I am organising a new conference in China March 13 to 19, 2016 for principals and school leaders. Check out the website: connectEDaustasia.comAssociate Professor David Loader is a Principal Fellow in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Melbourne University (since 2002)David is currently a consultant to Girl Guides Australia, reviewing their Australian Guide ProgramIn 2014 David initiated and ran a conference for school principals in ChinaIn 2013 David, together with Professor Brian Caldwell, for AITSL, undertook research into Innovative Approaches to professional learning and performance and development David recruited principals for Eltham College, Melbourne and the Scots School, AlburyDavid was a School Principal for 32 years: Kinross Wolaroi College, Orange 1971-8; Methodist Ladies’ College, Melbourne, 1979 – 1996; and Wesley College, Melbourne, 1997-2002.He is the author of three books. The Inner Principal, published in 1997 by Falmer Press, London, which gives a psychoanalytical perspective on school leadership. Jousting for the New Generation: Challenges to contemporary schooling, published in Australia by ACER Press in 2007, provides a critique of modern day schooling. Our School Our Future is his latest book, co-authored with Prof Brian Caldwell and published by Education Services Australia in 2010, which is designed to assist school leaders to plan their future.David was a Board member of Swinburne University for 9 yearsIn 2000, he was awarded the Centenary Medal ‘for outstanding services to education’ and in 2010 was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for distinguished services to education, as a principal, mentor and author.In 1999, the Australian College of Education awarded him the Sir James Darling Medal and in 2008, David received the Gold Medal from the Australian