9th International Skills Forum: Reimagining Education and Skills Development for a New Normal
23 to 27 August 2021
The International Skills Forum is ADB’s flagship event in education that is held every two years. In 2021, the 9th International Skills Forum highlighted approaches to:
  • Improving learning for all at scale;
  • Preparing learners with better employability and 21st-century skills; and
  • Forging smart partnerships to reimagine education reforms for a new normal drawing on lessons learned from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Objectives

The forum aimed to:

  • Showcase transformational practices in K–12, technical and vocational education and training, and higher education to ensure learning and employability;
  • Bring together representatives from government, private sector, and other development partners involved in education and training to present innovative good practices;
  • Ensure skills development is guided by evidence;
  • Inspire experts and developing member country counterparts, and promote collaboration with key stakeholders to incorporate new approaches to design and implement innovative projects and programs in education and training.

The Program and full Agenda can be accessed here.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Webinar Recording Plenary Video
This video featured Welcome Remarks and Keynote Addresses.
Opening Plenary Opening Remarks
Bambang Susantono
Introduction Forum Objectives and Introduction Brajesh Panth, Chief of Education Sector Group, ADB
Keynote Address How to Reimagine Education and Skills Development in an Age of Uncertainty and Technological Disruption? H.E. Nadiem Anwar Makarim, Minister of Education of Indonesia
Panel Discussion Future of Education (Power of Convergence) Featuring the Yidan Prize Foundation Council of Luminaries
Video Webinar Recording: Future of Education (Power of Convergence) Featuring the Yidan Prize Foundation Council of Luminaries
This panel discussion featured Yidan Council of Luminaries on Future of Education and Reimagining Education
Presentation 1 Convergence of Brain Science with Education
Patricia Kuhl
Presentation 2 Convergence of Psychology with Education with Growth Mindset
Carol Dweck
Presentation 3 Convergence of Digital Education from High Resource Context to Scale/Mainstream to Low Resource Context
Anant Agarwal
Presentation 4 Convergence of Research and Evidence with Practice
Erum Mariam
Video Webinar Recording: Educating Girls to Create a Green, Resilient, and Equal World
How can we support girls and young women to gain the required skills in the transition to a greener and more resilient world? This session will…
Presentation 1 Educating Girls to Create a Green, Resilient, and Equal World
Presentation 2 Investing in Girls' STEM and Digital Skills
Sheeba Herma
Video Webinar Recording: Skilling Asia's Healthcare Workforce
Almost all countries in Asia and the Pacific, irrespective of their level of development, have embraced the goal of working towards Universal Health…
Presentation 1 Skilling Asia's Healthcare Workforce (before the pandemic)
Eduardo Banzon
Presentation 2 Skilling Asia Asia-Pacific's Healthcare Workforce: The Global Backdrop
James Buchan
Presentation 3 Health Workforce Challenges and Interventions: Thailand’s Experiences
Nonglak Pagaiya
Video Webinar Recording: Towards Universal Digital Access in Education: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic and Future Strategies
This session reviews the current state of broadband Internet access to schools and students and the global, regional, and national efforts to close…
Presentation 1 Giga: An initiative to Connect Every School to the Internet
Samantha O’Riordan
Presentation 2 Telenor Group
Manisha Dogra
Presentation 3 Digital Access in Education: Lessons Learned from Indonesia
Yudho Giri Sucahyo
Video Webinar Recording: Entrepreneurship in the Futhaure of Agriculture
With the international community and countries speeding up their responses to the challenges of agricultural development and current threats,…
Presentation 1 Introduction to the Korean Startup Policies
Young-Tae Kim
Presentation 2 KU Experience: Empowering Entrepreneurial Skills for the Agricultural Sector
Chutima Waisarayutt
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Keynote Address Evidence-Driven Ed-Tech
Karthik Muralidharan
Keynote Address Reimagining Education through Technology: An Ecosystem Lens
Gouri Gupta
Video Webinar Recording: Keynote Address on Reimagining Education through Adaptive Learning: Evidence and Implications on Scaling Up Quality and Equity
Panel Discussion Webinar Recording: Panel Discussion: Transformational Digital Learning—Insights and Reflections
Presentation 1 Transformational Digital Learning Learning— Insights and Reflections on Student Assessment
Carmen Strigel
Presentation 2 Digital Education Readiness Index Toolkit and Framework - Ecosystem Approach to Education Technology Adoptions
Jian Jeffrey Xu
Presentation 3 Technology Education
Madhav Chavan
Presentation 4 A Case for a Systems Approach to EdTech
Akanksha Bapna
Video Education Innovations: Lasse Leponiemi, Co-Founder, Executive Director, HundrEd (FIN)
Presentation Education Innovations
Lasse Leponiemi
Video Webinar Recording: Assistive Technology for Education
Presentation Assistive Technology for Education Eric Ju Yoon Kim, CEO & Co-Founder of Dot Inc. (RoK)
Video Webinar Recording: Responding to COVID 19 Teacher Professional Development
Responding to COVID-19: Teacher Professional Development: Vignesh Naidu, Director, Operations, The HEAD Foundation and Carmela Oracion, Ateneo Center…
Presentation Responding to COVID-19: Teacher Professional Development
Vignesh Naidu, Carmela Oracion
Video Good Practice in STEM education
The first part of the session shares some best practices in STEM education as well as some of the key findings from an ADB-funded study to map the…
Presentation 1 Introduction to STEAM Turku Model
Matti Mäkelä , Niina Salonen
Presentation 2 General Findings from STEM Education Study in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Cambodia
R. Subramaniam, John Denny
Video Webinar Recording: Panel Discussion on Assessment Platforms
Panel Discussion on Assessment Platforms Moderator: Kevin Corbin, Education Specialist (Skills Development), ADB Speakers: Frank van…
Presentation 1 All Children Learning Assessment Platform (ACLAP)
Frank van Cappelle
Presentation 2 Presentation on Formative Assessment App - Tangerine: Teach in Kyrgyzstan
Aikynai Yusupova
Presentation 3 Digital Skills Assessment Framework for Life -Long Learning
Yuhyun Park
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Keynote Address Webinar Recording: Skills Development or Human Transformation?
Panel Discussion Future of Skills and Jobs in the Context of Technological Disruption
Video Webinar Recording: Future of Skills and Jobs in the Context of Technological Disruption
Lightning Talk/Setting the Stage TVET-based Start-up Ideation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship: Institutionally or Nationally?
Presentation
Speakers Ben Ong, Expert, Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI), WEF
Speakers John Trew, Education Specialist, UNICEF
Speakers Borhene Chakroun, Director of the Division for Policies and Lifelong Learning systems, UNESCO
Innovation Marketplace: Showcase Five Innovations in TVET
Video Webinar Recording: Digital Credentials via Blockchain
Presentation Digitize Certification using Blockchain Technology
Tim Miller
Video Webinar Recording: Next Generation Education in TVET Context
Presentation 1 Next Generation Education in TVET Context
Mika Luimula
Speakers Ossi Tuusvuori, Senior Advisor, Lingsoft
Speakers Teemu Lähde, Development Manager, TTS Development
Presentation Maarit Pihl, COO, Kiwa Inspecta/ADE
Video Webinar Recording: IR4.0 Skills Training - Competence Centre for Digitalization, Technology and Innovation
Presentation 1 Competence Centre for Digitalization, Technology and Innovation
Volker Schmid, Markus Wächter
Presentation 2 Apprenticeships and Technology: Introducing a Digital Version of Structured On On-the -Job Training
Ronald Jacobs, Dawn Snyder
Video: TVET-based Start-up Ideation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship: Institutionally or Nationally?
Presentation 1 TVET-based Start-up Ideation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship: Institutionally or Nationally?
Samuel Ang
Presentation 2 Good Practice in Start-Up Incubation
Kajal Sanghrajka
Panel Discussion TVET Embracing Digital Learning
Video Webinar Recording: TVET Embracing Digital Learning
Speakers Danny Gauch, Director General, Worlddidac
Speakers Nader Imani, President, Worlddidac
Speakers Anshul Sonak, Principal Engineer & Senior Director- Global Digital Readiness Programs, Intel
Speakers TVET in the Industry 4.0: SEAMEO Scenario
Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela
Speakers Innovation in TVET Professional Development
Ramhari Lamichhane
Speakers Lincoln Electric
Dorothee Anne Schmid
Speakers Sharing 30 years of Experience by Festo
Reinhard Pittschellis
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Keynote Address Webinar Recording: Future of Higher Education and Digital Transformation
Presentation Future of Higher Education and Digital Transformation Malabika Sarkar, Vice Chancellor of Ashoka University
Panel Discussion Future of Higher Education and Digital Transformation—Impact of MOOCs
Video Webinar Recording: Webinar Recording: Future of Higher Education and Digital Transformation—Impact of MOOCs
Presentation 1 Improve the University Industry Cooperation System: Why and How?
Ha Wei
Presentation 2 Software-centered University Program in Korea
Yunmook Nah
Presentation 3 Indonesia Cyber Education to Prepare for IR4.0
Paulina Pannen
Presentation 4 Future of Innovation, Science, and Technology in Viet Nam
Pham Hong Quat
Innovation Marketplace: Innovations in the Use of Technology in Transforming Higher Education
Video Webinar Recording: Innovating Higher Education for Sustainable Food Production
Presentation Innovating Higher Education for Sustainable Food Production
Peter van Tuijl, Anastashia Rosye
Video Webinar Recording: Capacity and Curriculum Development in Higher Education
Presentation Digital Innovations in STEM Learning & Teaching
James Harland
Video Webinar Recording: R&D/Innovation
Presentation R&D Innovation: EcoLabs Center for Innovation for Energy
Jayson Koh, Stanislav Borisov, Rithika Thomas
Presentation R&D and Innovation: Activities in Hue Industrial College( HueIC ) for COVID-19 Pandemic Mitigation
Pham Van Quan
Video Webinar Recording: Medical School Innovation for the Response to Infectious Diseases Like COVID-19
Presentation Medical School Innovation for the Response to Infectious Diseases Like COVID-19
Sungmin Kim
Panel Discussion ADB Higher Education projects in South and Southeast Asia
Video Webinar Recording: ADB Higher Education projects in South and Southeast Asia
Speakers COVID-19 and the Changes in Higher Education in Sri Lanka
Sampath Amaratunge
Presentation Indonesia Cyber Education Institute Initiative in Indonesia
Paulina Pannen
Presentation Higher Education Projects in South Asia
Gi Soon Song
Presentation Higher Education Projects in Indonesia
Fook Yen Chong

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Brajesh Panth
  • Dorothy Geronimo

ADB Organizer/s

  • Human and Social Development Sector Office
  • Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Topics

  • Education