World Council for Gifted and Talented Children 2023 Virtual World Conference

Excellence Without Borders: Gifted Education in a Changing World

2023 Virtual World Conference
August 5 - 6 and 12 - 13

A tentative schedule for the live sessions for the Virtual World Conference is included below. The table below lists the times in three different time zones (AEST, CDT, and BST). Links for viewing the times in your local time zone are also included below. This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Some synchronous conversations may be planned during the week between Days 2 and 3. More information will be available later.

Day 1 - August 5 (live sessions in Australian Eastern Standard Time)

Click here to view your local times for Day 1 live sessions.

 Time AEST (Sydney)Time CDT (Chicago)Time BST (London)
Opening9:45 AM – 10:00 AM6:45 PM – 7:00 PM (August 4)12:45 AM – 1:00 AM
Keynote
(TBD)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (August 4)1:00 AM – 2:00 AM

Concurrent Sessions (three)
Sessions TBD

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM8:15 PM – 9:15 PM (August 4)2:15 AM – 3:15 AM
Exhibitor Time and Roundtable Discussions12:15 PM – 1:00 PM9:15 PM – 10:00 PM (August 4)3:15 AM – 4:00 AM
Panel Discussions (two)
Sessions TBD
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM10:00 PM – 11:00 PM (August 4)4:00 AM – 5:00 AM
Concurrent Sessions (three)
Sessions TBD
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM11:15 PM – 12:15 AM (August 5)5:15 AM – 6:15 AM
Keynote
(TBD)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM12:30 AM – 1:30 AM (August 5)6:30 AM – 7:30 AM

Day 2 - August 6 (live sessions in British Summer Time)

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 Time BST (London)Time CDT (Chicago)Time AEST (Sydney)
Keynote
(TBD)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM4:00 AM – 5:00 AM7:00 PM  – 8:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions (three)
Sessions TBD
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM5:15 AM – 6:15 AM8:15 PM – 9:15 PM
Exhibitor Time and Roundtable Discussions12:15 PM – 1:00 PM6:15 AM – 7:00 AM9:15 PM – 10:00 PM
Panel Discussions (two)
Sessions TBD
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM7:00 AM – 8:00 AM10:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions (three)
Sessions TBD
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM8:15 AM – 9:15 AM11:15 PM (August 6) – 12:15 AM (August 7)
Keynote
(TBD)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM9:30 AM – 10:30 AM12:30 AM – 1:30 AM (August 7)

Day 3 - August 12 (live sessions in British Summer Time)

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 Time BST (London)Time CDT (Chicago)Time AEST (Sydney)
Keynote
(TBD)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM4:00 AM – 5:00 AM7:00 PM  – 8:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions (three)
TBD
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM5:15 AM – 6:15 AM8:15 PM – 9:15 PM
Exhibitor Time and Roundtable Discussions12:15 PM – 1:00 PM6:15 AM – 7:00 AM9:15 PM – 10:00 PM
Panel Discussions (two)
Sessions TBD
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM7:00 AM – 8:00 AM10:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions (three)
Sessions TBD
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM8:15 AM – 9:15 AM11:15 PM (August 12) – 12:15 AM (August 13)
Keynote
(TBD)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM9:30 AM – 10:30 AM12:30 AM – 1:30 AM (August 13)

Day 4 - August 13 (live sessions in Central Daylight Time in the US)

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  Time CDT (Chicago) Time BST (London) Time AEST (Sydney)
Keynote
(TBD)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM 1:00 AM (August 14) – 2:00 AM (August 14)
Concurrent Sessions (three)
Sessions TBD
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM 2:15 AM (August 14) – 3:15 AM (August 14)
Exhibitor Time and Roundtable Discussions 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM 3:15 AM (August 14) – 4:00 AM (August 14)
Panel Discussions (two)
Sessions TBD
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM 4:00 AM (August 14) – 5:00 AM (August 14)

Concurrent Sessions (three)
Sessions TBD

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM 8:15 PM – 9:15 PM 5:15 AM (August 14) – 6:15 AM (August 14)
Keynote (TBD) 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM 6:30 AM (August 14) – 7:30 AM (August 14)
Closing 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM 10:30 PM – 10:45 PM 7:30 AM – 7:45 AM (August 14)