The panel discussion will bring together key stakeholders, including policymakers and frontline educators, in a discussion around the implications of global competence on education and the labor market. Panel discussions look at both the school level and the higher policy level.

The session will include the following participants:

UAE representative: H.E Dr. Rabaa Al Sumaiti, Director-General of Emirates Schools Establishment, UAE

Teacher Education expert: Prof. Anne Looney, Executive Dean, Institute of Education Dublin City University and President of the International Professional Development Association

Expert: Verónica Boix-Mansilla, Harvard Graduate School of Education, United States

Education leader: Fernando Reimers, Professor of the Practice in International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of The International Education Policy Program at Harvard University

Moderator: Andreas Schleicher, OECD Director for Education and Skills

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear case studies from practitioners and researchers who have already begun implementing global competence into teaching and learning. Audience members are then encouraged to ask questions and share their own experiences with global competence, as well as their ideas for incorporating it into teaching.

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