unlock big change - education un sept 21 theirworld sarah brown

 Unlock Big Change – Education: the key to a better future is a digital conference featuring interactive panels, debates and presentations with world leaders, celebrity advocates, business executives, and leading advocates, innovators and changemakers.  The event will discuss the importance of education and what we can do to be more effective advocates and mobilize concrete, tangible progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 - equitable and inclusive quality education for all.

You will have the opportunity to attend the mainstage plenary event, hear from world leaders and network in real-time with leaders from NGOs, youth organisations, civil society, business, foundations, governments, international organizations and academia.

At the event, we will also be launching a new open source, digital report to support all of the ongoing community, national and global campaign efforts to advance education – from the early years to youth skills for the next generation.

Detailed Program 

 

10:00 am (NYC): Welcome from UN Plaza

 

Jamira Burley, Head of Youth Engagement and Skills, Global Business Coalition for Education

 

António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

 

10:05 am (NYC) : Unlocking Education in Emergencies

Moderator: Sarah Brown, Chair, Theirworld; Executive Chair, GBC-Education

Panelists:
Annemiek Hoogenboom, Country Director, People's Postcode Lottery
Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management, European Commission
Emanuel “Boo” Milton, Creator, SparkBox
Yasmine Sherif, Director, Education Cannot Wait

 

10:35 am (NYC) : Unlocking Skills for the Future

Moderator: Jamira Burley, Head of Youth Engagement and Skills, Global Business Coalition for Education  

Panelists:
Ousmane Ba, Global Youth Ambassador, Theirworld
Jude Kelly, Director, WOW Foundation
Kwasi Mitchell, Principal, Diversity & Inclusion Lead, Deloitte
Pia Wilson-Body, President, Intel Foundation

 

11:05 am (NYC): Unlocking Early Childhood Education   

Moderator: Rob Doble, Director of Policy, Advocacy and Programs, Theirworld

Panelists:
Alice Albright, CEO, Global Partnership for Education
Saima W. Hossain, Chairperson, Shuchona Foundation; Chairperson, Bangladesh National Advisory Committee for Autism
Peter Laugharn, President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Eden Tadesse, Global Youth Ambassador, Theirworld

 

11:35 am (NYC): Unlocking Finance for Education

Moderator: Justin van Fleet, President, Theirworld; Executive Director, Global Business Coalition for Education

Panelists:
Franz Fayot, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Luxembourg
Mamta Murthi, Vice President for Human Development, World Bank
Sarah Musau, Global Youth Ambassador, Theirworld
Baroness Liz Sugg, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State; Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Girls’ Education, United Kingdom 

 

12:00 pm (NYC): Unlocking Big Change

 

Moderator: June Sarpong OBE, Broadcaster and Best Selling Author
Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education
Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF

Concluding Remarks: Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

 

Breakout Sessions

 

12:30pm-1:00pm – How Norway is Unlocking Big Change for Education

Featured Guest: Aksel Jacobsen, State Secretary, Norway

Host: Lorriann Robinson, Theirworld and the Advocacy Team

Moderator: Yara Eid, Global Youth Ambassador, Theirworld

 

Join this special session where Theirworld Global Youth Ambassador Yara Eid will interview the Norwegian State Secretary for International Development and learn about what Norway is doing to unlock big change for education. Participants are encouraged to submit questions via the session chat function.

 

12:30pm-1:30 pm – Unlock Big Change: A RewirEd Talk hosted by Dubai Cares
Welcoming Remarks: Justin van Fleet, President, Theirworld; Executive Director, Global Business Coalition for Education

Moderator: Omar Tom, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Dukkan Media

Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF
Alice Albright, CEO, Global Partnership for Education
H.E. Dr. Tariq Al Gurg, CEO, Dubai Cares 

Raj Gilda, CEO, Lend A Hand India
Mubuso Zamchiya, Managing Director, Luminos Fund
Jamira Burley, Head of Youth Engagement and Skills, Global Business Coalition for Education 

Maryam Alhashimi, Associate, Expo Specialist Programme, Expo 2020 Dubai 

RewirEd is a global platform launched by Dubai Cares to rewire education for a prosperous and sustainable future. Our first key initiative under this umbrella is RewirEd Talks, a global campaign that offers everyone the opportunity to host and participate in meaningful conversations on education.

This high-level Talk on the side-lines of the 75th UNGA, and taking place during the Unlock Big Change Virtual Event will be the first public Talk to take place. We are inviting participants from across various sectors, regions, and levels of experience to take part in an informal discussion on the future of education.

We invite everyone to take this opportunity to take off their organizational hats and participate in what we hope to be a relaxed conversation in an otherwise busy and hectic UNGA week.
 

Participants are encouraged to submit questions via the session chat function.

 

1:30pm-2:30pm – CEO Roundtable Discussion (Closed Meeting)

Moderator: Justin van Fleet, President, Theirworld; Executive Director, Global Business Coalition for Education

Hosts: Chip Goodyear, Chair, BHP Foundation and Sarah Brown, Executive Chair, Global Business Coalition for Education

 

This is a private roundtable for business CEOs only.

 

2:00pm-2:30pm – Realizing the Promise: How can education technology accelerate learning for all?

Featured Guest: Emiliana Vegas, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution

Host: Jake Cho, Senior Manager, Global Business Coalition for Education

 

While technology has disrupted most sectors of the economy and changed how we communicate, access information, work, and even play, its impact on schools, teaching, and learning has been much more limited. Alejandro Ganimian, Emiliana Vegas and Rick Hess argue that the limited impact of technology in education is primarily due to its having been used to replace analog tools, without much consideration given to playing to technology’s comparative advantages. When schools use technology to enhance the work of teachers and to improve the quality and quantity of educational content, students will thrive.