Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA) is an organization dedicated to disseminating and supporting research in early childhood education within the Pacific area. The primary objectives for which the Association was established are:

• To provide an academic forum in the Pacific region for the development and dissemination of high quality research in early childhood education.
• To facilitate cooperation and collaboration among researchers in the Pacific area working in the field of early childhood education.
• To promote links between research and practice the field of in early childhood education.
• To raise the visibility and status of research in early childhood education in the Pacific region.
• To facilitate the exchange of information and views on early childhood education, to collect and disseminate information pertaining to early childhood education and to develop skills and techniques relating to early childhood education.
• To promote research, studies, surveys, investigations and discussions of any nature for early childhood education, and to encourage and aid in the publication and public dissemination of results of any such research.

Conference participants will be coming from many countries within the Pacific area.