We need to rethink our education systems for an uncertain future. Climate change, AI, automation, conflict, displacement, and youth leadership mean business as usual in our classrooms and schools isn’t serving our children well.
What are the future systems we need? How do we get from here to there? In this session, we’ll share our key lessons learned from asking these questions over a series of eight ‘future systems’ roundtables with 150 global education leaders including students, policymakers, donors, teachers, civil society leaders, and researchers.
As well as encountering surprising and powerful ideas, you will be invited to contribute your own perspectives on the future systems we need, helping to advance our shared understanding for what it will take to develop all students holistically as leaders.
Objectives
- Participants will know some of the implications AI, automation, climate change, and conflict will have for education
- Participants will deepen their understanding of the shifts we need in our education systems
- Participants will generate new ideas and insights about the shifts we need and how to make them
Format
1x 60-minute session on Zoom
Language
English
Date & Time
May 5, 2026 2-3PM UTC Check your time conversion here
Registration closing date: 4 May 2026
Meet Your Facilitator
Alex Beard
Alex Beard is a Chief Learning Officer (Systems) at the Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future, and the Head of Community Impact at Teach For All. He leads Teach For All’s efforts to learn about how systems can develop students holistically.
أليكس بيرد هو كبير مسؤولي التعلم (النظم) في المعهد العالمي لبناء مستقبل أفضل، ورئيس قسم الأثر المجتمعي في علّم لأجل الجميع. ويتولى قيادة جهود علّم لأجل الجميع لمعرفة كيفية مساهمة النظم في تنمية الطلبة بشكل شمولي.
Alex Beard est Chief Learning Officer (Systems) au Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future, et Head of Community Impact chez Teach For All où il est chargé d’étudier les systèmes qui peuvent favoriser le développement holistique des élèves.
Alex Beard es Director de Aprendizaje (Sistemas) en el Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future (Instituto Global para construir un futuro mejor) y responsable de impacto comunitario en Teach For All. Dirige los esfuerzos de Teach For All para aprender cómo los sistemas pueden desarrollar a los estudiantes de manera integral.
We need to rethink our education systems for an uncertain future. Climate change, AI, automation, conflict, displacement, and youth leadership mean business as usual in our classrooms and schools isn’t serving our children well.
What are the future systems we need? How do we get from here to there? In this session, we’ll share our key lessons learned from asking these questions over a series of eight ‘future systems’ roundtables with 150 global education leaders including students, policymakers, donors, teachers, civil society leaders, and researchers.
As well as encountering surprising and powerful ideas, you will be invited to contribute your own perspectives on the future systems we need, helping to advance our shared understanding for what it will take to develop all students holistically as leaders.
Objectives
- Participants will know some of the implications AI, automation, climate change, and conflict will have for education
- Participants will deepen their understanding of the shifts we need in our education systems
- Participants will generate new ideas and insights about the shifts we need and how to make them
Format
1x 60-minute session on Zoom
Language
English
Date & Time
May 5, 2026 2-3PM UTC Check your time conversion here
Registration closing date: 4 May 2026
