Transforming Education Conference for Humanity: TECH 2017, December 16-18, 2017; Post Event Report

The three-day Transforming Education Conference for Humanity (TECH) 2017 organised by UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) was held at Novotel Varun Beach, Visakhapatnam City, State of Andhra Pradesh, India from December 16 – 18, 2017. The first edition of TECH focused on digital pedagogies for building peaceful and sustainable societies through 21st century skills, schools and policies, towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, Target 7.

TECH 2017 was attended by over 1,700 registered participants (including teachers, educators, learners, policy-makers, technology and gaming experts, amongst others) from 75 countries and witnessed highly engaging deliberations on the future of education, particularly on the innovative methods of teaching using technology.

The Conference was generously supported by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, India and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and sponsored by Microsoft India (Education Technology Partner), Samsung India, Dassault Systems, Veative (Immersive Learning Partner) and McGraw Hill (Learning Science Partner). The Knowledge Partners of the Conference included NMIMS, Ubisoft, Quebec Government, ISTE, Social Alpha, EDB and IYC.

TECH will be held annually over the next five years with a long term aim of affecting global policy change on the usage of digital pedagogies to render quality and inclusive education for all.