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Date
Apr 15 - Apr 16, 2020
Session no.
Session 660
Program
Location
Online
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Education Disrupted, Education Reimagined: Part I
The United Nations has described the global scale and pace of education disruption from COVID-19 as “unparalleled”. Across the world, over a billion students are out of school, with numbers increasing each day. Education officials at all levels, in addition to parents and caregivers, are attempting to keep students engaged and learning at home through a variety of modes.
However, amid all the fear, panic and unknowns, new channels of innovation, creativity and systemic transformation are also accelerating at unprecedented levels. School systems have been forced to rethink traditional learning models, and rapidly build, test and pilot new structures to accommodate a completely different reality. When the dust settles, COVID-19 may present itself as a microcosm of what’s to come. Together with WISE, Salzburg Global Seminar is leading a two-day online convening to explore not only the current disruptions but also how we can reimagine our education systems post-crisis.
A conference in five parts, this joint WISE – Salzburg Global Seminar virtual convening, unpacked the consequences of COVID-19 on the traditional school model and consider how we best optimize this time of crisis to rapidly innovate and embed system-wide change in our schools and education systems. Day one of the event – April 15 – looked at how leaders, policymakers and practitioners around the world are currently responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Day two of the event – April 16 – considered the opportunities the current situation presents to accelerate system-wide innovation for the future.
Date
Apr 15 - Apr 16, 2020
Session no.
Session 660
Location
Online
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Program
Day 1: Education Disrupted
How leaders, policymakers and practitioners from around the world are currently responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
Featuring Keynote speeches from Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder of Dream a Dream, and Marc Brackett, Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
Conference Session 1: 09:00 - 12:15 Doha (UTC +3)
09:00-09:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
09:15-09:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder and Trustee, Dream A Dream, India
Respondent: Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE, Qatar
09:45-10:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Deborah Kimathi, Executive Director, Dignitas, Kenya
Azad Oomen, Co-Founder, Global School Leaders, India
Robyn Whittaker, Stakeholder Engagement Lead, Partners for Possibility, South Africa
Moderator: Simon Breakspear, Research Fellow, The Gonski Institute of the University of New South Wales, Australia
10:30-11:00: BREAK
11:00- 11:45: Panel discussion: The role of education leaders in times of global crisis
Speakers: Xueqin Jiang, Deputy Principal, Tsinghua University High School, China
Greg Moncada, Director, Qatar Academy STEM School, Qatar
Deborah Netolicky, St Mark’s Anglican Community School, Western Australia
Moderator: Simon Breakspear, Research Fellow, The Gonski Institute of the University of New South Wales Australia
11:45-12:10: Community conversation about roles for social and emotional learning and school leadership during the covid-19 pandemic
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
12:10-12:15: Closing remarks
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Conference Session 2: 18:00 - 21:15 Doha (UTC +3)
18:00-18:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
18:15-18:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Marc Brackett, Founding Director, Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, USA
Respondent: Clare Shine, Vice president and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
18:45-19:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Lorenzo Benussi, Chief Innovation Officer, Fondazione per la Scuola, Italy
Mohamed El Idrissi, CEO and Co-Founder of Teach For Morocco, Morocco
Nadine Trépanier-Bisson, Director of Professional Learning, Ontario Principals Council, Canada
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
19:30-20:00: BREAK
20:00- 20:45: Panel discussion: The role of education leaders in times of global crisis
Speakers: Daniela Labra Cardero, Chair, Attentamente, Mexico
Beatriz Pont, Senior Analyst on Education Policy, OECD, France
Agustin Thienen, CEO, OX, Argentina
Moderator: Anthony MacKay, CEO & President of the National Centre on Education and the Economy, USA
20:45- 21:10: Community conversation about roles for social and emotional learning and school leadership during the covid-19 Pandemic
Moderator: Anthony MacKay, CEO & President of the National Centre on Education and the Economy, USA
21:10-21:15: Closing remarks
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Day 2: Education Reimagined
How innovation and system-wide change is being accelerated during the current crisis.
Featuring Keynote speeches from Kiran Sethi, Founder of Design for Change, and Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the OECD
Conference Session 3: 9:00 - 12:15 Doha (UTC +3)
09:00-09:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
09:15-09:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder and Chairperson, Design for Change, India
Respondent: Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE, Qatar
09:45-10:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Margot Foster, Director – Professional Practice, Department for Education, South Australia, Australia
Al Jawhara Al Thani, Head of Educational and Community Programs, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Alan Walker, Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Moderator: Julia Kirby, Manager, Research and Content Dissemination at WISE, Qatar
10:30-11:00: BREAK for 30 minutes
11:00- 11:45: Panel discussion: The role of education leaders in times of global crisis
Speakers: David Ng, Associate Professor, National Institute for Education, Singapore
Louka Parry, Executive Committee Karanga and Founder and CEO The Learning Future, Australia
Urvashi Sahni, Founding President and CEO, Study Hall Education Foundation, India
Moderator: Anthony MacKay, CEO & President of the National Centre on Education and the Economy, USA
11:45-12:10: Community conversation about roles for social and emotional learning and school leadership during the covid-19 pandemic
Moderator: Anthony MacKay, CEO & President of the National Centre on Education and the Economy, USA
12:10-12:15: Closing remarks
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Special Session: UN agencies’ education response to COVID-19 - 15:00 - 17:00 Doha (UTC +3)
15:00 – 15:10 Welcome
15:10 – 15:45 Keynote speech
Manos Antoninis, Director of Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO
15:45 – 17:00 Snapshots from the frontline
Caroline Pontefract, Director of Education, UNRWA
Rebecca Telford, Chief of Education Section, UNHCR
Rob Jenkins, Chief, Education and Associate Director, Programme Division, UNICEF Headquarters
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Conference Session 4: 18:00 - 21:15 Doha (UTC +3)
18:00-18:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
18:15-18:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD, France
Respondent: Clare Shine, Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
18:45-19:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Aaron Eden, Executive Director, Brightworks School and Tinkering School, USA
Andrew Frishman, Co-Executive Director, Big Picture Learning, USA
Leslee Udwin, Founder and CEO, Think Equal, UK
Moderator: Julia Kirby, Manager, Research and Content Dissemination at WISE, Qatar
19:30-20:00: BREAK
20:00- 20:45: Panel discussion: Leading education systems through times of crisis and uncertainty
Speakers: Thomas Hatch, Professor at Teachers College and Co-Director of the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching, Columbia University, USA
Joysy John, Director of Education, NESTA, UK
Francisco Marmolejo, Education Advisor, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
20:45- 21:10: Community conversation about roles for social and emotional learning and school leadership during the covid-19 Pandemic
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
21:10-21:15: Closing remarks
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Presentations
Session 1: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Deborah Kimathi, Executive Director, Dignitas, Kenya
Azad Oomen, Co-Founder, Global School Leaders, India
Robyn Whittaker, Stakeholder Engagement Lead, Partners for Possibility, South Africa
Session 2: Keynote
Marc Brackett, Founding Director, Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, USA
Session 2: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Lorenzo Benussi, Chief Innovation Officer, Fondazione per la Scuola, Italy
Mohamed El Idrissi, CEO and Co-Founder of Teach For Morocco, Morocco
Nadine Trépanier-Bisson, Director of Professional Learning, Ontario Principals Council, Canada
Session 3: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Margot Foster, Director – Professional Practice, Department for Education, South Australia, Australia
Al Jawhara Al Thani, Head of Educational and Community Programs, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Alan Walker, Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Session 4: Keynote
Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD, France
Session 4: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Aaron Eden, Executive Director, Brightworks School and Tinkering School, USA
Andrew Frishman, Co-Executive Director, Big Picture Learning, USA
Leslee Udwin, Founder and CEO, Think Equal, UK
Special Session: UN agencies’ education response to COVID-19
Manos Antoninis, Director of Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO
UNRWA
UNHCR
UNICEF
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