Agenda
Day 1: 18 May 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Pre-forum workshop: Building world-class, inclusive education systems
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Welcome reception
Day 2: 19 May 2025
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Access to the networking area
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Official opening and welcome
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM
Plenary session 1 | How can education systems provide the stability that encourages learning and builds confidence to change?
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Networking break
11:50 AM - 12:35 PM
Parallel session 1a | How can stability be provided in times of disruption from natural disasters, epidemics and conflict?
Parallel session 1b | How can stability be provided to help diminish challenges in ‘business as usual’ education?
12:35 PM - 1:45 PM
Networking lunch
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Plenary session 2 | How and why should education systems improve equity and increase quality?
3:05 PM - 3:50 PM
Parallel session 2a | How can quality be safeguarded whilst widening access to education?
Parallel session 2b | How might we develop the interdependence of education’s different stages to have the greatest positive impact on societies and economies?
Parallel session 2c | How might we ensure that study and training programmes remain relevant to changing socio-economic contexts?
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
Networking break
4:20 PM - 5:35 PM
Plenary session 3 | How can we develop technology’s role in education at the same time as improving equity and quality?
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Official government reception
Day 3: 20 May 2025
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Plenary session 4 | What strategies and changes help develop a culture of innovation in education?
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Networking break
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Parallel session 4a | How might public and private partnerships contribute to innovation in education?
Parallel session 4b | What are the challenges and opportunities that arise from digital transition in education?
Parallel session 4c | What innovative approaches can improve learning outcomes?
12:35 PM - 1:45 PM
Networking lunch
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Insight session 1 | Artificial intelligence: Challenges and opportunities for teaching and learning
Insight session 2 | Girls in education
Insight session 3 | Innovative financing mechanisms for education
Insight session 4 | Power of interdisciplinarity as an engine for growth
Insight session 5 | Strategies, policy and action for development of green skills
Insight session 6 | Supporting the mobility of learners and skills: The Unesco Global Recognition Convention
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Networking break
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Plenary session 5 | What can we learn from each other about improving practice in allocating funding, effective planning and identifying priorities?
4:35 PM - 5:30 PM
Plenary session 6 | Developing opportunities and impacts of learning by doing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thematic dinners
Day 4: 21 May 2025
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Breakfast roundtable | Training and supporting scientists of the future
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Breakfast roundtable | Upskilling for future resilience: A global discussion with Jose Manuel Barroso
9:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Plenary session 7 | What roles can and should education play in personal, community and national growth?
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Networking break
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Parallel session 7a | How can transnational education support socio-economic development and growth?
Parallel session 7b | How can, and should, education contribute to sustainable development?
Parallel session 7c | What are the roles of vocational education and skills development in supporting economic growth?
11:50 AM - 12:40 PM
Plenary session 8 | Drawing together strands of what we have learned, what we might take forward and how we can work together?
12:40 PM - 2:30 PM
Networking lunch
1:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Policy session | Leveraging live data to improve attendance and build a sense of belonging in schools
Tertiary education as a driver of sustainable, scalable and equitable education systems
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Policy dialogue | Priorities for refugees and displaced learners