Positive Schools Asia 2025 Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference
WELLBEING IN ACTION
DAY ONE Friday May 2nd 2025
All presentations will be spoken in English with the option of a live Chinese translation
7:30: Registrations, arrival tea and coffee
8:45 – MAIN EVENT BEGINS
Day One Opening Performance presented by students from The ISF Academy
Welcome to Day One of Positive Schools Asia
REV RICHARD PENGELLEY, Positive Schools Conference Host and Student Panel Faciliator
Opening Presentation
The ISF Academy, Positive Schools conference partner and event host
Keynote Presentation: BACK TO THE FUTURE OF POSITIVE SCHOOLS
DR HELEN STREET, Positive Schools founder & International Education Consultant
10:30 – 11:00 MORNING TEA
Keynote Presentation: GREEN SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE
DR KEVIN HOUSE, Education Futures Architect at Education in Motion
Keynote Presentation: DEVELOPING EDUCATION WITH AGENCY
JANIS COFFEY, School Principal and Chair of Montessori Schools and Centres Austalia
STUDENT PANEL - Student Agency - Where to from Here?
12:45 – 13:45 LUNCH
Keynote Presentation: EMBRACING NEURODIVERSITY AND NURTURING COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN EDUCATORS AND PARENTS FOLLOWING A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH
Dr. An Gong, Clinical Psychologist specialising in nuerodivergence (Hong Kong)
Keynote Presentation: UNDERSTANDING HIGH PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES
PROF. DEBORAH EYRE, Global Educational Leader, Academic Researcher, Writer and Influencer
15:30 Day One Close
DAY TWO Saturday May 3rd 2025
All morning main stage presentations will be spoken in English with the option of a live Chinese translation. All afternoon workshops will be presented in either English or Chinese.
8:00: Registrations, arrival tea and coffee
8:45 – MAIN EVENT BEGINS
Day Two Opening Performance presented by students from The ISF Academy
Welcome to Day Two of Positive Schools Asia
REV RICHARD PENGELLEY, Positive Schools Conference Host and Student Panel Faciliator
Opening Presentation: TECHNOLOGY AND WELLBEING
DR MICHAEL CARR-GREGG, Child and Adolescent Psychologist, Author and Presenter
Keynote Presentation: CYBERSAFETY IN CHILDREN AND TEENS
SUSAN MCLEAN, Cybersafety Expert, 'Australia's First Cyber Cop', Founder of Cybersafety Solutions.
10:30 – 11:00 MORNING TEA
STUDENT PANEL – Artificial Intelligence – Where to from Here?
Keynote Presentation: HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AS A FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING
JOHN MARSDEN, Internationally Best-Selling Author, Educator and Founding Principal of Two Schools
STUDENT PANELÂ
12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 WORKSHOP STREAM ONE
Choose from one of FIVE WORKSHOPS inc:Â
PROF. DEBORAH EYRE, Global Educational Leader, Academic Researcher, Writer and Influencer UNDERSTANDING HIGH PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES
DR AN TONG GONG, Clinical Psychologist Specializing in Young Neurodivergent Populations SUPPORTING NEURODIVERSITY WITH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
STEPHANIE HOWDLE-LANG Renaissance College, Hong Kong -Â Amplifying STUDENT VOICE
PENNY HO & ETHAN STONE (Li Ren, ISF Academy, Hong Kong) Creating a Culture of CONTEXTUAL WELLBEING
REV RICHARD PENGELLEY, Positive Schools Conference Host and Student Panel Faciliator THE HISTORY OF WELLBEING IN SCHOOLS – WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?Â
14:40 WORKSHOP STREAM TWO
Choose from one of FIVEÂ WORKSHOPS inc:
DR KEVIN HOUSE, Education Futures Architect at Education in Motion GREEN SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE
JANIS COFFEY, School Principal and Chair of Montessori Schools and Centres Australia  DEVELOPING EDUCATION WITH AGENCY
SHAN NING & SCOTT PANICO, (The Independent Schools Foundation (ISF) Academy BUILDING CONTEXTUAL WELLBEING AT ISF
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SUSAN MCLEAN, Cybersafety Expert, 'Australia's First Cyber Cop', Founder of Cybersafety Solutions. CYBERSAFETY IN CHILDREN AND TEENS
GEOFF WHEELER & JASON DOUCETTE Renaissance College, ESF, Hong Kong - Supporting a wellbeing community
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16:00 Day Two Close
DAY THREE Sunday May 4th 2025
This full-day workshop will be presented in English with the option of a live Chinese translation
Join Dr Helen Street to create a deep, meaningful exploration of what works in your unique classroom contexts, what challenges need addressing and what steps you want to take to ensure effective, workable wellbeing growth and development. A fully appreciative and systemic approach.
8:00: Registrations, arrival tea and coffee
9:00  – MAIN EVENT BEGINS
Better understand and embrace a Contextual Wellbeing framework for real world wellbeing development in your classrooms, and in your whole school.
Unpack your core values, to establish what matters to you as an educator, and as a person supporting the wellbeing of others.
10:30 – 11:00 MORNING TEA
Learn how to effectively undertake a meaningful wellbeing audit of your classroom or whole school community, to realize what authentically works, what challenges, and what next.
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
Build knowledge and skills to manage resistance to change, and ensure your students, colleagues and parents are on board emotionally as well as practically.
Understand how to measure impact and move forward with confidence, competency and clarity.
15:30 CONFERENCE CLOSE