If you are planning to be in Nuremberg, Germany this week for the Spielwarenmesse Nuremberg Toy Fair I do hope you will come to hear me speak at the Toy Business Forum at 2:00 PM on February 4. My topic is: Engineer or nursery school teacher!? – Do toys influence our development?
I will speak on the results of the Girls & Toys Conference I am putting on in conjunction with the Spielwaremesse on February 2. At that conference we are asking a small, highly respected international group of participants to answer the question: “Do the toys that girls play with as children have an impact on the academic and professional choices they make as adult women?”
Participants are from Spain, The Netherlands, the United States, the UK, Canada, Russia and France. Here is a list of our esteemed attendees:
Charles Albert Creativity USA
John Baulch Toys ‘n Playthings
Ulrica Griffiths Griffiths Consulting
Mirian Morante Bonet AIJU
Maria Costa Ferrer AIJU
Axel Dammler Icon Kids
Andre Dobbie Gameplan Europe
Kathleen Alfano Fisher Price
Dominic Laurienzo Jakks
Jeremy Padawer Jakks
Nadezhda Zhurina C Toys
Emile Kalis Identity Games
Adi Golad Goliath Games
Marjorie Israel Chayette Citi Blocs
Reyne Rice Toy Industry Association
Tanya Thompson Thinkfun
You can see the entire schedule for the Toy Business Forum by clicking here. See you there.