2025 Daejeon Future Education Expo to Showcase Transformative Classrooms and Educational Innovation

Daejeon Office of Education to Host Expo at Daejeon Convention Center from November 25 to 27

Photo by Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education

The Daejeon Office of Education will host the "2025 Daejeon Future Education Expo" at Exhibition Hall 1 of the Daejeon Convention Center from November 25 to 27, under the slogan "Opening a Sustainable Future through Transformative Lessons and Innovative Education."

Now in its eighth year, the Daejeon Future Education Expo serves as a platform for exploring sustainable and future-oriented educational visions and development directions, offering insights into Daejeon's future educational capabilities and driving educational innovation.

This year's expo is organized around three themes: "Lesson Growth," "Educational Empathy," and "Policy Communication." It will feature a variety of engaging programs, including a healing cafe and an AI digital play zone, ensuring that all members of the education community can participate and enjoy the event.

Programs can also be checked through the expo platform, and on-site registration and participation will be available on the day of the event.

The opening ceremony, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on November 25, will include a screening of a future education video, a keynote lecture, and a tour of the expo hall, all aimed at education professionals.

The keynote lecture, titled "Life and Knowledge in the Age of AI," will be delivered by Choi Jaecheon, CEO of the Biodiversity Foundation, offering deep insights into humanity and the essence of education amid technological advancement.

The "Lesson Growth" section will function as a lesson archive, where kindergarten, elementary, middle, and special education teachers and students share classroom demonstrations outside the classroom, lesson-sharing sessions, and innovative classroom practices and tips from lesson innovation teachers.

Additionally, the expo will showcase a variety of student-centered lessons tailored to digital-native learners, including AI digital-based lessons, inquiry-based lessons, and the application of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, all developed through six months of in-depth collaborative lesson planning and teamwork.

Furthermore, the lesson archive will highlight the diverse case studies and practical efforts of lesson innovation teachers as learning designers, helping students develop core competencies through AI digital-based and concept-driven inquiry lessons in response to the evolving educational environment.

The "Educational Empathy" section will feature special lectures by renowned speakers, international forums, insight sessions, and educational conferences, providing opportunities to explore trends in future education, policy directions, and real-world educational cases.

In particular, there will be a variety of lectures, including a talk by Jeon Changbae, Chairman of the International Artificial Intelligence Ethics Association, on "The Role of Education Administrators in the Changing AI and Digital Environment," and a book concert titled "Their Day" by actor and author Cha Inpyo, winner of the Hwang Sunwon Literary Award.

The "Policy Communication" section will include a research school expo, where visitors can view and experience educational policy and research cases from schools, a student debate on educational policy, and a consensus roundtable. Notably, the research school expo, held in conjunction with the Daejeon Future Education Expo, will showcase the research achievements and outcomes of 47 research schools in one place.

The "Healing Zone" will offer a cafe zone, play zone, and photo zone for visitors. In particular, the play zone will provide hands-on experiences such as AI digital-based learning, robot coding, and augmented reality (AR) platforms, with interactive events for students, parents, and staff running throughout the expo.

Superintendent Seol Dongho stated, "In preparing for this expo, we have strived to reflect deeply on the vision and direction of future education and to capture the diverse voices from the field. I hope this will be a valuable time for all members of the education community-students, staff, parents, and Daejeon citizens-to take on new challenges and achieve growth in future education."

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