Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Morning Programme
Helsinki City Hall
9:30 | How to build education for the future in Helsinki Satu Järvenkallas, Executive Director, Helsinki Education Division |
9:35 | Greetings Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD |
9:45 | Education for Human Flourishing Facilitated by Jennifer Adams, Editor-in-Chief, Signature Leadership by Knowledgehook As the world races forward with AI capacity expanding exponentially over short time frames, questions remain on how to help students develop their human skills in order to navigate this new world. At the same time as national/state education policy makers reflect on new frameworks and curricula, educators are in classrooms, schools, and districts facilitating learning for their students who will emerge into this evolving world. We will hear from thought leaders on their strategic visions in education for the upcoming years. Panellists: – Marjo Kyllönen, Development Service Director, Helsinki Education Division – Shelly Stevenson, Superintendent, Ottawa Catholic District School Board – Anthony Mackay, Consultant Advisor, Global Cities Education Network (GCEN) Respondent: Damilola Okonkwo, Founder, KEY academy |
11:00 | How Finland is recreating their education systems for the future Anders Adlercreutz, Minister of Education, Finland Respondent: Aleksei Jašin, Vice Mayor, City of Tallinn, Estonia |
11:30 – 12:30 | Lunch |
Afternoon Programme
Old Court House, Empire Room – Helsinki City Hall
12:30 | How to build transformative competence for unknown needs? Facilitator: – Dominic Regester, Director, Salzburg Global Seminar – Joanne McEachen, CEO and Founder, The Learner First Provocator: Kirsti Lonka, Professor of Educational Psychology at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki |
14:00 | Coffee Break |
14:30 – 16:00 | Inter Generational Theory of Change in Education Facilitated by Karen Edge, Academic, University College London, United Kingdom Provocators: – Zoe Weil, President, Educating the Solutionary Generation – Deep Naryan Nayak, Founder, Raster Master 3G – Ron Berlinski, Founder, Curiosity Learning |
Evening Programme
18:00 | Busses leave from Sokos Presidentti Hotel to Vuosaari Upper Secondary School |
18:30 | Gala Dinner Elevating the school meal |