'Glocal Future Education Expo' D-13... A New Hope for Jeonnam's Future Education

22 Countries Participating, Keynote Speeches by Michael Sandel and Others

The ‘2024 Glocal Future Education Expo’ is garnering expectations as an opportunity to announce the ‘Great Transformation of Future Education’ that cultivates global citizens and to find new hope for Jeonnam education.

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education will jointly host the ‘2024 Glocal Future Education Expo’ with the Ministry of Education, Jeonnam Province, and Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education at the Yeosu World Expo Site for five days from the 29th of this month to June 2nd.

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Jeonnam Province, and the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education, will hold the "2024 Glocal Future Education Expo" at the Yeosu World Expo Center. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

The expo will be grandly held on a site of 87,000㎡, which corresponds to about 50% of the total area of the Yeosu World Expo Site, with participation from 22 countries under the theme ‘Education for Symbiosis, Sustainable Future.’

Educational officials from 12 countries including China, Australia, India, Malaysia, Japan, Morocco, Canada, the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, T?rkiye, Vietnam, and Mongolia will gather to present over 20 future education exhibition halls together with 112 domestic and international companies and institutions, providing opportunities to experience glocal future classes.

The classes will be conducted under four main themes: ▲Global Citizenship (Multicultural) ▲Digital ▲Regional Connection ▲Ecological Transition, with about 320 Jeonnam teachers showcasing the glocal future class model proposed for the first time in Jeonnam.

Keynote lectures will continue for five days featuring world-renowned scholars such as Harvard University Professor Michael Sandel, former President of the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Singapore Tan Un Seng, Thomas Frey, Director of the Da Vinci Institute, Paul Kim, Associate Dean at Stanford University in the U.S., and robotics expert Dennis Hong.

Professor Michael Sandel, who will deliver the opening day lecture, will engage deeply with students in discussions and Q&A sessions on the theme of ‘Education for Symbiosis,’ focusing on overcoming the regional extinction crisis facing Korean society and the direction of education.

In particular, intense behind-the-scenes competition is underway for pre-viewing seats to listen to the lecture of the philosopher known as the most influential living figure.

Park Sun-mi, the head of the promotion team, stated, “The Glocal Future Education Expo is significantly different from existing expos. Previous expos were merely about exhibiting educational equipment and promoting reading education festivals.” She added, “However, this expo will be a grand stage presenting a new paradigm of future education that Jeonnam education aims to realize.”

She continued, “Changing the world through education is the great transformation of education. Through this expo, Jeonnam education will practice this transformation and turn Jeonnam’s crisis into an opportunity and a new beginning.” She added, “Currently, more than 400 teachers are participating together to prepare the classes.”

She also emphasized, “We selected edutech and platforms to be used in schools by exchanging various opinions with leading edutech companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple. The solution to the future society affected by the development of science and technology, various social and cultural changes, and low birthrate and aging will lie in glocal education.” She stressed, “Among the 22 cities and counties in Jeonnam, 18 are facing the risk of regional extinction. Through glocal education, Jeonnam will grow as citizens who coexist with their regions and head toward the world, realizing the value of Jeonnam education.”

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