# Educating Students for a Diverse and Rapidly Changing World - A Conference of the Global Education Innovation Initiative #### calendar\_today Date and Time **May 9 - May 10, 2017** All day #### pin\_drop Location **Harvard Graduate School of Education** **Educating Students for a Diverse and Rapidly Changing World** **A Conference of the Global Education Innovation Initiative** **Harvard Graduate School of Education** **May 9-10, 2017** You will be able to watch selected panels of the conference online using the following links: May 9: Askwith Forums: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvg\_IKqQP4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvg_IKqQP4) May 10: **Goals:** 1. Provide a platform that supports exchange of experience and collaboration among global leaders of institutions advancing the improvement of public education towards greater relevance 2. Disseminate the research of the Global Education Innovation Initiative to institutions who work to support the improvement of public schools around the world 3. Support the initiatives of the coalitions created by the country partners of the Global Education Innovation Initiative to advance 21st century education **Partial list of organizations attending the conference:** Aflatoun, Ashoka, Asia Education Foundation, Asia Society, Camfed, Center for Environment Education, Committee for Children, Creativity Culture and Education, Design for Change, Dream a Dream, Earth Force, ECBI, EdLeader21, Educación 2020, Educate!, Education for Sharing, Facing History and Ourselves, FEE, INJAZ, IRC, Junior Achievement, Lend a Hand India, PYE, Right to Play, Southern Poverty Law Center, Teach a Man to Fish, Teach for All, Teach Plus, UNICEF, UWC, Via Educación, World Savvy **Partial list of countries represented by registered participants:** Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Guatemala, India, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Rwanda, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States TWITTER: @harvardglobaled #HGSEGEII [Download a PDF version of the program here.](/file_url/296) **Day 1, Tuesday May 9** You can watch online here, May 9: **8:30-9:00AM Welcome and Conference Goals** Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education & Director of Global Education Innovation Initiative, HGSE **9-10:30AM** **Panel I: Goals & Purposes of Education in the 21st century** - Sergio Cardenas, Professor, CIDE, Mexico - Maria Figueroa, Dean of Education, Universidad Externado, Colombia - Wendy Kopp, CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All - Pak Tee Ng, Associate Dean, National Institute of Education, NTU, Singapore - Miho Taguma, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD Moderator: Fernando Reimers, HGSE **10:30-11AM** **BREAK** **11-12:30PM** **Panel 2: Professional Development in the 21st Century** - Cristian Bellei, Professor, University of Chile (ECBI, Chile) - Monal Jayaram, Director, Piramal Foundation (Dream a Dream, India) - Charlotte Zhijuan Ma, Director of Education Innovation, 21st century Education Research Institute (Qingyang District Based Professional Development, China) Moderator: Connie K. Chung, Associate Director, GEII, HGSE **3:30-4:30PM Regional Groups Report Back & Open Discussion w/ all attendees** **4:30-5PM BREAK** **5-6:30PM** **Askwith Forum:** **Education in a Diverse and Globalizing World** You can watch here, Askwith Forums: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvg\_IKqQP4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvg_IKqQP4) - Roger Brooks, President and CEO, Facing History and Ourselves - Maureen Costello, Teaching Tolerance Director, Southern Poverty Law Center - Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor, HGSE - Jim Ryan, Dean, HGSE Chair: Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education & Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative, HGSE **Day 2, Wednesday May 10** You can watch online here, May 10: **8.30-9:00AM Summary of previous day and orientation to the day.** Sergio Cardenas, Professor, CIDE Mexico **9-10:30AM** **Panel 3: Innovations in Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century** - Maggie Appleton, Director of Policy and Partnerships, Educate! (Rwanda & Uganda) - Armando Estrada, Executive Director, Via Educación (Mexico) - Roeland Monasch, CEO, Aflatoun (Netherlands & Global) - Kate Robinson, Head of Strategic Operations, HundrED (Finland & innovations from around the world) - Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder & CEO, Dream a Dream (India) Moderator: Connie K. Chung, GEII, HGSE **10:30-11AM Break** **11-12:30PM Panel 4: Scaling & Spreading Quality Education in the 21st Century** - Sanjli Gidwaney, Director, USA, Design for Change - Jenny Perlman Robinson, Fellow, Brookings - Jens Walterman, Executive Director, UWC Moderator: Monica Higgins, Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership, HGSE **3:30-5PM** **Panel 5: Changing Systems** - Rod Allen, Superintendent, Cowichan Valley School District 79 and Jennifer McCrea, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, British Colombia, Canada - Claudia Costin, Director, CEIPE Center, Brazil - Luis Enrique Garcia, CEO, Off Bound Adventures, Colombia - Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration and Founding Director, EdRedesign Lab, HGSE - Katie Smith, Director of Operations, Camfed Moderator: Fernando Reimers, HGSE **5-6PM** **Closing Reflections & Next Steps** Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://globaled.gse.harvard.edu/node/1065691/event-feed.ics) Copy link link