small is MASSIVE!
Join us for DAY 3 of #ODA2020 on 29 October at “Future-Ready Skills Day”, with Heads, Hands and Hearts. Appropriate Education and future skills are key to develop thriving futures! Let’s focus on the future of humanity – on the young minds we need to empower and enable so that they can design their own preferred futures as part of a world they will be proud to live, work and play in.
#OpenDesignAfrika is recommitting to our “pledge to design a better world” as we Livestream our online festival straight from the V&A Waterfront in #CapeTown, #SouthAfrica. #smallisMASSIVE!
Now is the time for educators and parents to action small seeds of change everywhere, to learn how to develop Creative Intelligence and future skills in every child. Through a series of dialogues, we will explore exciting global and Afrikan examples of disruption, hacking, skills and resources required for basic education and the important future role of Design Education.
SESSION FOUR: The power, role and future of Design Education
PROGRAMME: This session is FREE but registration is essential in order for you to receive the online link so that you can access our virtual platform on the day
15:20: (GMT+2) Welcome and introduction by MC
15:30– 16:30: (GMT+2) Inspirator Stories
- Prof Mariana Amatullo, New York, USA: President of CUMULUS
- Prof Mugendi K. M’Rithaa, Nairobi, Kenya: Former President of World Design Organisation
- Christopher Pandolfi, Toronto, Canada: World Design Organisation (WDO) & YCM team
- Ian Robert Marley, Cape Town, SA: Academic Head of Stellenbosch Academy
- Jean Claude Nsabimana, Cape Town, SA: former student of Stellenbosch Academy
*To learn more about the 2020 ODA INSPIRATORS click on their names above to read their bios.
Roundtable – Deep Dive! ONLY 40 seats available
16:45 – 17:45: (GMT+2) Roundtable hosted by Cumulus and WDO. TOPIC: Deep dive further into “The Future of Design Education”
Only 40 seats available for the public to join the roundtable session. Please book your seat on Eventbrite for this roundtable session.
17:45: (GMT+2) MC Conclude the day
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OFFICIAL HASHTAGS
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