Last April, educators from around the world came together to discuss the future of learning. On June 23-25, we reconvened for the second part of our Education Disrupted, Education Reimagined series, examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education systems now and in the future.
This 3-day event was an online global gathering that aimed to explore how the education sector has responded to the COVID-19 crisis. Featured discussions have unpacked what’s worked, what hasn’t and how we can begin to reimagine education for the future.
Morning and afternoon sessions have covered the same topics through different angles.
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Day one has built off of the foundations set in the first part of the series and looked at the data and indicators coming out of schools and systems to consider how we best measure the effectiveness of different responses to the crisis.
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director of Research & Content Development, WISE
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar
Speaker: Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
Discussant: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar
In this session, speakers have shared their insights on the impact of COVID-19, how schools responded to the crisis and what policies needed to be introduced for the future.
Speakers: Eddie Dutton, Emergency Manager for Education, Education Cannot Wait
Sara Ruto, Regional Manager, UWEZO East Africa – Download the presentation
Sungsup Ra, Director Human and Social Development Division, South Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Bank – Download the presentation
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar
This panel explored how we can best measure school and system responses to the COVID-19 crisis and what can we learn from this to build better, more resilient school systems for the future. This panel also discussed how their respective institutions have responded to the crisis and what lessons have been learned for moving forward.
Speakers: Olli Pekkah Heinonen, Director General, Finnish National Agency for Education
Staneala Beckley, Chair, Sierra Leone Teaching Service Commission
Hassan Al-Derham, President, Qatar University
Moderator: Clare Shine, Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar
As countries across the world slowly begin to emerge out of lockdown, what needs to change within education when the ‘new normal’ emerges after the COVID-19 pandemic? Panelists shared perspectives on how educational spaces can accommodate and support transformed education systems in the future.
Speakers: Asif Saleh, Executive Director, BRAC Bangladesh – Download the presentation
Grace Maina, Senior Deputy Director, Curriculum and Research Services, Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development – Download the presentation
Nayef Al ibrahim, CEO, Ibtechar – Download the presentation
Moderator: Ahmed Baghdady, Research Manager, WISE
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director of Research & Content Development, WISE
Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE
Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Former Prime Minister -UK, Commission Chair, The Education Commission
Discussant: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar
In this special address, Manos Antoninis, Director of GEM Report, UNESCO, shared highlights from the 2020 GEM Report.
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In this session, speakers have shared their insights on the impact of COVID-19, how schools responded to the crisis and what policies will need to be introduced for the future.
Speakers: Emiliana Vegas, Senior fellow and Co-director at Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution – Download the presentation
Liesbet Steer, Director, The Education Commission
Jaime Saavedra, Global Director, Education, World Bank
Moderator: Faye Hobson, Program Manager, Salzburg Global Seminar
This panel explored how we can best measure school and system responses to the COVID-19 crisis and what can we learn from this to build better, more resilient school systems for the future. This panel also discussed how their respective institutions have responded to the crisis and what lessons have been learned for moving forward.
Speakers: Darleen Opfer, Vice President and Director RAND Education and Labor, RAND Corporation
Manos Antoninis, Director of GEM Report, UNESCO
Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of The International Education Policy Program, Harvard University
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar
As countries across the world slowly begin to emerge out of lockdown, what needs to change within education when the ‘new normal’ emerges after the COVID-19 pandemic? Panelists shared perspectives on how educational spaces can accommodate and support transformed education systems in the future.
Speakers: Shelby Cosner, Professor and Director of the Center for Urban Educational Leadership, University of Illinois – Download the presentation
Andrea Escobar Vila, Executive Director, Empresarios Por La Educación – Download the presentation
Saran Stewart, Senior Lecturer of Comparative Higher Education and Deputy Dean for Quality Assurance and Undergraduate Matters in the Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of West Indies, Jamaica – Download the presentation
Moderator: Julia Kirby, Manager of Research & Content Dissemination, WISE
Day two has looked at how we can best future-proof educational ecosystems and leverage existing innovation to bolster resilience.
Safeena Husain, Founder, Educate Girls
Discussant: Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE
This session examined how learning ecosystems can create new avenues for multi-level stakeholder participation in both the online and material space, without creating silos of information and resources.
Speakers: Rosie Clayton, Co-Founder, Weaving Lab
Akshay Chaturvedi, Founder & CEO, Leverage Edu
Fatma Al-Remaihi, CEO, Doha Film Institute (DFI)
Moderator: Danilo Padilla, Education Specialist, UNESCO
This series of presentations from key speakers considered how our systems might be reformed so that they can better reflect our modern world context and become more resilient to future challenges.
Speakers: Sean Holroyd, Associate Professor of Teaching in Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar – Download the presentation
Jaya Ramchandani, Faculty member, UWC ISAK Japan – Download the presentation
Mike Feerick, Founder & CEO, Alison – Download the presentation
Moderator: Victoria Basma, Policy Development Officer, WISE
This session leveraged on the expertise of practitioners and examined how to harness innovation to decrease the equity gap and reorient the system so that every learner can thrive in an ever-changing world.
Speakers: Meagan Fallone, Executive Director, Barefoot College
Surya Karki, Country Director Nepal, United World Schools (UWS)
Bo Stjerne Thomsen, Chair of Learning through Play. Lego Foundation
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Lorenzo Benussi, Chief Innovation Officer, Fondazione per la Scuola della Compagnia di San Paolo
Moderator: Maryanna Abdo, Managing Director, Center for Evidence and Implementation
Daniel Quintero, Mayor, City of Medellín
Discussant: Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE
This session examined how learning ecosystems can create new avenues for multi-level stakeholder participation in both the online and material space, without creating silos of information and resources.
Speakers: Catalina Lopez-Correa, COO, Ruta N
Ed Fidoe, Chief Executive, Interdisciplinary School
Ana Raad, Founder and Director, EcosiSTEAM – Download the presentation
Moderator: Elizabeth Robison, Founder & CEO, Strategic Fundraising Advisors
This series of presentations from key speakers considered how our systems might be reformed so that they can better reflect our modern world context and become more resilient to future challenges.
Speakers: Amira Yahyaoui, CEO & Founder, mos.com
Chelsea Waite, Research Fellow, Clayton Christensen Institute – Download the presentation
Daniel Dotse, CEO & Co-Founder, Lead for Ghana – Download the presentation
Moderator: Victoria Basma, Policy Development Officer, WISE
This session leveraged on the expertise of practitioners and examined how to harness innovation to decrease the equity gap and reorient the system so that every learner can thrive in an ever-changing world.
Speakers: Rebecca Winthrop, Senior Fellow, Brookings – Download the “Can we leapfrog” report
Mona Mourshed, CEO, Generation You Employed
Fiona Mahvinga, Executive Advisor, CAMFED Association
Larry Rosenstock, Founder, High Tech High
Moderator: Andrew Jack, Global Education, Financial Times
Day three has examined how the current crisis has accelerated cross-sector collaborations and in turn, underline the need to bridge deep digital divides.
Speaker: Yang Lan, Chairperson, Sun Media Group and Sun Future Art Education Foundation – Download the presentation
Discussant: Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE
COVID-19 has accelerated use of technology in education, highlighted critical challenges and also provided a foundation for innovation. This session has provided a global analysis of EdTech innovation and funding, identified the technologies and models that are working, the key challenges highlighted by COVID-19 and how these are being addressed around the world.
Speakers: Benoit Wirz, Partner, Brighteye Ventures
Smita Deorah, Co-founder & COO, LeadSchool
Mikkel Mouritz Marfelt, Director, Investor Relations and New Strategic Initiatives, Labster
Moderator: Maria Spies, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, HolonIQ
Speakers in this session shared their experiences in bridging the digital and economic divide, what the outcomes have been and how we can use these lessons to propel the education sector into the next stage of development.
Speakers: Janhvi Kanoria, Director of Innovation, Education Above All – Download the presentation
Ngoc Nguyen, Student, Georgetown University Qatar
Stephane Coillet-Matillon, CEO, KIWIX – Download the presentation
Moderator: Aurelio Amaral, Policy Development and Partnerships Officer, WISE
Experts from the private and public sector explored how we can build sustainable cross-sector coalitions and leverage the expertise of each sector so that our education systems become more agile and inclusive.
Speakers: Dean Ahmed Dallal, GUQ-SFS
Ruben Vardanyan, Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General, SEGIB
Rukmini Banerji, CEO, Pratham Education Foundation
Moderator: Dayoung Lee, Associate Partner, Dalberg
Speaker: Christos Stylianides, European Commissioner For Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, European Commission
Discussant: Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE
COVID-19 has accelerated use of technology in education, highlighted critical challenges and also provided a foundation for innovation. This session has provided a global analysis of EdTech innovation and funding, identified the technologies and models that are working, the key challenges highlighted by COVID-19 and how these are being addressed around the world.
Speakers: José Escamilla, Director, TecLabs
Krista Davidson, Head of Programmes & Operations, INJINI
Owen Henkel, Investment Director at Pearson Ventures
Moderator: Patrick Brothers, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, HolonIQ
Speakers in this session shared their experiences in bridging the digital and economic divide, what the outcomes have been and how we can use these lessons to propel the education sector into the next stage of development.
Speakers: Craig D’Souza, Head of Global Security, Intelligence & Investigations (GSII), Executive Protection (GSEP), Facebook
Jean Pierre Mutambarungu, Founding Dean, Faculty of Management, Kepler – Download the presentation
Sam Butters, CEO, Fair Education Alliance
Moderator: Thana El-Sallabi, Program Officer, WISE
Experts from the private and public sector explored how we can build sustainable cross-sector coalitions and leverage the expertise of each sector so that our education systems become more agile and inclusive.
Speakers: Amel Karboul, CEO, Education Outcomes Fund for Africa and the Middle East
Thor Ellegaard, CEO, Edtech Denmark
Vicky Colbert, Founder & Director, Fundacion Escuela Nueva
Sherrie Westin, President of Social Impact and Philanthropy, Sesame Workshop
Moderator: Matthew Swift, CEO & Co-Founder, Concordia
