Born to a poor family in Costa Rica, Sandra Cauffman nurtured her impossible dream of space travel and is now the Deputy Director for the Astrophysics Division at NASA. She provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and management for the entire agency’s multi-billion Astrophysics programs and missions necessary to discover how the universe works, to explore how the universe began and developed into its present form, and to search for Earth-like planets.
In this keynote address, Sandra Cauffman will share the key and necessary skills that every leader must have in order to inspire their teams, drive change and have an impact on their wider communities, particularly in the face of adversity.
In this presentation, Nicholas Mckie will explore and share what schools need to do to maximise coaching and mentoring, and utilise them as powerful tools for staff development and capacity building.
Delegates are invited to attend the following roundtable discussions. This roundtable will be camera-on and delegate-led, to ensure all participants have the opportunity to share their experiences with one another, provide peer-to-peer support and guidance, and reflect on their current challenges and opportunities on the below topic topic.
FACILITATOR: Emmi Hines, Principal, Udon Thani International School, Thailand
Delegates are invited to attend the following roundtable discussions. This roundtable will be camera-on and delegate-led, to ensure all participants have the opportunity to share their experiences with one another, provide peer-to-peer support and guidance, and reflect on their current challenges and opportunities on the below topic topic.
FACILITATOR: Marc Mesich, Founding Director and Principal, Osaka YMCA International School, Japan
In this presentation, Dr Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will share an update on the latest OECD findings, and discuss how schools must adapt their learning provision for an interconnected world.
*Programme subject to change