Daniela Zallocco is the founder of "Creative Technology". She holds a CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults - A grade) and CELTYL (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Young Learners - B grade) degree from Cambridge University and is currently preparing her MA in Educational Policies at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (specialized in Education & Technology). She has worked as a Senior Teacher for ABS International and at International House Belgrano teaching children and teenagers. She currently works in Ministerio de Educación de la Nación Argentina (Dirección de Cooperación Internacional).
She has delivered many presentations in ABS Congresses for Coordinators, Directors of Studies and Teachers as well as the IATEFL - TESOL Congress in Santiago de Chile. She has recently published "¿Y después del libro qué?" an article related to the use of technology in the classroom, in the Educational Magazine "Novedades Educativas".

Institution: Creative Technology

Esther Vázquez is a graduate teacher from CONSUDEC and holds a degree in Educational Management from CAECE University. She has a vast experience in the teaching of English at different levels. She works for CePA providing in-service training sessions. Mrs. Vazquez delivers courses on topics like Differentiated Instruction and Mixed- abilities classes. At present, she is also working for the British Council as remote teacher for Plan Ceibal English programme in Uruguay.

Institution: CePA

Leticia Di Siena: English teacher graduated from Facultad de Lenguas UNC. She has been a speaker at ArtesoL Conventions in 1999 and 2001 and at the "I teach kids and Teens" Conference in 2014. She has been teaching English for 30 years and has also carried out educational drama projects in English and Spanish. She is currently the headmistress at Maryland bilingual school.

Mariela Salazar: Teacher of English as a foreign language. She has been teaching at different levels for 18 years. She is currently studying to become a neuropsychoeducator at "Asociación Educar".
She is now a teacher at Instituto Nuestra Señora de Lourdes and at Maryland school where she prepares students for international exams.

Pablo Marchisio: English teacher graduated from UNC. He has been an associate professor of English literature at Facultad de Lenguas(UNC) and a teacher trainer at  Instituto Dante Alighieri and  Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Juan XXIII.He has also served a missionary for a humanitarian organization in Central America. He is currently finishing his training as a yoga instructor and teaches English literature at Maryland School.

Institution: Maryland School

After teaching ESL at the University of Talca (Chile) for three years, Kara McBride got her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona (USA). She is an Associate Professor at Saint Louis University (USA), and her research focuses on L2 oral language development and interculturality.

Institution: Saint Louis University

Laura Lewin heads ABS International. She is the President of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference of Professional Development for Teachers of English and Administrators. Laura pursued studies in translation in Argentina (UADE) and TESOL in the USA (University of California). She is an internationally recognized consultant and speaker and for the past twenty years she has been involved in teaching training: she has designed and delivered workshops for teachers and for ELT Managers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Greece and USA. Laura is the author of two books: Gestión Educativa en Acción and Disciplina Inteligente.

Teacher of English graduated from IES "Victoria Ocampo", Entre Rios. Sworn Public translator, holds a Bachelor's degree in "Dirección de Recursos Humanos" from Universidad de Belgrano. As teacher trainer, she has delivered professional development courses on methodology, assessment,motivation, ICT in the classroom, etc. She has developed courses and materials for teachers and currently works as Academic Consultant for Pearson Education Southern Cone. Speaker at ARTESOL 2014, FAAPI 2012, Pro- T 2012, Advice Summer Seminar 2014, etc.

Sponsored by: Pearson

Public Translator of English graduated from the School of Languages- UNC in 1992 and former exchange student in the US. MBA and Trayecto Pedagógico. Currently studying Neuropsychoeducation online at Asociación Educar. Head teacher at Coolsville English School private English Institute. High school English teacher for 20 years.

Institution: Coolsville English School

Hilda Maria Fanta is a full professor at University College of Teacher Education Carinthia and an Adj. Professor at the Alps-Adriatic University and at the University of Applied Sciences Carinthia. 2014 She received an award for excellence in teaching. She has been a researcher and presenter at conferences all over the globe like Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Las Vegas, Zurich, Berlin, Cadiz, and three times in Buenos Aires.

Institution: University College of Teacher Education Carinthia

Karen Marsh Schaeffer - ESL Program Supervisor and Associate Instructor, Department of Linguistics, University of Utah. She is responsible for curriculum development, instructor training, course design, and program administration, and has taught ESL and EFL from preliterate refugees to graduate students. Research Interests: minority language issues in education, SLA, L2 teacher training, and Intercultural communication.

Institution: University of Utah

Florencia Viale is an EFL lecturer and Head of the Research and Publications Department. at IES Nº 28 "Olga Cossettini" (Rosario) She is currently doing her post-degree in ICT (Ministry of Education) and Education Management (UNL). She has been working at all levels – from kindergarten to Proficiency – since 2001. She works at Saint Patrick's Bilingual School, where she teaches 3, 4 and 5 year-old learners. She has trained students for the Cambridge CAE and CPE exams at Asociación Rosarina de Cultura Inglesa both on-site and online.

Institution: Colegio San Patricio

Lic. María Marta Suárez (UTN) has worked professionally as an ELT teacher at varied levels and backgrounds. Her experience includes large classes at state run schools and universities to small groups in company and at her own language school in Buenos Aires and multilingual groups at Cluny Hill College in Scotland. She has worked in Methodology-related subjects at different teacher training colleges in the city of Buenos Aires (ISP J.V. Gonzalez; ISP Comenius; ISP Sagrado Corazón) and delivers teacher development on-line courses to teachers from different countries. She has been a teacher trainer and a presenter at conferences in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain and Uruguay. Her heterogeneous teaching experience and her artistic background in folk singing, circle dancing and story-telling has given her the tools to develop a holistic methodology ALL Method® - and design the material to apply it to teach learners of all age-groups. Today, her star creation –ALL English for Babies®- is being applied in seven countries in Latin America and Europe.

Institution: ALL

María Teresa Manteo is Support Learning Educational Consultant, and directs Touch the Author programme, where students meet artists and books in enhanced reading experiences of renewal and discovery. She also runs in-service training workshops that seek the integration of holistic strategies to blend reading, writing and the arts into one transformative experience. Her passion is to discover passageways to help struggling readers and writers find their voice and self-confidence through the creative process. María Teresa Manteo is also a Language and Literature Teacher for IGCSE at St Anthony’s College. www.supportlearning.com.ar

Lydia Stevens holds an Advanced Level University Course in Applied Theatre & Dramatherapy Certificate from Hawkwood College, University of Worcester, London, and she has completed a theatre training course with RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) in London. Her performance training also includes a year as part of the Young Movers of the Rambert Contemporary Dance Company in London and an intense clowning course with Marcelo Katz in Buenos Aires. Lydia has also played the flute with her school wind band and orchestra. She has appeared in stage productions in the UK in London and Bristol as well as other theatre experiences. At present Lydia performs educational theatre in Buenos Aires and continues her theatre studies with Fernando Ferrer and Gastón Mazières of La Cósmica Teatro. As SL facilitator she combines her acting and musical experience to literature in performed storytelling sessions.

Tom Harris has over 15 years of experience as an Actor and Illustrator. He holds a Trinity College Advanced Performance Diploma from City Lit School and an Advanced Diploma from LISPA School of Physical Theatre, both in London. As a performer he has worked extensively in theatre in London and in Buenos Aires as well as in various children’s educational theatre performances. Tom is also a Physical Theatre School tutor, and in 2012 he completed the filming of his first leading role in the feature film “El Prisionero Irlandés”. As an Illustrator, he predominantly works with literature and has artwork published in a number of books. Tom also often uses his illustration skills in theatrical performances and as a SL facilitator he will be bringing this for the first time to Argentina.

Institution: Support Learning

Andrea Loescher:
Se recibió como profesora de inglés (J.V.Gonzalez) y se dedicó a la docencia durante más de 13 años enseñando a niños, adolescentes y adultos en distintos niveles. Luego de trabajar en Londres por casi un año, y a raíz de una experiencia personal que le cambió la vida a su regreso, se propuso investigar nuevas formas de enfrentar las dificultades de la vida, y comenzó a leer extensamente y a capacitarse en Mindfulness, PNL e Inteligencia Emocional. Desde entonces, explora formas de aplicar estos conceptos y prácticas en la vida cotidiana y en la educación. Ha implementado ejercicios de Mindfulness con sus alumnos adolescentes, y los fascinantes resultados la motivaron para seguir profundizando. Realizó cursos en Mindfulness Argentina, Fundación FORO y RT. Realizó también la capacitación de Mindful Schools, la cual la habilita para brindar este programa en colegios de Argentina. Actualmente coordina un instructorado anual para facilitadores de Mindfulness, y dicta el Programa de Reducción del Estrés MBSR del Dr Jon Kabat Zinn para niños, educadores, profesionales de la salud y el público en general con el objetivo de compartir herramientas que puedan ayudarlos a conectarse con esa calma interior que todos necesitamos encontrar, desde donde pueden surgir la visión clara, la creatividad y la manifestación de nuestro potencial.

Lorena Llobenes:

Se recibió de médica con diploma de honor en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Realizó 3 años de residencia en pediatría en el Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez. Luego realizó el postgrado en neurología infantil en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Se desempeñó como neuróloga infantil en el Hospital de Clínicas, Hospital de San Isidro, Hospital Italiano y Sanatorio de la Trinidad. También estudió medicina Ayurveda en la Universidad de Maimónides y en la India en la Universidad Dev Sanskriti. Realizó cursos de mindfulness y profundizó sus estudios en sus bases neurobiológicas. Actualmente atiende como médica ayurveda y neurólogia infantil y profundiza estudios sobre la educación interior. Aspira a que todos los niños tengan acceso a dicho aprendizaje.

Institution: Enfocar

"Slangman" David Burke is an International TV show host and author of the Street Speak, a slang/idioms series sold worldwide.

Institution: Hey Wordy

Marian Derfler is a Storyteller; an English teacher graduated from ISP in Lenguas Vivas J.R. Fernandez; an NLP practitioner; an English in Action teacher; an Educational Consultant/Material Designer for The Buenos Aires Players®; a course-book and story writer; and an ALL® Teacher Trainer. Marian has created Story Fields®, a storytelling experience which she takes to schools and institutes all over the country.

Institution: Storyfields

Se recibió como profesora de inglés (J.V.Gonzalez) y se dedicó a la docencia durante más de 13 años enseñando a niños, adolescentes y adultos en distintos niveles. Luego de trabajar en Londres por casi un año, y a raíz de una experiencia personal que le cambió la vida a su regreso, se propuso investigar nuevas formas de enfrentar las dificultades de la vida, y comenzó a leer extensamente y a capacitarse en Mindfulness, PNL e Inteligencia Emocional. Desde entonces, explora formas de aplicar estos conceptos y prácticas en la vida cotidiana y en la educación. Ha implementado ejercicios de Mindfulness con sus alumnos adolescentes, y los fascinantes resultados la motivaron para seguir profundizando. Realizó cursos en Mindfulness Argentina, Fundación FORO y RT. Realizó también la capacitación de Mindful Schools, la cual la habilita para brindar este programa en colegios de Argentina. Actualmente coordina un instructorado anual para facilitadores de Mindfulness, y dicta el Programa de Reducción del Estrés MBSR del Dr Jon Kabat Zinn para niños, educadores, profesionales de la salud y el público en general con el objetivo de compartir herramientas que puedan ayudarlos a conectarse con esa calma interior que todos necesitamos encontrar, desde donde pueden surgir la visión clara, la creatividad y la manifestación de nuestro potencial.

Institution: Anamaya

María Teresa Manteo directs Touch the Author Programme, where students meet artists and books in enhanced reading experiences of renewal and discovery. She also runs SUPPORT LEARNING in-service training workshops that integrate holistic strategies to blend reading, writing and the arts into one transformative experience. María Teresa Manteo is also a Language and Literature Teacher for IGCSE exams at Riverside School and St Anthony's College.

Institution: Support Learning

English Teacher, Specialist in Didactics. B.A. in EFL, and M.A. in TEFL. Headteacher, Methodology and Didactics lecturer, specialist on gender and education, co-author of ¨Nuevo Paradigma Escolar – Educación Single-sex o Diferenciada¨ (2012). Teacher trainer on Differentiated Pedagogy applied to teaching boys and girls, and lecturer in National and International Conventions.

Institution: Colegio El Buen Ayre

Leandro Paladino has been teaching English for 25 years, and has run a private EFL school for almost 20. A graduate from Universidad Nacional de La Plata, he is currently completing a Master's in English Language with Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires. Leandro teaches English Grammar II and English Language IV in I.S.P. Terrero, La Plata and has authored articles and workbooks for international journals and publishers. He has delivered numerous workshops around the country and in Uruguay on areas such as Methodology, ELT Management, Phonetics and Phonology, and Language Awareness for English professionals.

Institution: Nel

Andrea Simon is a “third culture kid” born in Chicago, Ill. raised in the US and Argentina. Her upbringing has fueled her passion for human behavior and cultural influences, leading her to pursue a career in education. She holds a degree in Human Development from San Diego Christian College. She also possess a California Teaching Credential with a specialization in Crosscultural Teaching. Currently, she is completing a MA degree in Educational Management and Leadership at Universidad de San Andrés. Andrea has 24 years of teaching and school administration experience in private and public schools of California and Argentina. She has also presented workshops on a variety education issues in Mexico, Argentina and the US. Presently, she is serving as Superintendent at BAICA an international school located in San Fernando, Argentina.

Institution: Baica

Solange Viaro Padilha holds an MA in Literature. She currently teaches English and Literature at Faculdades Integradas Santa Cruz (Curitiba/PR, Brazil). She has been working with students and groups of teachers for over twenty years. Main activities: workshops on pronunciation and literature.

Institution: FARESC - Faculdades Integradas Santa Cruz de Curitiba

Grace Bertolini has been involved in EFL teaching at all levels for over 25 years and Primary and Kindergarten Headmistress at prestigious bilingual schools. As Creative Teaching Director, she delivers Professional Development Workshops nationwide and abroad on Teaching EFL effectively and coordinates "Full Immersion in the Language Educational Camp-Trips and Tours in Argentina". She is Bilingual Facilitator for Peace Education Foundation and she lectures on "Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation at school".

Institution: Creative Teaching

Nylia Monté is a Psychologist (USAL), an English Teacher (I.N.S.P.T., U.T.N.), has done Postgraduate Studies in Neurosciences and Education (UCA), and studied Brain-Based Learning with Prof. Eric Jensen in the USA. She has been an English teacher for 23 years, and was Coordinator in a language institute for 10 years. She has delivered seminars and workshops in various conferences around the country and in Uruguay on Neurosciences and Education and the use of games as a Brain-based Learning strategy.

Institution: ICANA / Nueva Escuela Argentina 2000

Eugenia Dell' Osa is an English teacher (INSPT/UTN); a Whole Language facilitator; an English in Action teacher; an Educational Consultant/Material Designer for The Buenos Aires Players®; and an ALL® Teacher Trainer. She founded Babies' Corner, a language school for babies and very young learners. She is involved in constant research on early learning and the development of pedagogical material.

Institution: Plan UP - English Advisors