10-year Edition of the WISE Summit to Take Place in Doha, Qatar, on November 19-21 2019

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DOHA, Qatar, October 30, 2019 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- Over 2,000 educators, decision-makers, and experts from over 100 countries

will gather in Doha next month around the theme "UnLearn, ReLearn: What it

means to be Human"

Should schools teach students how to be happy? Will artificial intelligence

make teachers obsolete? Can the latest discoveries in neuroscience make our

kids smarter? Do students care about what they are learning? Should schools get

rid of grading systems? Should students pledge a percentage of their future

salary to fund their higher education?

These questions will be at the heart of the discussions at next month's World

Innovation Summit for Education [https://www.wise-qatar.org/], where we will

reimagine the future of education around the theme "UnLearn, ReLearn: What it

means to be Human".[https://www.wise-qatar.org/wise-2019/]

In the context of a rapidly evolving world with exponential technological

changes, it's time to rethink what makes us uniquely human. More than 200

speakers and 150 sessions will shape conversations about the future of

education and the behaviors, skills and traits we must unlearn and relearn in

order to flourish in the 21st century.

Stavros Yiannouka, WISE CEO, states: "In education, we naturally focus on what

we should learn. We also think there's an important role to play in unlearning.

We should challenge some of our assumptions about the way we live, the way we

work, and the way we interact with each other."

From discussing how to relearn the emotional skills we need in order to learn,

to debating whether well-being should be taught in schools, to uncovering

global ed-tech trends and their impact on innovation, WISE 2019 will address

the pressing issues and current trends facing education.

About the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)

The World Innovation Summit for Education was established by Qatar Foundation

in 2009 under the leadership of its Chairperson, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint

Nasser. WISE is an international, multi-sectoral platform for creative,

evidence-based thinking, debate, and purposeful action in education. Through

the biennial summit, collaborative research and a range of on-going programs,

WISE is a global reference in new approaches to education.

Follow WISE on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/wiseqatar], Twitter

[https://twitter.com/wise_tweets], Instagram

[https://www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/] and YouTube

[https://www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar] for the latest updates on program

details and speakers.

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Media Requests

To register your interest in attending WISE and for more information, please

contact:

Lina Lahlou

media@wise.org.qa

Source: WISE