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Participation in the Exhibition of Educational Materials and Artisan Ware
in the First Hemispheric Conference on Indigenous Education


This First Hemispheric Conference on Indigenous Education promises to provide an ideal forum for presenting textbooks, teacher manuals and other pedagogical materials that are relevant to the bilingual classroom. Attending the conference will be several hundred participants from throughout the hemisphere ranging from teachers to researchers and policymakers. Numerous languages will be represented including Spanish, English, Portuguese and indigenous languages. Of particular interest are materials in Spanish and, to the extent available, materials that address indigenous and multicultural issues.

Who can participate?

I. National and international publishers
II. Educational projects or programs that develop educational materials
III. Small, community, indigenous business and organizations that produce educational materials and artisan ware

How to participate?

  • Download the registration form, fill it out and return to the executive committee at one of the following contacts by June 15 2001 (forms submitted after that date will be considered space permitting):

World Learning/ PAEBI
Karla Silvestre
19 Calle 3-58 Zona 14
Ciudad de Guatemala
(502) 366-2356
fax (502) 366-2357

World Learning
Katherine Taylor
1015 15th St. N.W.
Suite 750
Washington DC 20005 USA
(202) 408-5420
Fax: (202) 408-5397
  • Pay the use of a stand or table in the location of your choice.
  • Accept the following conditions of participation:

The exhibitor may sell or exhibit materials only within their designated space within the stand.

Each exhibitor will be responsible for the order and vigilance of their stand during the hours of the event including overnight arrangements.

Each exhibitor will set up their stand the 24th of July in the afternoon and will take it down before 6PM on the 27th of July.

Educational programs and non-profits will be given priority to the use of the tables surrounding the Plazuela Biltmore

  • View the Hotel Camino Real map guide and the layout of stands in the Salon Izabal, the exhibition room, to select the space desired. Stands are located in Salon Izabal and tables are located in the corridors surrounding Plazuela Biltmore.
  • Then select the option (stand or table with or without lunch) that you prefer:

Option A - a 1.5 meter x 2.4 x 1.5 meter stand in Salon Izabal (locks at night) with lunch for the three days US$185

Option B - a 1.5 meter x 2.4 x 1.5 meter stand in Salon Izabal without lunch for the three days US$150

Option C- a 2meter table in the courtyard surrounding Plazuela Biltmore US $60 with lunch

Option D- a 2 meter table in the courtyard surrounding Plazuela Biltmore US $25 without lunch

 

Layout of stands in the Salon Izabal Hotel Camino Real map