Education Disrupted,
Education Reimagined
15–16 April 2020
A Virtual Convening by WISE & Salzburg Global Seminar
A Virtual Convening by WISE & Salzburg Global Seminar
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.
Program
Day 1: April 15, 2020
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.
- 09:00-9:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, QatarDominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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09:15-09:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder and Trustee, Dream A Dream, IndiaRespondent: Stavros N. Yiannouka, CEO, WISE, Qatar
- 09:45-10:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Deborah Kimathi, Executive Director, Dignitas, Kenya – Download the presentationAzad Oomen, Co-Founder, Global School Leaders, India – Download 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 University of New South Wales, Australia
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10:30-11:00: BREAK
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11:00- 11:45: Panel discussion: The role of education leaders in times of global crisis
Speakers: Xueqin Jiang, Curriculum Consultant to Public Schools, ChinaGregory 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
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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
> Replay the session on YouTube
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18:00-18:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, QatarDominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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18:15-18:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Marc Brackett, Founding Director, Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, USA – Download the presentationRespondent: Clare Shine, Vice president and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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18:45-19:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Lorenzo Benussi, Chief Innovation Officer, Fondazione per la Scuola, Italy – Download the presentationMohamed 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
- 19:30-20:00: BREAK
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20:00- 20:45: Panel discussion: The role of education leaders in times of global crisis
Speakers: Daniela Labra Cardero, Chair, Attentamente, MexicoBeatriz 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
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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
> Replay the session on YouTube
- 09:00-9:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, QatarDominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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09:15-09:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder and Trustee, Dream A Dream, IndiaRespondent: Stavros N. Yiannouka, CEO, WISE, Qatar
- 09:45-10:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Deborah Kimathi, Executive Director, Dignitas, Kenya – Download the presentationAzad Oomen, Co-Founder, Global School Leaders, India – Download 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 University of New South Wales, Australia
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10:30-11:00: BREAK
- 11:00- 11:45: Panel discussion: The role of education leaders in times of global crisis
Speakers: Xueqin Jiang, Curriculum Consultant to Public Schools, ChinaGregory 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
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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
> Replay the session on YouTube
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18:00-18:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, QatarDominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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18:15-18:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Marc Brackett, Founding Director, Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, USA –Download the presentationRespondent: Clare Shine, Vice president and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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18:45-19:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Lorenzo Benussi, Chief Innovation Officer, Fondazione per la Scuola, Italy – Download the presentationMohamed 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
- 19:30-20:00: BREAK
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20:00- 20:45: Panel discussion: The role of education leaders in times of global crisis
Speakers: Daniela Labra Cardero, Chair, Attentamente, MexicoBeatriz 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
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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
> Replay the session on YouTube
Day 2: April 16, 2020
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
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09:00-9:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, QatarDominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
- 09:15-09:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder and Chairperson, Design for Change, IndiaRespondent: Stavros N. 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 – Download the presentationAl 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
- 10:30-11:00: BREAK for 30 minutes
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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, SingaporeLouka 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
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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
> Replay the session on YouTube
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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
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
> Replay the session on YouTube
Download the UNICEF presentation
Download the UNRWA presentation
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18:00-18:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, QatarDominic 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 – Download the presentationRespondent: Clare Shine, Vice president and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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18:45-19:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Aaron Eden, Executive Director, Brightworks School and Tinkering School, USA – Download the presentationAndrew 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
- 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, USAJoysy John, Director of Education, NESTA, UK
Francisco Marmolejo, Education Advisor, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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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
> Replay the session on YouTube
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09:00-9:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, QatarDominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
- 09:15-09:45: Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker: Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder and Chairperson, Design for Change, IndiaRespondent: Stavros N. 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 – Download the presentationAl 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
- 10:30-11:00: BREAK for 30 minutes
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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, SingaporeLouka 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
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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
> Replay the session on YouTube
- 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
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
Download the UNICEF presentation
> Replay the session on YouTube
Download the UNRWA presentation
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18:00-18:15: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, QatarDominic 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 – Download the presentationRespondent: Clare Shine, Vice president and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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18:45-19:30: Snapshots from the frontline: interventions, practices and rapid responses
Speakers: Aaron Eden, Executive Director, Brightworks School and Tinkering School, USA – Download the presentationAndrew 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
- 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, USAJoysy John, Director of Education, NESTA, UK
Francisco Marmolejo, Education Advisor, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
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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
> Replay the session on YouTube