Conference Schedule

21-22 March 2024

18th Global Issues Network Conference - Hybrid

Go Glocal: Think Globally, Act Locally

THURSDAY 21st March

09:00/09:30    Registration and on-site orientation for in-person attendees

09:30/09:40    Welcome by ISL students

Track A

09:45/09:55    Conference opening by ISL director (Dr. D.J. Condon) 

Track A

10:00/10:45    School workshops - Parallel Sessions 1 

Track A: Terakki Vakfı Okulları (Responsible Consumption and Production) 

Track B: Düsseldorf International School (Equal Education, Equal Opportunity)

Track C: International School The Hague (Embrace our Forests!)

11:00/11:45    School workshops - Parallel Sessions 2 

Track A: International School of Luxembourg (Heritage Project)

Track B: American School of Paris (No poverty) 

Track C: Deutsche Schule Mailand (Rural focus Initiative) 

12:05/12:45    Free time/Lunch

13:00/13:45    Keynote addresses

Track A: Duncan Painter 

Track B: Suji de Hart & Sophie Peccaud (Mad Courses)

14:00.14:45    School workshops - Parallel Sessions 3 

Track A: Zurich International School (Bringing education to children in Colombia)

Track B: American School of Tegucigalpa (Hope 4 the Planet)

Track C: International School of Luxembourg (Energy Vision)

15:00/15:45   Keynote addresses

Track A: Mia Reyn 

Track B: Joseph Lample (Unity Foundation)

16:00/16:45   School workshops - Parallel Sessions 4 

Track A: La Jolla Country Day School (Second Chances:  From Strays to Family)

Track B: Dwight Global Online School 

(A Deeper Dive Into the Drinking Water of Our Homes and Our Globe) 

18:00/20:00    Dinner at ISL for in-person attendees

FRIDAY 22nd March

09:00/9:10     Greetings and plans for the day

Track A

09:15/9:55     Exchange of ideas

Track A: Students’ Corner - Sharing our planet

Track B: Students’ Corner - Sharing our humanity

Track C: Students’ Corner - Sharing our rulebook

Track D: Teachers’ Corner - Best practices for meaningful student engagement

10:00/10:45    School workshops - Parallel Sessions 5 

Track A: British School Jakarta (Culinary Compassion in Action) 

Track B: International School of Luxembourg (Dyslexia Redefined)

Track C: Düsseldorf International School (Reducing food waste at ISD)

11:00/11:45    School workshops - Parallel Sessions 6 

Track A: International School of Bologna (Slow Fashion) 

Track B  Deutsche Schule Mailand  (Project Green Education) 

Track C: American School of Tegucigalpa (Believe in the Power of a Better Future, One Initiative at a Time) 

12:05/12:45    Free time /Lunch

13:00/13:45   Keynote address

Track A: Bastian Ruf (Handicap International)   

14:00/14:45   Action Plans schools’ presentations 

Track A: 

International School of Luxembourg

Terakki Vakfı Okulları 

International School The Hague

American School of Paris

British School Jakarta

Zurich International School

Track B:

Düsseldorf International School

International School of Bologna

La Jolla Country Day School

Dwight Global Online School

Deutsche Schule Mailand

American School of Tegucigalpa

15:00/15:30    Closing session

Track A

Zoom Links for Conferences

Track A: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84586148604

Track B: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81160568570

Track C: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85296306832

Track D: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89649961751?pwd=eKfiHM9hwcibSEK2tuViICEliE0S57.1