Transforming Education Conference for Humanity (TECH): December 10 - 12, 2019
Building on the success of TECH 2017 and 2018, TECH 2019, held in partnership with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, aims at showcasing the role of digital technologies in enabling a shift from “transmissive pedagogies” to “transformative pedagogies” to create more peaceful and sustainable societies. TECH 2019 will be held in the coastal city of Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Day 1: Dec 10, 2019
Networking Breakfast (Invite Only) and Registration Tea
Time: 8:30-9:30 AM
Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest @ TECH 2019
Time: 9:30-10PM
Know your speaker: Mr Jon Ramer is the designer and co-founder of Compassionate Action Network International
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Tech Talk by Anantha Duraiappah, Director UNESCO, MGIEP
Time: 10-10:30am
Know your speaker: Anantha Duraiappah is the Director of UNESCO MGIEP.
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Education today: Challenges, concerns and wishlist for the future (Children's Panel)
Moderated by Nandini Chatterjee, Programme Specialist - Science of Learning, UNESCO MGIEP
Time: 10:30-11:00AM
All learning is of, for and by students. Yet they are never part of the conversation on what they would like to learn and how they would like to learn.Through an interactive discussion we invite them to voice their challenges and concerns for the present system of education and their needs and wants for the future.
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Keynote Address: Well Being is a Skill by Richard Davidson
Time: 11-11:30AM
Know your speaker: Richard Davidson is William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Plenary V2/V3
TECH Opening Ceremony
Time: 11:30am-12:30pm
Speakers:
Richard Davidson, Member of Governing Board, UNESCO MGIEP
Shigeru Aoyagi , Director, UNESCO Bangkok
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Lunch
Time:12:30-2PM
Disruptor’s Panel: Agenda for Rethinking Education
Time: 2-3PM
Panelists:
Maryse Lassonde, President, Conseil supérieur de l’Éducation, Government of Quebec
Stuart McNaughton, Ministry of Education New Zealand
Olivier Crouzet, Head of Pedagogy, 42
Yvonne Liao, Squirrel AI Learning Partner, General Manager of Campus Business Operations
Moderator: Anantha Duraiappah, Director UNESCO MGIEP
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Personalized Learning Analytics: Dreams and Reality by Harri Ketamo
Time: 3-3:30PM
Know your speaker: Harri Ketamo, Ph.D. is an entrepreneur with 20 years experience in learning sciences and artificial intelligence as science and as business. Currently he is founder & chairman of Headai, a jobTech company solving global talent mismatch and workforce re-skilling challenges with AI.
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Networking Break
Time: 3:30-4PM
Hate Speech & the obligations of teachers to educate students in consideration of the moral and regulatory framework by Dan Shefet
Time 4-4:30PM
Know your Speaker: Dan Shefet is the Founder, Association for Accountability and Internet Democracy
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Video + Plenary Game: What are the great challenges humanity faces today and how do they influence our decision making?
Time: 4:30-5:30PM
Speakers: Joanna Skorupska, Futuro Games
Know your speaker:
Founder of Radicalzz, all-in-one studio that is pushing our society towards sustainable growth by implementing technologies to serve humans and the environment needs. She has made her mission to accelerate the sustainability and innovation practices in the field of products, and service design and development. Technology enthusiast, but radical in underlining its human side.
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Ask Me Anything (AMA)
Time: 5:30-6:30PM
Room: Coral Pre-Function Area
End of Day 1
Time: 6:30PM
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Day 2: Dec 11, 2019
Elevator Pitch (Invite Only)
Time: 8-9AM
Keynote Address: Common sense in the age of AI by Michael Witbrock
Time: 9-9:30AM
Know your speaker: Michael Witbrock is a Professor from Broad AI, The University of Auckland
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Compassion Games @TECH: Day 1 Report by Jon Ramer
Time: 9:30-9:45AM
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Networking Break: Time: 9:45-10AM
Breakout Session by Dell Technologies
Time: 10:15-11am
Venue: Nautika
Theme: Creating an inclusive digitally enabled classroom for teachers
Details: While preparing our students for the Future of Work, access to technology offers the potential to improve access, affordability and quality of education. This session explores how can the current systems can help Teachers unlearn, relearn and leverage this disruption
Catalytic Sessions 1-3; Time: 10-11AM
Catalytic Session 1: The social and emotional brain and its role in learning
Time: 10-11AM
Panelists: Bhishmadev Chakrabarti, Kimberley Schonert Reichl, Olivier Houde
Moderator: Nandini Chatterjee
Room: Coral
Catalytic Session 2: Rethinking Assessment of Learning for Human Flourishing
Time: 10-11AM
Panelists: Matthew Farber, Tobias Krantz, Vishnuteerth Agnihotri
Moderator: Paul Darvasi
Room: V2
Catalytic Session 3: Individualized Learning at Scale ---Oxymoronic or Utopian Reality (Computer Human Interaction)
Time: 10-11AM
Panelists: Harri Ketamo, Ehsan Hoque, Chris Peich
Moderator: Cathie Norris
Room: V3
Breakout Sessions; Time: 11AM-12:30PM
Microsoft workshop on Demystifying AI
Time: 11AM-12:30PM
Delivered by Depedagogics: Meenakshi Uberoi
Room: Nautika
Lunch
Time: 12:30-2PM
Keynote Address Theme 3: Yvonne Liao, Squirrel AI Learning
Time: 2-2:30PM
Room: Plenary V2/V3
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Networking Break: Time: 3:30-4PM
Catalytic Sessions 4-6; Time: 2:30-3:30PM
Catalytic Session 4: SEL for teachers – empowering teachers with SEL for self and the classroom
Time: 2:30-3:30PM
Panelists: Shelja Sen, Emiliana Rodriguez, Tyralynn Frazier
Moderator: Elliot Soloway
Room: Coral
Catalytic Session 5: Redesigning Learning Spaces for nurturing Global Citizens
Time: 2:30-3:30PM
Panelists: Olivier Crouzet, Vipul Redey, Santhya Vikram
Moderator: Kavita Rao
Room: V2
Catalytic Session 6: Technology with Emotions - But we are talking about Bots right?
Time: 2:30-3:30PM
Panelists: Saurabh Roy, Ehsan Hoque, Jacob f. Sherson
Moderator: Shane O'Connor
Room: V3
Catalytic Session by HP
Time: 2:45-3:30PM
Venue: Nautika
Theme: Emerging Technologies and Thought Leadership in Education
About the session: Panel discussion supported by HP India on immersive technologies and education
Panelists:
1. Surashree Rahane, Education Lead HP
2. Syed Sultan Ahmed, MD and Chief Learner @Lxl Ideas
3. Sridhar Chimalakonda Asst Prof CSE IIT Tirupati
4. Shoaib Dar Founder-Director Pi Jam Foundation
Breakout Sessions; Time: 4-5:30PM
Microsoft Breakout Session: Demystifying AI
Time 4-5:30PM
Delivered by Depedagogics
Room: Nautika
Ask Me Anything (AMA) session
Time: 5:30PM onwards
Room: Coral Pre-function Area
TECH Cultural Show
Time: 6:30-7:30PM onwards
Room: V3
Dinner
Time: 7:30PM Onwards
Day 3: Dec 12, 2019
Investor pitch and networking breakfast (invite only): Time :8-9AM
Breakout Sessions; Time 9-10:30AM
Networking Break ; Time: 10:30-11AM
Breakout Sessions; Time: 11AM-12:30PM
Lunch: 12:30-2PM
Catalytic Sessions 7-9; Time: 2-3PM
Catalytic Session 7: Gamestorming Curricula
Time: 2-3PM
Panelists: MGIEP Games for Learning Team
Room: Coral
Catalytic Session 8: Fostering Learner Agency
Time:2-3PM
Narendra Mehrotra, Paul Darvasi, Tyralynn Frazier
Moderator: Prof. Monisha Bajaj
Room: V2
Catalytic Session 9: Big Entry Barriers - Battle of Perceptions (Data Privacy & Ownership)
Time: 2-3PM
Panellists: Jacob F. Sherson, Amit Goyal, Dan Shefet
Moderator: Stuart McNaughton
Room: V3
Breakout Session By Microsoft
Time: 3-4:00PM
Venue: Nautika
Theme: Transforming Pedagogies: Driving Digital Transformation for teachers and students.
Catalytic Sessions 10-12; Time 3-4:15PM
Catalytic Session 10: SEL programs can address anxiety, stress and violence in the classroom – the case for adolescents
Time 3-4:15PM
Panellsts: Kimberley Schonert Reichl, Maryse Lassonde, RS Mann
Moderator: Shelja Sen
Room: Coral
Catalytic Session 11: Innovative pedagogies for SDGs
Time: 3-4:15PM
Panelists: Elisa Navarro Chinchilla, Nirmal Govindaraju, Monisha Bajaj
Moderator: Paul Darvasi
Room: V2
Catalytic Session 12: Is Technology socially, educationally & culturally agnostic?
Time: 3-4:15PM
Panelists: Julien Mercier, Kavita Rao, Michael Witbrock
Moderator: Gregoire Borst
Room: V3
Workshop by Microsoft: Demystifying AI
Delivered by Juana Technologies
Time: 1600-17:30
Venue: Nautika
Networking Break: 4:15-4:30PM
Take home Solutions from TECH 2019 -Mainstreaming SEL, Scaling Learning, Leveraging Technology
Time: 4:30-5:15PM
Panelists: Shelja Sen, Paul Darvasi, Nirmal Govindraju, Chris Peich
Moderator: Anantha Duraiappah, Director UNESCO MGIEP
About: The solutions panel will focus on providing answers to some of the questions that emerged from the children’s panel. 21st century learning needs to be socially relevant, emotionally motivating, collaborative and continuous so that students are equipped to handle the future. It will pitch technology as the ideal enabling medium to achieve this since it possesses the potential to reach every child in their respective cultural setting.
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Celebrating the TECH Compassion Games
Time: 5:15 – 5:30PM
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Closing Ceremony : See you at TECH 2020
Time: 5:30-6PM
Room: Plenary V2/V3
Ask Me Anything; Time: 6pm onwards
Coral Pre-Funtion Area
