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 ONE: Empathy and Emotional Intelligence
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.
9:00: (GMT+2) Welcome by MC, main sponsors and ODA
9:30 – 10:30: (GMT+2) Inspirator Stories
- Alex Bell FRSA FCCT, UK: Founding Director of Portland Education, Co-founder of Xtalks
- Blessing Akpan, Uyo, Nigeria: Co-founder of LinkOnlineLearners
- Gabi Immelman, Cape Town, SA: Founder of MindJoy
- Nisha Ligon, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Founder of Ubongo, Africa’s leading kids’ edutainment company
- Dr Anna Msowoya-Keys, Malawi: Founder of Maloto & Mzuzu International Academy
*To learn more about the 2020 ODA INSPIRATORS click on their names above to read their bios.
BREAK: 10:30 – 11:30 (GMT+2):
- Enjoy great music talent from Cape Town while they are performing in different locations at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town
- Exclusive virtual coffee sessions with speakers. Only 15 seats available per speaker. Book your seat directly on Eventbrite
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