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.
This joint WISE – Salzburg Global Seminar virtual convening, a four-parts conference, unpacked the consequences of COVID-19 on the traditional school model, and considered how we can 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.
Featuring Keynote speeches from Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder of Dream a Dream, and Marc Brackett, Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Keynote Speaker: Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder and Trustee, Dream A Dream, India
Respondent: Stavros N. Yiannouka, CEO, WISE, Qatar
Speakers: Deborah Kimathi, Executive Director, Dignitas, Kenya – Download the presentation
Azad Oomen, Co-Founder, Global School Leaders, India – Dowload the presentation
Robyn Whittaker, Stakeholder Engagement Lead, Partners for Possibility, South Africa – Download the presentation
Moderator: Simon Breakspear, Research Fellow, The Gonski Institute of the Uns://newwise.staginglinks.com/wp-content/uploads/2iversity of New South Wales, Australia
Speakers: Xueqin Jiang, Curriculum Consultant to Public Schools, China
Gregory Moncada, Director, Qatar Academy for Science and Technology, (QAST), Qatar
Deborah Netolicky, Head of Teaching and Learning, St Mark’s Anglican Community School, Australia
Moderator: Simon Breakspear, Research Fellow, The Gonski Institute of the University of New South Wales Australia
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Keynote Speaker: Marc Brackett, Founding Director, Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, USA – Download the presentation
Respondent: Clare Shine, Vice president and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Speakers: Lorenzo Benussi, Chief Innovation Officer, Fondazione per la Scuola, Italy – Download the presentation
Mohamed El Idrissi, CEO and Co-Founder of Teach For Morocco, Morocco – Download the presentation
Nadine Trépanier-Bisson, Director of Professional Learning, Ontario Principals Council, Canada – Download the presentation
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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
Moderator: Anthony Mackay, CEO & President of the National Centre on Education and the Economy, USA
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
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
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Keynote Speaker: Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder and Chairperson, Design for Change, India
Respondent: Stavros N. Yiannouka, CEO, WISE, Qatar
Speakers: Margot Foster, Director – Professional Practice, Department for Education, South Australia, Australia – Download the presentation
Al Jawhara Al Thani, Head of Educational and Community Programs, Qatar Foundation, Qatar – Download the presentation
Alan Walker, Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong – Download the presentation
Moderator: Julia Kirby, Manager, Research and Content Dissemination at WISE, Qatar
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
Moderator: Anthony Mackay, CEO & President of the National Centre on Education and the Economy, USA
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Robert Jenkins, Chief, Education and Associate Director, Programme Division, UNICEF, USA
Peter de Vries, Senior Adviser, Education, UNICEF, USA
Yvette Blanco, Representative, UNICEF, El Salvador
Caroline Pontefract, Director of Education, UNRWA, Jordan
Frosse Dabit, Senior Education Program Specialist, UNRWA, Jordan
Rebecca Telford, Chief of Education Section, UNHCR, Denmark
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Keynote Speaker: Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD, France – Download the presentation
Respondent: Clare Shine, Vice president and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Speakers: Aaron Eden, Executive Director, Brightworks School and Tinkering School, USA – Download the presentation
Andrew Frishman, Co-Executive Director, Big Picture Learning, USA – Download the presentation
Leslee Udwin, Founder and CEO, Think Equal, UK – Download the presentation
Moderator: Julia Kirby, Manager, Research and Content Dissemination at WISE, Qatar
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
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
This joint WISE – Salzburg Global Seminar virtual convening, a four-parts conference, unpacked the consequences of COVID-19 on the traditional school model, and considered how we can 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.
