Notable Speaking Events and workshops:
GUEST SPEAKER:
Department of Computer Science – Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
Topic: Design and use of domain-specific programming languages
April 4th 2022
Event details: Invited speaker by Professor Lauri Malmi to the Computing Education Research and Educational Technology Research Group at Aalto University.
GUEST SPEAKER:
Helsinki University – Helsinki, Finland
Topic: Programming music with Sonic Pi promotes positive attitudes for beginners
May 6th 2022
Event details: Invited speaker by Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen to the Learning, Culture and Interventions (LECI) research community at Helsinki University.
OPENING KEYNOTE:
Global innovation trends in education
June 15th 2019
Location: Shenzhen, China; Audience: 1500 education professionals; Event details: Opening ceremony of the 3rd Learners’ Innovation Forum on Education (LIFE) in Shenzhen.
GUEST SPEAKER:
German Schools Schulkongress plus: LERNdialoge Schulinnovati onen aus aller Welt
June 2021
PANELIST:
How To Engage Parents In Education & Why We Should
Talking with: Lauren Ziegler – Project Director at Brookings Institution; Larry Corio – Program Lead IDEO, Yu-Ling Cheng – Ambassador & Marketing Director Kidsburg
March 2021
GUEST SPEAKER:
Artificial Intelligence in Education
September 2017
Location: Australian Academy of Science, Canberra Australia
Audience: Academics in science from Australia and New Zealand
GUEST SPEAKER:
HundrED 2020 Innovation Selection Journey
November 6th, 2019
Location: Tennispalatsi, Helsinki, Finland
Audience: Invitation only event for leading innovators, implementers and funders in education.
Event details: The 2019 Innovation Summit brings a renewed focus on HundrED’s mission to help children flourish and provide quality education for all.
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR:
Workshop on Wellbeing
November 5th 2019
Location: Supercell
Audience: Leaders and entrepreneurs from around the world
GUEST SPEAKER:
Employability project research process
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Audience: Invitation only event for leading Chinese Speaking Educators in Taiwan.
Event details: This event is co-organized together with HundrED and the Sayling Wen Cultural and Educational Foundation to start their NXTEducator program on the theme of employability. This was a joint talk with Yi-Hwa Liou, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Management at the National Taipei University of Education.