World Learning Summit 2020

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FUTURE LEARNING LAB

Open summit

MAY 27TH 11AM — 5 PM.

DAY 1 TICKETS HERE 

Workshops May 28-29

POLICY-MAKERS, EDUCATORS, RESEARCHERS, BUSINES LEADERS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, TECH ENTREPRENEURS

Research and writing sessions

PHD COLLOQUIUM • RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS • PUBLICATION WRITING SESSIONS

MAY 27TH: OPEN SUMMIT

REGISTRATION, POSTER SESSIONS

8:30 – 11:00

MAIN HALL, UNIVERSITY OF AGDER

Registration for Day 1 and all group sessions

WELCOME ADRESSES

11:00 – 11:10

SUNNIVA WHITTAKER: UiA PRESIDENT

11:10 SUMMIT THEME – BACKGROUNDS, REFLECTIONS AND AGENDAS

ODDGEIR TVEITEN, UNIVERSITY OF AGDER and DONNA KIDWELL, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

INTRODUCING WLS 2020 SUMMIT HOST: TBA

11:30 OPENING KEYNOTE

TAWANA KUPE: VICE CHANCELLOR,  UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA

Transforming higher education:

Visions and challenges as seen from South Africa

12:00 WLS 2020 ROUNDTABLE

HOST: JUNE BREIVIK  KULTURTANKEN, NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE

Challenges and opportunities:

Technology and learning as seen from the Global South

PANEL SPEAKERS: Anjum Malik, Joseph Salomonsen, Tawana Kupe, tba

12:30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

LEARNING AT THE CROSSROADS - THREE DIMENSIONS

PARALELL SESSION 1

EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHALLENGE OF

INNOVATION: CHARTING THE ECO SYSTEM

PARALLEL SESSION 2

INTERDISCIPLINARY VISIONS AND CHALLENGES

IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING

PARALLEL SESSION 3

INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION AND

THE CHALLENGE OF LEADERSHIP

13:30 LUNCH

14:15 RESIDENCE KEYNOTE

PHIL LONG: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 

CONNECTING WITH SOCIETY –

REFLECTIONS ON THE DIGITAL CHALLENGE

14:30 IDEAS ROUNDTABLE

MODERATORS: DONNA KIDWELL, VIDAR MORTENSEN

LEARNING IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL MOBILITY –  SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLITICS FOR A SUSTAINABLE LEARNING FUTURE

15:00 BREAK

15:20 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

LEARNING AT THE CROSSROADS - THREE DIMENSIONS

PARALELL SESSION 1

EDUCATION FRONTIERS

NORDIC MOBILITIES

PARALLEL SESSION 2

THE ETHICS OF DATA IN A

GLOBAL ECONOMY OF SHARING

PARALLEL SESSION 3

PHD COLLOQUIUM CONTINUED

PAPERS • WRITING WORKSHOP

16:20: FIRESIDE CHAT

SUMMIT HOST IN CONVERSATION WITH INVITED GUESTS

18:00 – 21:00
CONFERENCE MIXER AND BUFFET

INCLUDED IN ALL SUMMIT TICKETS

MAY 28TH: RESEARCH CONFERENCE PROGRAM

9:00 — FEATURED KEYNOTE WITH Q AND A

SARAH TOBIN, SENIOR RESEARCHER, CHRISTIAN MICHELSENS INSTITUTE

LEARNING IN A TURBULENT WORLD: NOTES AND REFLECTIONS FROM MY RESEARCH 

10:00  FEATURED KEYNOTE WITH Q AND A

PHIL KOMARNY: VICE PRESIDENT OF INNOVATIONS, SALESFORCE

LEARNING AND EDUCATION TRANSFORMED: WHO OWNS MY COMPETENCE? WHAT IS AN EXAM WORTH?9:00  

11:00 WORKSHOP SESSION PROGRAM UNDER DEVELOPMENT — SESSIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY

MAY 29TH: RESEARCH CONFERENCE PROGRAM

9:00 – 11:00 WORKSHOP SESSION PROGRAM UNDER DEVELOPMENT — SESSIONS CONTINUE THROUGH UNTIL 2 PM.