Registration

Opening Ceremony (25 min)

Keynote Speech (40 min)

Group Photos (5 min)

Coffee Break

Exhibition & Interactive Booths

Plenary Session 1. Wars, Walls, and Algorithms: Taking Stock of a World Falling Apart (Panel discussion)

The first plenary session will present key issues and challenges related to AI acceleration and deployment, including the fuelling of physical conflicts within and across national borders, the hardening of ideological and digital divides, and the pervasive yet invisible crisis of the environment. It will then reflect on the role of education–and GCED in particular–in re-centring humanity in an increasingly fragmented world.

Lunch Break

Plenary Session 2. Where the World Holds Together: Voices from the Forest and the Streets (TED talk + fireside chat session)

The second plenary session brings together the two inaugural recipients of the UNESCO Prize for GCED—African Leadership Initiatives for Impact (ALII) from Tanzania and Bosque Escuela Tena from Ecuador—to share their experiences of building global citizenship from the ground up. Through individual talks followed by a moderated fireside chat, the session explores what it looks like to re-centre human values in contexts where the world is actively falling apart: a youth peace network navigating hate speech and social fragmentation in East Africa, and a forest school in the Amazon rooted in ancestral knowledge and ecological belonging.

Coffee Break

Exhibition & Interactive Booths

Plenary Session 3. Beyond and Back to the Human: A High-Level Dialogue on GCED, the Planet, and Our Collective Responsibility (High-Level Dialogue)

The second plenary session brings together the two inaugural recipients of the UNESCO Prize for GCED—African Leadership Initiatives for Impact (ALII) from Tanzania and Bosque Escuela Tena from Ecuador—to share their experiences of building global citizenship from the ground up. Through individual talks followed by a moderated fireside chat, the session explores what it looks like to re-centre human values in contexts where the world is actively falling apart: a youth peace network navigating hate speech and social fragmentation in East Africa, and a forest school in the Amazon rooted in ancestral knowledge and ecological belonging.

Registration

Concurrent Sessions 1. Facing the Fractures: What GCED Is Up Against

The first concurrent sessions invite participants to confront the pressures that today's world places on GCED—from the AI-driven transformation of knowledge to the lived realities of educators on the frontlines, and the stubborn persistence of hate, conflict, and exclusion. Rather than offering reassuring answers, these sessions create space for honest reckoning with the challenges that define our moment.

1A. AI and the Knowledge Crisis: Implications for GCED (Panel discussion)
1B. Teaching at the Edge: What It Means to Be a GCED Educator Today (Panel discussion + small group discussion)
1C. Hate, Conflict, and Exclusion: What GCED Can Do (Panel discussion + critical review)

Coffee Break

Exhibition & Interactive Booths

Concurrent Sessions 2. Mending the Fragments: How GCED Communities Are Responding

The second concurrent sessions will showcase transformative, ground-level GCED initiatives that serve as the connective tissue for our fragmented reality. Moving from theoretical discourse toward a ‘living’ practice, the sessions present diverse case studies from practitioners and communities around the world.

2A. Growing GCED Educators: Lessons from the Field (Case presentation)
2B. Bringing GCED to Life: Resources That Make a Difference (Case presentation)
2C. Connecting the Dots: How GCED Partnerships and Networks Create Change (Case presentation)

Lunch Break

Concurrent Sessions 3. The GCED Lab: Co-designing GCED for a Shared World

The third concurrent sessions provide an interactive platform for stakeholders to engage critically with GCED in practice—exchanging ideas on effective contextualisation, implementation, and monitoring, while also questioning whether existing frameworks remain adequate for the challenges of our time. Moving from reflection to action, the sessions invite participants to co-design responses grounded in their own contexts, with the aim of generating insights and proposals that carry beyond the conference room.

3A. Co-Designing Context: Adapting GCED for Diverse Realities (Interactive workshop)
*Session 3A is an interactive session based on sharing participants' photographs. To make the most of our time together, please make sure to bring or prepare the following:
2–3 original photographs: Photos that represent a global citizenship issue, strength, or tension directly relevant to your work, teaching, or community action (printed or digital files)
Smart device: A smartphone, tablet, or laptop (choose one)
Pre-reading: Review the Introduction to Photovoice slides (p. 2–12) in advance (https://tinyurl.com/gced3A)
3B. Co-Designing Impact: Measuring What Matters in GCED (Interactive workshop)
3C. Co-Designing GCED Futures: An Image Theatre Workshop (Interactive workshop)
* As this session involves physical activity, comfortable clothing and footwear are recommended.

Coffee Break

Exhibition & Interactive Booths

Plenary Session 4. Youth GCED Photo Essay Contest Award Ceremony (60 min)

The final plenary session will serve as a vibrant celebration of the Youth GCED Photo Essay Contest, placing youth perspectives and advocacy at the heart of the global dialogue. Jointly organised by APCEIU and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, the ceremony honours students who bridge visual artistry with written reflections to explore the core pillars of global citizenship.

[Highlights of the 11th IConGCED] (Video) (5 min)

[Conference Reflections] (10 min)

[Closing Remarks] (5 min)