Conference program
15:00 – 16:00 OPENING PLENARY **Free livestream on AFS Youtube CHannel
Global Release of PISA Global Competence Assessment Results
16:15 – 17:00 PLENARY
Live Q&A with Andreas Schleicher, OECD
17:15 – 18:15 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
Implications of PISA Global Competence Assessment Results for Key Stakeholders
Policymakers & intragovernmental bodies, teachers & school leaders, students, business & workforce pipeline, academics & researchers, non-formal & international education providers
*All times in GMT+2 (Paris)
11:30 – 13:00 (RE-PLAY) PLENARY & Q&A HIGHLIGHTS
Global Release of PISA Global Competence Assessment Results & Q&A with Andreas Schleicher, OECD (Re-Play)
13:00 – 14:00 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
Implications of PISA Global Competence Assessment Results for Key Stakeholders
14:15 – 15:15 DISCUSSION GROUPS & NETWORKING
Participant-Led Sessions: Best Practices in Global Competence and What’s next?
15:30 – 16:15 Closing Plenary
Moving Forward to Advance Global Competence Education using PISA Results, Implications: What’s Next?
16:30 – 17:00 NETWORKING
Post-event Discussions & Networking
*All times in GMT+2 (Paris)
Request an Invitation
When you receive an invitation, you will be able to register for a reduced fee of USD$79. Your contribution will also allow us to make conference participation available at no charge for students and teachers. Find out more about AFS Global Conference fees below.
Registration Fees
Registration fees for the AFS Global Conference have been reduced from USD$299 to USD$79.
AFS believes that Intercultural Learning and Global Competence Development are core to 21st century education. To make our educational content, programs and policy discussions more accessible, we are pleased to be able to offer special discounted rates for the 2020 AFS Global Conference.
Your contribution also allows us to make conference participation available at no charge for our student and teacher participants.
We welcome your additional contributions to support student and teacher scholarships for in-person educational exchanges, like the AFS Academies; virtual intercultural learning programs, like AFS Global You Adventurer; and educator programs like AFS Effect+.
“Global competency is about building curiosity – opening minds, it’s about compassion –opening hearts, and it’s about courage, mobilising our cognitive, social and emotional resources to build a more human world. And that’s also our best weapon against the biggest threats of our times – ignorance – the closed mind, hate – the closed heart, and fear – the enemy of agency.”
Andreas Schleicher, OECD Director for Education and Skills
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News & articles
Education New Zealand Endorses the AFS Global Competence Certificate
The program has been widely used to develop intercultural competence and global skills before, during and after international programs
When Global Events Expose Global Needs
How education systems are—or are not—helping learners develop global competencies in the era of COVID-19
Rethinking the Role of Global Competence in School Curricula
Interview with Mario Piacentini, OECD
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Leveraging Tech for Intercultural Learning
It’s clear that the pandemic has accelerated the use of technology and online learning for those of us in (international) education far beyond what most had prepared or planned for. -
“Pre-departure” During COVID-19: Online tools & activities for supporting intercultural learning during uncertainty
These are the top three strategies recommended by experts when organizing study abroad pre-departure or other (virtual) intercultural learning sessions for students in 2020. -
Re-entry in Crisis: 3 key strategies to support students during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
The AFS Center for Intercultural Learning and Global Competence Education held a Re-entry in Crisis virtual event. Three key strategies emerged from research-backed best practices, tools and expert insights on supporting international students.
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AFS & OECD to Launch PISA Global Competence Results at Virtual Conference
Previously scheduled to take place in Singapore, the Conference will now happen online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The agenda will be transformed into an interactive virtual event for the education community highlighting the voices of learners alongside educators on 22 and 23 October 2020. -
New Global Competence in Teacher Education Project Launches with an Erasmus+ Grant
AFS, EFIL, the University of Hull and four other universities in Europe have been awarded a Erasmus+ research and programme development grant to advance global competence in teacher education. -
Who is changing the world? Educators are!
Supporting educators to take on global competence education requires a cross-section of stakeholders—policy makers, businesses and community leaders for starters—to join forces and drum up the will and the resources. Easier said than done.
