A welcome to returning delegates to the conference and an overview of the two streams taking place on Day 2: EdTech and Management and Teaching and Learning.

• What are some of the ways that international schools often propagate elitism?
• What can international schools do to make their schools less elitist?

Attendees are encouraged to network with fellow delegates and speakers via the chat function on the conference platform.

• How can schools empower students to become co-collaborators in determining the focus of their education?
• The benefits of facilitating student leadership and ownership over DEIJ, sustainability, and wellbeing initiatives
• The importance of acknowledging students’ role as key stakeholders and centring students’ voices, ideas, and concerns when developing your long-term school strategy

Delegates are invited to attend one of the below interactive roundtable discussions in the Teaching and Learning stream. Please note that these roundtable sessions will take place concurrently and at the same time as the roundtable sessions in the EdTech and Management stream.

• What are the benefits of bilingual education and how can school leaders establish a culture of bilingualism within their school?
• How can translanguaging benefit student learning experiences and embed them within the local culture in which their school is situated?
• How can senior leaders source, recruit and retain teachers who are capable of teaching in a bilingual environment?

• How can schools adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of an increasingly local student population?
• Negotiating the often Western-centric, colonial legacy of international curricula
• Integrating local history and reflecting local identity meaningfully within the curriculum
• How can schools diversify their curricula to foster intercultural learning?

• Hear how Prem Tinsulanonda International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, created a holistic sustainability strategy
• Discover best practice guidance about how your school can likewise successfully and meaningfully incorporate sustainability within your curriculum and galvanise your whole school community

Attendees are encouraged to network with fellow delegates and speakers via the chat function on the conference platform.

• What is the product of international education? Is high academic attainment in the form of exam results still the aim?
• What is the future of assessment?
• Do current exam-oriented assessment practices fail neurodiverse and SEND students?
• Is exam-based assessment useful for students when it comes to tertiary education?
• How can schools meaningfully assess concept thinking skills?

• How can schools equip students with the autonomy and research-based skills required to thrive in tertiary education?
• How can students stand out from the crowd in terms of their university applications?
• How can schools champion alternate pathways available to children for whom tertiary education is not the best option?
• How can schools ensure that they are building capacity in learners to ensure success beyond the educational environment?