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November 15
Morning
09.00 - 10.30
- Opening ceremony
- Special address by Fareed Zakaria
- Plenary – Education in a post-truth world
10.30 - 11.30
Braindates and networking break
11.30 - 12.45
- 2017 WISE Awards Keynotes
- Dialogue - Developing high-impact leaders
- Panel – Artificial intelligence and virtual reality: The next giant leap in education?
- WISE Learners’ Voice Pitch
- Panel – Can social entrepreneurship lead innovation in education?
- Meet the Authors
- Delegate Braindates
- Experiential Learning
- EAA Panel – A Syrian’s journey towards higher education access
- Ministerial discussion – Innovating in Education Governance: Co-creating education reforms to meet the SDGs (closed session)
Networking lunch
12.45 - 14.15
Afternoon
14.15 - 15.30
- Provocation talks - session 1
- Dialogue - To succeed, does intelligence really matter?
- Panel – Teachers: Transforming roles in changing times
- WISE Research Presentation
- Panel – Global citizenship in an age of disruption
- Meet the Authors
- Delegate Braindates
- Experiential Learning
- EAA Panel – Refugees: From victims to change-makers
- Innovators and Investors Roundtable
15.30 - 16.00
Break
16.00 - 17.30
- Special address by Sebastian Thrun
- Plenary – Lifelong learning in the innovation economy
November 16
Morning
10.00 - 11.00
- EAA Plenary – Asset over Burden – Education for refugee youth: From policies to programming, let the evidence speak
11.00 - 11.30
Break
11.30 - 12.45
- Provocation talks - session 2
- Dialogue - Why is media literacy a core 21st century skill?
- Panel – A balancing act: Equity versus excellence
- Panel – New models of learning: Lessons and practices
- Meet the Author
- Delegate Braindates
- Experiential Learning
- EAA Panel – Addressing educational barriers for female refugees through gender-sensitive planning, budgeting, and monitoring
- Philanthropy Roundtable
Networking lunch
12.45 - 14.15
Afternoon
14.15 - 15.30
- Panel – New actors and perspectives in funding education
- WISE Research Presentation
- WISE Hackathon Pitch
- Dialogue – Behavioral strategies: Nudging for right education choices
- Panel – Autism: Exploring optimal policies and services for lifelong care
- Panel – Rethinking higher education in the connected age
- Meet the Author
- Delegate Braindates
- Experiential Learning
15.30 - 16.00
Break
16.00 - 17.30
- Special address by 2017 WISE Prize for Education Laureate - Dr. Patrick Awuah
- Closing ceremony – From knowledge economies to knowledge societies
