XVIII World Congress of Comparative Education Societies
Fostering Inclusive Ecologies of Knowledge: Education for Equitable and Sustainable Futures
22-26 July 2024, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Plenaries Final Program
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Day 1 Plenary Opening Session: Monday, July 22, 2024
8:30 am to 9:10 am
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
Welcome Address by WCCES President Professor N’Dri T. Assié-Lumumba
Welcome by Presidents of Co-Organizing Societies NGVO & IOCES
Professors Sylvia van de Bunt and Kanishka Bedi
Welcome Message by UNESCO Assistant Director General - Education
Ms. Stefania Giannini
Welcome by Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell University
Professor Peter Loewen
A Word of Welcome by Cornell University President Professor Michael Kotlikoff
Greetings Procession by Akan Group in the United States
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Native American Greetings and Well-Wishes​
Mr. Stephen Henhawk, Cornell University
Day 1 Plenary Sessions: Monday, July 22, 2024
9:15 am to 10:15 am
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
Keynote Speech by Professor Nelly Stromquist
Professor Emerita, University of Maryland, USA
10:15 am to 10:45 am
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
Presidential Panel: Akan Group in the United States
10:45 am to 12:15 pm
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
Presidential Panel: Fostering Inclusive Ecologies of Knowledge: Education for Equitable and Sustainable Futures
António Nóvoa
Tarcila Rivera Zea
Fernando Reimers
Elisa Guerra
Sobhi Tawil – Moderator
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
BioTechnology Building
Room G10
Congress Reception
Day 1 Reception: Monday, July 22, 2024
* BioTech Building is about 9 minutes walk from Klarman Hall
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Day 2 Plenaries: Tuesday, July 23, 2024
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
Keynote Speech by Professor Armando Alcantara
National Autonomous University of Mexico
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
“Unconference” interactive session with UNESCO Futures of Education
Day 3 Plenaries: Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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Keynote Speech by Professor Fons Trompenaars
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Presidential Panel: The Carnation Portuguese Revolution of 25th April 1974 - The power of transgression
N’Dri T. Assié-Lumumba (Chair)
António Teodoro
Pedro Lauret
Nuno Fraga
Teresa Teixeira Lopo
​José Cossa
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Presidential Panel: Aligning Higher Education to Address the Challenges and Opportunities of Global Society in the 21st Century
World Academy of Art and Science
Although the film School of Hope will be screened during this webinar, you can download it (61GB file) and view it beforehand to partake in the discussion with the director Mr. Mohamed El Aboudi: https://we.tl/t-6FNG5DClj7
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Film Screening & Discussion: School of Hope
Director & Writer: Mohamed El Aboudi
Discussion Moderator: Hugh Cameron McLean
Day 4 Plenary: Thursday, July 25, 2024
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
Keynote Speech by Professor Miki Sugimura
Sophia University, Japan
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
WCCES General Assembly
(Open to all the congress participants)
'Temple of Zeus' Cafeteria in Klarman Hall Atrium, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Day 5 Plenary (Closing): Friday, July 26, 2024
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
Keynote Speech by Dr. Sobhi Tawil, Director, Future of Learning and Innovation, UNESCO, Paris, France
11:30 am to 12:00 pm
Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium Klarman Hall Room KG70
Vote of Thanks and Closing
A Day in the Life of Klarman Hall
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