The Eighth Wise Global Summit Takes Place in Doha, Qatar, November 14-16, 2017

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DOHA, Qatar, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- 2,000 participants from 100 countries to gather to re-imagine education at a

time of disruption and economic uncertainty   

    Some of the world's most creative leaders in the fields of education,

technology, social entrepreneurship, global development, media and philanthropy

will convene in Doha, Qatar on November 14-16 for the eighth World Innovation

Summit for Education (WISE).

    Up to 2,000 participants from 100 countries are expected to attend the

biennial global Summit which, since its establishment in 2009, has become a

premier international gathering on the future of education. The theme of WISE

2017, "Co-Exist, Co-Create: Learning to Live and Work Together", sparks debate

around the education challenges in times of global disruption and economic

uncertainty.  

    Central to discussions will be the role of education in a post-truth world,

with sessions focusing on media literacy; artificial intelligence and virtual

reality; social entrepreneurship; design thinking and nudging for right

education choices, among others.

    Confirmed speakers include: Prof Sebastien Thrun, chairman and co-founder,

Udacity and founder of Google X Labs (USA); Mr Fareed Zakaria, writer and

columnist, CNN host (USA); Dr Armel Karboul, commissioner, International

Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity (Tunisia); Ms Wendy Kopp,

CEO and co-founder, Teach for All (USA); Sir Michael Barber, founder and

chairman, Delivery Associates (UK) and Ms Noella Coursaris Musunka,

founder, Malaika (Democratic Republic of Congo).

    The 2017 WISE Prize for Education Laureate

[http://www.wise-qatar.org/wise-prize-for-education ] will be announced at the

opening of WISE on November 15. The Prize recognizes an individual or a team of

up to six people for an outstanding, world-class contribution to education.

    The Summit will also showcase projects championed by WISE all year round.

These include the WISE Awards [http://www.wise-qatar.org/wise-awards ] for

high-impact education solutions; the WISE Accelerator

[http://www.wise-qatar.org/wise-accelerator ], supporting promising edtech

projects; the WISE Learners' Voice [http://www.wise-qatar.org/learners-voice ],

a mentorship program for young education leaders, and the WISE Research series

[http://www.wise-qatar.org/2017-wise-research ] of reports authored by experts

from leading international institutions.

    Peer learning will be at the heart of WISE, with the possibility to set up

"Braindates", a concept by e180 (Canada), allowing delegates to strike

up knowledge-sharing conversations.

    Certain sessions of WISE 2017 will be streamed live online:

15 November: opening ceremony

[http://www.wise-qatar.org/program/2017-wise-summit-program/session/opening-cere

mony ]; afternoon plenary

[http://www.wise-qatar.org/program/2017-wise-summit-program/session/plenary-%E2%

80%93-lifelong-learning-innovation-economy ] 16 November: morning plenary

session

[http://www.wise-qatar.org/program/2017-wise-summit-program/session/eaa-plenary-

sesssion ]; closing ceremony

[http://www.wise-qatar.org/program/2017-wise-summit-program/session/closing-cere

mony-%E2%80%93-knowledge-economies-knowledge-societies ]

    These sessions will also be streamed live on

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiseqatar

    Discover the full program online:

http://www.wise-qatar.org/program/2017-wise-summit-program

SOURCE: WISE - World Innovation Summit for Education