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Agenda: Global launch of the 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report on technology in education

26-27 July 2023
Hotel Hyatt Centric, Montevideo

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 26 JULY

9:00-9:30

Event accreditation

PART I- Global launch of the 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report on technology in education : a tool on whose terms?

Streaming

Moderated by: María Florencia Ripani, Director, Ceibal Foundation

9:30 - 9:40 

High-level opening

  • Audrey Azoulay, Director General UNESCO (pre-recorded video)
  • Pablo da Silveira, Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay

9:40 - 10:00

Presentation of the key findings and recommendations of the 2023 GEM Report on technology and education: a tool on whose terms?

  • Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

10:00 - 11:00

High-level panel 

  • Kristina Kallas, Minister of Education and Research, Estonia (pre-recorded video)
  • Mariatou Kone, Minister of Education, Cote d’Ivoire  (to be confirmed)
  • José Mauricio Pineda, Minister of Education and Science, El Salvador
  • Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Sectretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (video-to be confirmed)
  • Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General for Education, UNESCO
  • Jaime Saavedra, Director Global Education Practice, World Bank
  • Gary Conille, Director, UNICEF Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office and former Prime Minister of Haiti  (pre-recorded video)
  • Verna Labaharie, Executive Director, EdTech Hub
  • Leandro Folgar, President, Ceibal and Ceibal Foundation

11:00 - 11:05

How can technology support learning?

Video- a tool on whose terms?

11:05 - 11:15

Closing and next steps

  • David Sengeh, Minister of Education, Sierra Leone

Coffee break  

11:15 - 11:30

Foyer Hotel Hyatt Centric

PART II- Education technology in the Global South: Dialogue around the key recommendations of the 2023 GEM Report

Coffee break  

 

11:15 - 11:30

Foyer Hotel Hyatt Centric

Streaming

Master of ceremony: Carina Novarese, journalist from Uruguay

11:30 - 11:40

High-level opening

  • Pablo da Silveira, Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay
  • David Sengeh, Minister of Education, Sierra Leone
  • Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General for Education, UNESCO

11:40 - 12:10

ROUNDTABLE 1- Latin America

  • Jaime Perczyk, Minister of Education, Argentina (tbc)
  • Camilo Sobreira de Santana, Minister of Education, Brazil (tbc)
  • María Brown Pérez, Minister of Education, Ecuador 
  • Pablo da Silveira, Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay
  • Marco Antonio Avila Lavanal, Minister of Education, Chile (pre-recorded video)

Moderated by Leandro Folgar, President, Ceibal and Ceibal Foundation

12:10 - 12:35

ROUNDTABLE 2- Africa

  • David Sengeh, Minister of Education, Sierra Leone

Ministers of education from Africa (Chad, Cameroon, Uganda, Senegal, Guinea Bissau)

Moderated by Ydo Yao, Director, IBE-UNESCO

12:35- 13:20

ROUNDTABLE 3- Experts

  • David Hollow, Research Director, EdTech Hub
  • Renato Opperti, Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Hybrid Education at the Catholic University of Uruguay and Senior Expert at the UNESCO International Bureau of Education
  • Guillermina Tiramonti, Researcher at FLACSO
  • Michael Trucano, Visiting fellow in the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution

 

Moderated by: Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

13:20 - 13:30

Closing

  • Ana Ribeiro, Vice Minister of Education and Culture of Uruguay

Annual meeting of the Alliance for the Digitalization of Education in Latin America (ADELA):

Opportunities and challenges of digital education in teacher training, inclusion and closing gender gaps

AUDITORIUM - HOTEL HYATT CENTER

Streaming

Master of ceremony: Carina Novarese, journalist from Uruguay

15:00 - 16:00

Opening:  

  • María Florencia Ripani, Director, Ceibal Foundation Uruguay
  • Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

Panel- international development:

  • Alejandra Vargas, Programme officer, IDRC

Italo Dutra, Regional education advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF

  • Andrea Bergamaschi, Senior Education Specialist, Education Division, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Romina Kasman, Education Specialist -Head of Education Sector UNESCO Multi country Office in San Jose

Panel- public policies

  • Fiorella Haim, General manager of Ceibal
  • Martín Felipe Cáceres Murrie, Director of the Innovation Centre, Ministry of Education of Chile
  • Lilian Dematei, General Director of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Culture of Paraguay
  • Ana Laura Martínez, Regional Cooperation Coordinator at Cetic.br under the auspices of UNESCO
  • Carlos Martínez, National Director of Educational Informatics of the Ministry of Education of Panama (pre-recorded video).
  • Raquel Núñez Elizondo, Strategic coordinator, CECC-SICA (pre-recorded video).
  • Yenny Lisset Rivas Mendrano, Gender Manager, Ministry of Education of El Salvador (prerecorded video)

Closing: María Eugenia Alonso, ADELA network coordinator, Ceibal Foundation

DAY 2: THURSDAY 27 JULY

8:15 - 8:45

Accreditation

     

    Technology in education in Latin America: regional and global perspectives

     

    Event organized by Ceibal Foundation

    Streaming

    Master of ceremony: Carina Novarese, journalist from Uruguay

    8:45 - 9:00

    High-level opening

    • Stefania Giannini, Assistant director general for Education, UNESCO
    • Pablo da Silveira, Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay
    • Leandro Folgar, President, Ceibal Foundation and Ceibal, Uruguay

    PANEL I – Education technology, governance, and public policies

    9:05 - 9:35

    • Jose Mauricio Pineda,  Minister of Education, El Salvador
    • Daniel Esponda, Ministro de Educación, Honduras  
    • Nicolás Zárate Rojas, Minister of Education, Paraguay
    • Pablo da Silveira, Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay
    • Aurora Vergara Figueroa, Minister of National Education, Colombia (pre-recorded video)

    Moderated by: Gonzalo Baroni, Director of National Education, Uruguay

    PANEL 2 – Ceibal: Innovation and digital transformation

    9.35 - 10.00

    Keynote speaker: Leandro Folgar, President of the Ceibal Foundation and Ceibal

    Learning from the Future: Fiorella Haim, General Manager of Ceibal

    Panel:

    • Irene González, Data and Behavioural Sciences Manager, Ceibal
    • Martín Anza, Information Technology  Manager, Ceibal 
    • Carinna Bálsamo, Manager Education and Deep Learning, Ceibal

    COFFEE BREAK 

    10:00 - 10:30

    Sample of projects of the Education Sector Fund: Digital Inclusion

    PANEL 3- Digital transformation in Latin America and in the Global South

    10:30 - 10:55

    • Valtencir Méndes, Chief of Education, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago
    • Mercedes Mateo Díaz, Chief of Education, Inter-American Development Bank (pre-recorded video)
    • Federico Burone, Acting Vice-Presidente Programs and Partnerships, IDRC
    • Andrés Delich, Assistant General Secretary, OEI
    • Jaime Saavedra, Director Global Education Practice, World Bank
    • Representative from GPE

    Moderated by: Guillermina Tiramonti, Researcher at FLACSO

    PANEL 4 – Technology for inclusive, equitable, scalable, and sustainable education in Latin America

    10:55 - 11:25

    Keynote speaker:  María Florencia Ripani, Director, Ceibal Foundation Uruguay

    Panel:

    • Javier González, Director, SUMMA
    • Estefanía Charvet, Director of research, Southern Voice
    • Julia Sant'Anna, Executive Director of CIEB (pre-recorded video)
    • Florencio Ceballos, Senior Program Specialist with the Knowledge Innovation Exchange Program (KIX), IDRC
    • Magdalena Brier, CEO, ProFuturo

    Moderated by: Claudia Uribe Salazar, Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago

    PANEL 5 - Education in technology and innovation: challenges and opportunities

    11:25 - 11:50

    Panel:

    • Pablo Cevallos, Director Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, IIEP UNESCO
    • Erika Molina, Specialist, IADB Lab
    • Robert Silva, President of the Central Board of Directors, ANEP
    • Claudia Costin, founder and director of the Centre for Excellence and Innovation in Education Policy at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (pre-recorded video)

    Moderated by: Agustín Porres, LATAM Regional Director, Varkey Foundation

    PANEL 6 – Research in education and technology: towards an innovative and inclusive agenda 

    11:50 - 12:20

    Panel:

    • Ernesto Fernández Polcuch, Director, UNESCO Montevideo
    • Flavio Caiafa, President, ANII
    • Denise Vaillant, Dean of the Institute of Education and Director of the Doctoral Programme in Education, ORT University
    • Rodrigo Arim, Rector, University of the Republic of Uruguay
    • Mariano Fernández Enguita, Professor of Sociology and Academic Coordinator of the Doctorate in Education at the Complutense University of Madrid (pre-recorded video)
    • María del Mar Montoya, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Uruguay

    Moderated by:  Adriana Aristimuño, Sectoral Director of Educational Planning, ANEP Uruguay

    PANEL 7 -  Keynote panel: Learning, data and smart systems

    12:20 - 12:55  

    Keynote speakers:

    • Wayne Holmes, Associate Professor in the UCL Knowledge Lab, University College London.
    • Leandro Folgar, President, Ceibal Foundation and Ceibal
    • Borhene Chakroun, Director of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems Division at UNESCO-Headquarters and interim Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

    Moderated by:  Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report   

    Closing

    12:55 - 13:00

    • María Florencia Ripani, Director, Ceibal Foundation

    Sample of projects of the Education Sector Fundo: Digital Inclusion, Ceibal Foundation and  National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII)

    13:00 - 14.00

    Sample of projects of the Education Sector Fundo: Digital Inclusion

    SIMULTANEOUS EVENTS

    ACTIVITY A

    Panel discussion: How can technology providers support the sustainable development of education in the region?

    AUDITORIUM - HOTEL HYATT CENTER

    Streaming

    Master of ceremony: Carina Novarese, journalist from Uruguay

    14:00 - 15:00

    Opening

    • Mirna Parra, Technical manager, Ceibal

    Expert panel: 

    • Fernando Salvatierra, Programme Specialist on ICT, IIPE UNESCO
    • Santiago Cueto, Senior Researcher, GRADE

    Exchange panel with technology providers:

    • Francisco Anello, Global Senior VP of Education de Aleph
    • 3 Representatives to be confirmed

    Moderated by:  Ana Castillo, Senior Specialist, IDB LAB

     

    ACTIVITY B

    New ways of teaching, learning, and evaluating with technology

    Event organized by UNESCO

    SEMPRÚN, UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL URUGUAY

    Streaming

    2:30-2:35 pm

    Welcome remarks

    Welcoming remarks by the Rector of the Catholic University of Uruguay, P- Dr. Julio Fernández Techer

    2:35-3:15 pm

    High-level panel

    • María Brown, Minister of Education, Ecuador
    • Camilo Santana, Minister of Education, Brazil
    • Nicolás Zárate Rojas, Minister of Education, Paraguay
    • David Sengeh, Minister of Education, Sierra Leone
    • Ana Ribeiro, Vice Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay
    • Minister of Education of Africa

    Moderated by: Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General for Education, UNESCO

    3:15-3:50 pm

    Panel I: UNESCO’s work on technology in education – present and future perspectives

    • Claudia Uribe, director de la OREALC/UNESCO Santiago
    • Ydo Yao, director, IBE
    • Martín Benavides, director, IIEP
    • Sobhi Tawil, director, Future of Learning and Innovation, UNESCO
    • Silvia Montoya, Director, Unesco Institute of Statistics

    Moderated by: Borhene Chakroun, Director of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems Division at UNESCO-Headquarters and interim Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifeflong Learning

    3:50-4:10 pm

     Coffee break

    4:10- 4:50 pm

    Panel II: Public policies and innovations on the digital era

    • Valtencir Mendes, Chief of Education, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago
    • Pablo Bartol, Social and Human Development Manager, CAF
    • Daniela Trucco, Social Affairs Officer, ECLAC
    • Leandro Folgar, President, Ceibal
    • Elena Arias, Senior Education Specialist, IADB

    Moderated by: Alejandra Cardini, Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, IIEP UNESCO

    4:50-5:25 pm

    Panel III: Technologies in the processes of educational, curricular and pedagogical transformation and their impact on teaching, learning and assessment processes

    • Tamara Díaz, Director of Education, OEI
    • Mara Borchardt, Pedagogical Advisor, Fundación Sadosky
    • María José Velásquez, Digital Education Specialist,  UNICEF LACRO
    • Lucia Dellagnello, President of the Innovation Center for Brazilian Education (CIEB)
    • Conrad Hughes, Ecolint, Geneva
    • Renato Opertti, Senior Expert, IBE

    Moderated by: Ernesto Fernández, director UNESCO Montevideo

    5:25-5:30 pm 

    Closing

    • Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO