Agenda: Global launch of the 2023 GEM Report

Coffee break 

11:15 - 11:30

Foyer Hotel Hyatt Centric

Master of ceremony: Carina Novarese, journalist from Uruguay

11:30 - 11:40

High-level opening

• Pablo da Silveira, Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay
• Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General for Education, UNESCO

11:40 - 12:10

ROUNDTABLE 1- Latin America

• Jaime Perczyk, Minister of Education, Argentina 
• Camilo Sobreira de Santana, Minister of Education, Brazil 
• María Brown Pérez, Minister of Education, Ecuador 
• Daniel Esponda, Minister of Education of Honduras 
• Pablo da Silveira, Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay
• Marco Antonio Avila Lavanal, Minister of Education, Chile (pre-recorded video)

Moderated by Leandro Folgar, President, Ceibal and Ceibal Foundation

12:10 - 12:35

ROUNDTABLE 2- Africa

• Douglas Letsholathebe, Minister for Education and Skills Development, Botswana 
• Gaspard Twafirayezu, Minister of Education Primary and Secondary Education Rwanda
• Douglas Syakalima, Minister of Education, Zambia

Moderated by: Manos Antoninis, Director, GEM Report UNESCO

12:35- 13:20

ROUNDTABLE 3- Experts

• David Hollow, Research Director, EdTech Hub
• Wayne Homes,  Associate Professor in the UCL Knowledge Lab at University College London
• Silvia Montoya, Institute of Statistics, UNESCO
• Renato Opertti, Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Hybrid Education at the Catholic University of Uruguay and Senior Expert at the UNESCO International Bureau of Education

Moderated by: Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

13:20 - 13:30

Closing

• Gonzalo Baroni, National Director of Education, Uruguay

Opportunities and challenges of digital education in teacher training, inclusion and closing gender gaps

Auditorium- Hotel Hyatt Center

Master of ceremony: Carina Novarese, journalist from Uruguay

15:00 - 16:00

Opening:  

• María Florencia Ripani, Director, Ceibal Foundation Uruguay
• Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

Panel- international development:

• Alejandra Vargas, Programme officer, IDRC
• Italo Dutra, Regional education advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF
• Andrea Bergamaschi, Senior Education Specialist, Education Division, Inter-American Development Bank
• Romina Kasman, Education Specialist -Head of Education Sector UNESCO Multi-country Office in San Jose

Panel- public policies

• Fiorella Haim, General manager of Ceibal
• Martín Felipe Cáceres Murrie, Director of the Innovation Centre, Ministry of Education of Chile
• Linda Barahona, General Director of Educational Technology Innovation at the Ministry of Education of Honduras (pre-recorded video)
• Lilian Dematei, General Director of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Culture of Paraguay
• Ana Laura Martínez, Regional Cooperation Coordinator at Cetic.br under the auspices of UNESCO
• Raquel Núñez Elizondo, Strategic coordinator, CECC-SICA (pre-recorded video).
• Yenny Lisset Rivas Mendrano, Gender Manager, Ministry of Education of El Salvador (prerecorded video)

Closing

• María Eugenia Alonso, ADELA network coordinator, Ceibal Foundation
• Valtencir Méndez, Chief of Education, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago

AUDITORIUM - HOTEL HYATT CENTER

Master of ceremony: Carina Novarese, journalist from Uruguay

16:00 - 17:15

Opening

• Mirna Parra, Technical manager, Ceibal

Expert panel: 

• Fernando Salvatierra, Programme Specialist on ICT, Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, IIEP-UNESCO
• Santiago Cueto, Senior Researcher, GRADE

Exchange panel with technology providers:

• Francisco Anello, Global Senior VP of Education de Aleph
• Representative Fundación Telefónica
• 3 Representatives to be confirmed

Moderated by:  Ana Castillo, Senior Specialist, IDB LAB

A closed roundtable with ministers of education, UNESCO representatives and heads of international organizations from Latin America to analyze the use of technology in education in the region under the lenses of relevance, equity, scalability, and sustain

Event organized by Ceibal Foundation

Streaming

Master of ceremony: Carina Novarese, journalist from Uruguay

8:45 - 9:00

High-level opening

• Stefania Giannini, Assistant director general for Education, UNESCO
• Pablo da Silveira, Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay
• Leandro Folgar, President, Ceibal Foundation and Ceibal, Uruguay

PANEL I – Education technology, governance, and public policies

9:05 - 9:35

• Jose Mauricio Pineda,  Minister of Education, El Salvador
• Daniel Esponda, Ministro de Educación, Honduras  
• Nicolás Zárate Rojas, Minister of Education, Paraguay
• Pablo da Silveira, Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay

Moderated by: Gonzalo Baroni, Director of National Education, Uruguay

PANEL 2 – Ceibal: Innovation and digital transformation

9.35 - 10.00

Keynote speaker: Leandro Folgar, President of the Ceibal Foundation and Ceibal

Learning from the Future: Fiorella Haim, General Manager of Ceibal

Panel:

• Irene González, Data and Behavioural Sciences Manager, Ceibal
• Martín Anza, Information Technology  Manager, Ceibal 
• Carinna Bálsamo, Manager Education and Deep Learning, Ceibal

COFFEE BREAK 

10:00 - 10:30

Sample of projects of the Education Sector Fund: Digital Inclusion

PANEL 3- Digital transformation in Latin America and in the Global South

10:30 - 10:55

• Valtencir Méndes, Chief of Education, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago
• Mercedes Mateo Díaz, Chief of Education, Inter-American Development Bank (pre-recorded video)
• Federico Burone, Acting Vice-Presidente Programs and Partnerships, IDRC
• Andrés Delich, Assistant General Secretary, OEI
• Jaime Saavedra, Director Global Education Practice, World Bank
• Charles North, Deputy CEO, Global Partnership for Education 

Moderated by: Guillermina Tiramonti, Researcher at FLACSO

PANEL 4 – Technology for inclusive, equitable, scalable, and sustainable education in Latin America

10:55 - 11:25

Keynote speaker:  María Florencia Ripani, Director, Ceibal Foundation Uruguay

Panel:

• Javier González, Director, SUMMA
• Estefanía Charvet, Director of Research, Southern Voice
• Julia Sant'Anna, Executive Director of CIEB (pre-recorded video)
• Florencio Ceballos, Senior Program Specialist with the Knowledge Innovation Exchange Program (KIX), IDRC
• Magdalena Brier, CEO, ProFuturo

Moderated by: Marttn Benavides, Director IIEP UNESCO 

PANEL 5 - Education in technology and innovation: challenges and opportunities

11:25 - 11:50

Panel:

• Pablo Cevallos Estarellas,  Head of IIEP-UNESCO Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Erika Molina, Specialist, IADB Lab
• Robert Silva, President of the Central Board of Directors, ANEP
• Claudia Costin, founder and director of the Centre for Excellence and Innovation in Education Policy at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (pre-recorded video)

Moderated by: Agustín Porres, LATAM Regional Director, Varkey Foundation

PANEL 6 – Research in education and technology: towards an innovative and inclusive agenda 

11:50 - 12:20

Panel:

• Ernesto Fernández Polcuch, Director, UNESCO Montevideo
• Flavio Caiafa, President, ANII
• Denise Vaillant, Dean of the Institute of Education and Director of the Doctoral Programme in Education, ORT University
• Rodrigo Arim, Rector, University of the Republic of Uruguay
• Mariano Fernández Enguita, Professor of Sociology and Academic Coordinator of the Doctorate in Education at the Complutense University of Madrid (pre-recorded video)
• María del Mar Montoya, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Uruguay

Moderated by:  Adriana Aristimuño, Sectoral Director of Educational Planning, ANEP Uruguay

PANEL 7 - Keynote panel: Learning, data and smart systems

12:20 - 12:55  

Keynote speakers:

• Wayne Holmes, Associate Professor in the UCL Knowledge Lab, University College London.
• Leandro Folgar, President, Ceibal Foundation and Ceibal
• Borhene Chakroun, Director of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems Division at UNESCO-Headquarters and interim Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

Moderated by: Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report   

Closing

12:55 - 13:00

• María Florencia Ripani, Director, Ceibal Foundation

Sample of projects of the Education Sector Fundo: Digital Inclusion, Ceibal Foundation and  National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII)

13:00 - 14.00

Sample of projects of the Education Sector Fundo: Digital Inclusion

Event organized by UNESCO at Semprún building (Catholic University of Uruguay)

2:30-2:35 pm

Welcome remarks

Welcoming remarks by the Rector of the Catholic University of Uruguay, P- Dr. Julio Fernández Techer

2:35-3:15 pm

High-level panel

• María Brown, Minister of Education, Ecuador
• Nicolás Zárate Rojas, Minister of Education, Paraguay
• Daniel Esponda, Minister of Education, Honduras
• Robert Silva, National Director ANEP

Moderated by: Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General for Education, UNESCO

3:15-3:50 pm

Panel I: UNESCO’s work on technology in education – present and future perspectives

• Martín Benavides, director, IIEP-UNESCO
• Sobhi Tawil, director, Future of Learning and Innovation, UNESCO
• Silvia Montoya, Director, Unesco Institute for Statistics
• Valtencir Mendes, Chief of Education, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago

Moderated by: Borhene Chakroun, Director of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems Division at UNESCO and interim Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

3:50-4:10 pm

 Coffee break

4:10- 4:50 pm

Panel II: Public policies and innovations on the digital era

• Pablo Bartol, Social and Human Development Manager, CAF
• Daniela Trucco, Senior Social Affairs Officer, ECLAC
• Leandro Folgar, President, Ceibal
• Andrea Bergamaschi, Senior Specialist, IADB 
• Conrad Hughes, Director, International School of Geneva 

Moderated by: Alejandra Cardini, Coordinator of Knowledge Management and Mobilization, Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, IIEP-UNESCO

4:50-5:25 pm

Panel III: Technologies in the processes of educational, curricular and pedagogical transformation and their impact on teaching, learning and assessment processes

• Tamara Díaz, Director of Education, OEI
• Mara Borchardt, Pedagogical Advisor, Fundación Sadosky
• María José Velásquez, Digital Education Specialist, UNICEF LACRO
• Lucia Dellagnello, Consultant on Digital Education
• Renato Opertti, Senior Expert, International Bureau of Education UNESCO 

Moderated by: Ernesto Fernández Polcuch, Director UNESCO Montevideo

5:25-5:30 pm 

Closing

• Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

9:00 am -11:00 am 

• Rethinking the role of technologies from the perspective of the actors: who do we need to strengthen educational ecosystems in the region? (SUMMA and UNICEF LACRO)

10:00- 12:00 pm 

• Monitoring of digital education policies in Latin America: current situation and challenges (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago, UNESCO Montevideo, UIS, GEM Report)

12:30-16:30 pm

• Visit to Ceibal (by invitation only)

15:00-16:30 pm

• Technology in education in early childhood care and education (OMEP, GCE, OAS and GEM Report)