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 The 34th COBIS Annual Conference - Measuring Success: Wellbeing, Resilience, Education and Leadership in British Schools Overseas - took place at the Park Plaza Victoria, London on 9-11 May 2015. The conference was the largest yet with more than 500 delegates, exhibitors, speakers and guests attending over the course of the three days. Representatives from over 120 schools in more than 55 countries took part in a range of plenary sessions, seminars and social activities which enabled extensive networking opportunities.
The Conference opened with an inspirational session by conductor Dominic Peckham who reminded delegates about the power and inclusiveness of song. The Conference also featured keynotes from Baroness Sue Campbell, Ben Walden and Professor Guy Claxton as well as sessions which capitalised on the expertise in the global COBIS network. COBIS Spark, where members gave short presentations about innovative practice in their schools, was particularly successful. Delegates also enjoyed several social activities and networking receptions, including the opening dinner which was held at ZSL London Zoo. The Conference also hosted the COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards where the worthy student winners of this year's awards were announced by Andrew Hanson from the National Physical Laboratory. Throughout the Conference, students from Halcyon London International School and Transylvania College - The Cambridge International School in Cluj were catching all the events on camera as part of the COBIS on Camera film project. COBIS is grateful to Eye for Business who worked with our students to teach them about professional filming and editing. The final film was presented to delegates at the COBIS Annual Dinner on Monday night and can be viewed here. COBIS would like to thank everyone who took part in the COBIS Annual Conference. We look forward to seeing our members at next year's event which will be held in London from 7-9 May 2016. - To view a copy of the final programme, please click here.
- To view the COBIS Annual Conference 2015 Student Film click here.
- To view the COBIS on Camera – School Film 2015 click here.
- To view photos from the conference, please click here.
- For links to seminar and keynote presentations, please click here.
Conference Programme and Presentations
To view an electronic copy of the conference programme, please click here. We would like to thank John Catt Educational Ltd for all their help in producing the programme. A number of speakers and seminar leaders have kindly made their presentations available for download from the COBIS website. Please click here to access slides and handouts from the conference.
Conference Films and Photos
At the Annual Conference, Eye For Business worked with student filmmakers to produce the COBIS Annual Conference 2015 Student Film. COBIS would like to thank Eye for Business and the 5 COBIS student filmmakers for their tremendous work in creating the film. Click here to watch the COBIS Annual Conference 2015 Student Film.  To launch the 34th COBIS Annual Conference, Eye For Business also prepared a film with footage from nearly 50 COBIS schools worldwide. Thank you to all schools and students who submitted footage and participated in the COBIS on Camera - School Film 2015.
Click here to watch the COBIS on Camera - School Film 2015. Please click here to view photos from the Annual Conference. 
Forthcoming CPD Events 2015/16 COBIS is pleased to announce an exciting programme of global CPD events for Teachers, Senior Leaders, Middle Leaders, Support Staff, Governors, Marketing, Development and Admissions Staff, Bursars, Business Managers and HR Staff, PAs and Secretaries, Students and PE Staff for 2015/16. We hope that you will join us at one of these forthcoming professional development events. Please see below for the list of events or click here to see the list on the COBIS website.
October 2015 - COBIS Student Leadership Weekend, Madrid – King’s College Madrid, Spain – 9-11 October 2015
- COBIS EYFS Conference, Ankara – British Embassy School Ankara, Turkey – 23-24 October 2015
November 2015 - COBIS/King’s Group Teachers’ Conference, Madrid – King’s College Madrid, Spain – 6-7 November 2015
- COBIS Conference for Bursars, Business Managers and HR Staff, The Hague – The British School in The Netherlands – 20-21 November 2015
February 2016
- COBIS Conference for PAs and Secretaries, Bucharest – The British School of Bucharest, Romania – 25-26 February 2016
March 2016 - COBIS and Youth Sport Trust PE and School Sport Seminar, UK – Coventry, UK – 2 March 2016
- COBIS Four-Day Middle Leaders’ Course, Doha – Doha English Speaking School, Qatar – 9-12 March 2016
- COBIS Conference for Teachers and Support Staff, Doha – Doha College, Qatar – 11-12 March 2016
- St Paul’s Education Conference, in association with COBIS, São Paulo – St Paul’s School, Brazil – 19-20 March 2016
- COBIS Conference for Marketing, Development and Admissions Staff, Prague – Prague British School, Czech Republic – 21-22 March 2016
April 2016 - COBIS Conference for Teachers and Support Staff, Lagos – Grange School, Nigeria – 7-8 April 2016
- COBIS Conference for Teachers, Nairobi – Hillcrest International Schools, Kenya – 22-23 April 2016
May 2016 - 35th COBIS Annual Conference, London – London, UK – 7-9 May 2016
Young Scientist Film Award Winners 
On Sunday evening at the COBIS Annual Conference, NPL and COBIS hosted the Young Scientist Film Awards. To view the list of winners and view the films, click here. A panel of judges from the National Physical Laboratory reviewed all the exciting experiments before making their decisions. COBIS would like to thank our generous partner, NPL, for coordinating the Awards and being key to the judging process. We would also like to thank TTS Group, one of our supporting members, for sponsoring this competition and providing the prizes and Twig World for sponsoring category awards.  
COBIS World Student magazine - Connect With Students in COBIS Schools Around the World May 2015 sees the publication of the second issue of COBIS World Student magazine. The magazine, published in partnership with COBIS supporting members John Catt Educational, is aimed at students studying in international schools and is distributed to every COBIS school worldwide. Click here to read the Spring Term 2015 Issue.
Conference Feedback
We are always looking for ways to improve the COBIS Annual Conference experience for all attendees, and we would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete an online form. The Delegate Evaluation form can be accessed here and the Exhibitor Evaluation form can be found here.
Thank You to our Generous Conference Sponsors COBIS would like to give a big thank you to the following companies for their generous conference sponsorship. Their ongoing support and expertise is greatly appreciated.
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