Conference Schedule
Below is our provisional schedule. Please note that it is subject to change!
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