourse (Level -1), Pacific E
  
  
• Engaging Governments to Ensure Sustainability: Three Case Studies of Civil Society Efforts to Promote Gender and Girls’ Education
  Tuesday, April 16, 1:30 to 3:00pm, Hyatt Regency, Bay (Level 1), Bayview B
  
  
• The Relationship Between Fidelity of Implementation and Learning: What the Data Tells Us
  Tuesday, April 16, 1:30 to 3:00pm, Hyatt Regency, (Level -1), Pacific E
  
  
• Libraries to Support Literacy Development: Scale, Sustainability and Impact
  Tuesday, April 16, 5:00 to 6:30pm, Hyatt Regency, Atrium (Level 2), Waterfront B
  
  
• Speed Mentoring for Careers in Comparative and International Education 
  Tuesday, April 16, 5:00 to 6:30pm, Hyatt Regency, Bay (Level 1), Bayview B
  
  

Wednesday:

• Developing Effective and Appropriate Decodable and Leveled Books
  Wednesday, Apr 17, 8:00 to 9:30am, Hyatt Regency, Atrium (L2), Waterfront D
  
  
• Best Practices and Innovations in Children’s Storybook Publishing: Public-private partnerships, quality translations, open licensing, and pooled procurement
  Wednesday, April 17, 1:30 to 3:00pm, Hyatt Regency, Pacific Concourse (Level -1), Pacific H
  
  
  

Thursday: 

• Best Practices to Achieve Scale and Sustainability in Early Grade Reading - Evidence from India
  Thursday, April 18, 8:00 to 9:30am, Hyatt Regency, Pacific Concourse (Level -1), Pacific J
  
  
• Supporting Language Learners in the Classroom
  Thusday, April 18, 8:00 to 9:30am, Hyatt Regency, Bay (Level 1), Golden Gate
  
  
• Teacher Professional Development at Scale: Lessons Learned in Improving Teacher Practice in Low and Middle Income Countries
  Thursday, April 18, 10:00 to 11:30am, Hyatt Regency, Atrium (Level 2), Boardroom B
  
  
• Where Technology Meets Literacy: The Bay Area Movement to Catalyze Reading with Local Language Content
  Thursday, Apr 18, 1:30 to 3:00pm, Hyatt Regency, Bay (Level 1), Seacliff A