Skip to content
  • City of Helsinki
  • Give feedback
Helsinki Channel

    Helsinki Channel

    Give feedbackCity homepageInformation about Helsinki Channel

    City of Helsinki
    © City of Helsinki 2025
    |Accessibility|Terms of use|Data protection

    Sustainable Cities Discussion Forum 27.10.2022, part 1

    Published: 27/10/2022 | Available to watch: 01/01/2050 | Subtitles: English - Sustainable Cities Discussion Forum 27.10.2022, part 1 | Views: 83
    Sustainable Cities Discussion Forum

    The Sustainable Cities Discussion Forum series, initiated by the City of Helsinki and the UN University UNU-WIDER, continues on its second edition in collaboration with HundrED Innovation Summit. This time the focus will be on the future of education, in line with the event’s theme Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 4 “Quality Education”.

    Day two will take place at the Helsinki City Hall on Thursday 27 October with HundrED’s Innovation Showcase on how to stay resilient and hopeful for the future, featuring interactive workshops, panel discussions and insightful presentations on thinking creatively about the future of education. The day’s speakers include author and journalist Anya Kamenetz on COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on children, and a panel discussion featuring Deputy Mayor for Education of the City of Helsinki Nasima Razmyar, Harvard EASEL-lab  Director Stephanie M. Jones, Lauren Walker from Apple Schools Canda and KiVa Antibullying-programme Director Anna Murgo.

    The event will be moderated by former Yle News reporter Denise Wall.

    Programme:

    10.00
    Welcome

    10.05
    Innovation Showcase
    •    Stephanie M. Jones, Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development, Director of EASEL Lab
    •    Isaac Success Omoyele, Founder at Dreams From The Slum Empowerment Initiative
    •    Jenn Flynn, Apple Schools, Canada
    •    Palarp Jumpasut, Associate Director, Room to Read, Bangladesh

    10.50–11.15
    The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, and where we go now?
    Anya Kamenetz, journalist & author

    14.15–15.00
    Thinking Creatively about Educational Futures
    Framed and hosted by Fazal Rizvi, Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne

    Panelists
    •    Nasima Razmyar, Deputy Mayor for Education, City of Helsinki
    •    Janhvi M Kanoria, Director Of the Innovation Development Directorate, Education Above All Foundation
    •    Stephen Harris, Co-Founder, LearnLife, Spain & Australia
    •    Rodrigo Oliveira, Research Associate, UNU-WIDER

    15.00
    Close of the event

    Further information
     

    Categories

    Kasvatus ja koulutusKeskushallinto

    Recommended

    Caruselview
    1 / 0

    Sustainable Cities Discussion Forum