On October 18-19, 2024, “CONNECTED-2024: International Conference on Shaping the Future” will be organised in the capital of Kazakhstan.
It is expected that totally about 1,500 delegates from more than 20 countries will attend the conference over two days.
The conference’s mission is to understand the image of the future through a worldview-based, value-oriented approach. The world needs to understand the worth of human values, innovation, collaboration, and the education of future generations now more than ever.
It is expected that totally about 1,500 delegates from more than 20 countries will attend the conference over two days.
The conference’s mission is to understand the image of the future through a worldview-based, value-oriented approach. The world needs to understand the worth of human values, innovation, collaboration, and the education of future generations now more than ever.
“Values are not the past, but the present and the future. Values do not separate, but unite and create interaction. By changing the way we see and interact with the world through education and innovation, we change the future. This is the philosophy of our conference,” Ruslan Zhemkov, general producer of the CONNECTED conference, GreenTech and ClimateTech entrepreneur.
The Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sayasat Nurbek and the Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Gani Beisembayev will take part in the conference.
Nobel laureates, scientists, writers, statesmen, founders, and executives from the leading global EdTech firms are among the speakers.
Among them are the following international experts:
The conference agenda includes three main topic directions.
1. Future Shaping (Awareness of the future) - creating a new form and map of the future.
This direction involves the discussion of global narratives that allow us to present a new picture of the future. Includes issues of forecasting and modeling the future, different views of cultures, political systems and values.
2. Future Education & Science (Education and science of the future) - a session dedicated to education, which is actually essential for the future.
It will explore how to reimagine current and future education systems that prepare students for a changing world through the lens of global narratives. The participants will also discuss the latest innovations in teaching and adaptation of methods, systems and formats of education to new challenges. The main idea is a conscious view of education.
3. EdTech and Impact Entrepreneurship (Educational technologies and Impact Entrepreneurship) - meaning, impact and benefits of education in the new world. How can technology and innovation in education (the use of AI) transform global views and create Impact? How does supporting sustainable educational practices through the use of modern technologies work? Speakers of this session will be looking for answers to these and other questions.
Organizers emphasize that CONNECTED 2024 will bring together global change agents and participants ready to contribute to social progress and share energy, passion, knowledge and time.
In general, all speeches and sessions within the conference accumulate and develop ideas based on a value-oriented approach.
The event platform is intended to become a tool for uniting people and cultivating the most important universal human ideals.
The organizer of the large-scale event is the Center for Regional Studies, and one of the key partners is the Foundation for Sustainable Development of Education.
Venue is EXPO Congress Center.
Website is www.connected.kz.
Contacts for Mass Media:
+7 702 888 3138
+7 778 577 3866
+7 701 216 88 62
E-mail: media@connected.kz
Nobel laureates, scientists, writers, statesmen, founders, and executives from the leading global EdTech firms are among the speakers.
Among them are the following international experts:
- Rae Kwon Chung, Nobel Laureate in Green Economy, Director of Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future (South Korea)
- Mark Minevich, Best selling author, AI expert, strategist (USA)
- Younes Bensouda, Professor of AI at Standford university, creator of AI courses (USA)
- Gerd Leonhard, Futurist, humanist, writer, founder of the Good Future project (Switzerland).
- Christina von Messling, Futurologist; Head of Europe, Future Today Institute (USA).
- Yong Zhao, Professor at Kansas University, expert on reforms in the education system, recognized as one of the most influential scientists in the world in the field of education (USA)
- Peter Frankopan, historian, professor at Oxford University, author of a bestseller «The Silkroads: a new history of the world» (UK)
- Monika Bielskyte, Futurist, speculative designer, futurist adviser to Disney/Marvel's Black Panther world (South Africa)
- Tanja Shindler, President of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Foresight Advisor to the EU Comission (Germany)
- Peggy Liu, Сhinese Green Goddess, advocate for green development, CEO Tornado Leadership (China)
- Bronwyn Williams, Futurist, Trend Analyst, Economist, UNDP Futures Fellow (South Africa)
- Nikolaz Foucaud, COURSERA Managing Director, for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Enterprise (UK).
- Ben Nelson, President, Minerva University (USA).
The conference agenda includes three main topic directions.
1. Future Shaping (Awareness of the future) - creating a new form and map of the future.
This direction involves the discussion of global narratives that allow us to present a new picture of the future. Includes issues of forecasting and modeling the future, different views of cultures, political systems and values.
2. Future Education & Science (Education and science of the future) - a session dedicated to education, which is actually essential for the future.
It will explore how to reimagine current and future education systems that prepare students for a changing world through the lens of global narratives. The participants will also discuss the latest innovations in teaching and adaptation of methods, systems and formats of education to new challenges. The main idea is a conscious view of education.
3. EdTech and Impact Entrepreneurship (Educational technologies and Impact Entrepreneurship) - meaning, impact and benefits of education in the new world. How can technology and innovation in education (the use of AI) transform global views and create Impact? How does supporting sustainable educational practices through the use of modern technologies work? Speakers of this session will be looking for answers to these and other questions.
Organizers emphasize that CONNECTED 2024 will bring together global change agents and participants ready to contribute to social progress and share energy, passion, knowledge and time.
In general, all speeches and sessions within the conference accumulate and develop ideas based on a value-oriented approach.
The event platform is intended to become a tool for uniting people and cultivating the most important universal human ideals.
The organizer of the large-scale event is the Center for Regional Studies, and one of the key partners is the Foundation for Sustainable Development of Education.
Venue is EXPO Congress Center.
Website is www.connected.kz.
Contacts for Mass Media:
+7 702 888 3138
+7 778 577 3866
+7 701 216 88 62
E-mail: media@connected.kz