Global Learning Conference 2025

Global Learning Conference 2025

Welcome

15–16 June 2025

The Global Learning Conference in Africa convenes leading educators, thought leaders, policy and decision makers, entrepreneurs and multi-generational learners to address these systemic issues, to reshape the future of learning, and to drive impact at scale. The conference was co-founded by the Global Learning Council, the Villars Institute and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and the 2026 edition in Africa is co-hosted by the Rwanda Ministry of Education. This gathering offers a unique opportunity to collaborate across geographies, sectors and disciplines, to design resilient pathways for the future of learning and education, and to spark innovations that respond to our most pressing global challenges.

Afternoon

- (2hrs)

Hotel Check-In & Conference Registration

- (15mins)

Theatre - Plenary Hall

01 Opening of the Global Learning Conference 2025

Michelle Gyles-McDonnough
Lee Howell
Subra Suresh

- (1hr)

Theatre - Plenary Hall

02 Reimagining the Future of Education and Learning

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
Olli-Pekka Heinonen
Claudette Irere
Andrew Jack
RCM Reddy

- (30mins)

Theatre - Plenary Hall

03 The Right to Education: Imperative or Privilege?

Michelle Gyles-McDonnough
Kenneth Roth

- (45mins)

Terrace

Global Learning Conference Welcome Reception

Evening

- (2hrs)

Ballroom

04 Global Learning Conference Dinner