Program

Day 1

Day 2

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:55

Opening Ceremony

09:00 - 09:05

Recitation from the Holy Quran

09:05 - 09:15

Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shaibaniya

Minister of Education, Sultanate of Oman

09:15 - 09:25

Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa

Chair, The Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, Kingdom of Morocco (TBC)

09:25 - 09:35

Amina Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (TBC)

09:35 - 09:45

Hissein Brahim Taha

Secretary General, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) (TBC)

09:45 - 09:55

Salim M. AlMalik

Director General, Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO)

09:55 - 10:15

Oman Perspective

09:55 - 10:05

Youth presentation

10:05 - 10:15

Short film on Education

10:15 - 10:25

Keynote Speech

10:15 - 10:25

Macky Sall

Former President of the republic of Senegal

10:25 - 10:30

Group Photo

10:30 - 10:55

Exhibition Opening

10:55 - 11:10

Break

Plenary Sessions

11:10 - 12:10

First Session

Topic: Global Education Perspective - International Organizations

Moderator: Jokha Bint Abdullah Al Shukaili

CEO, Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education

11:10 - 11:15

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director General, World Health Organization (WHO)

11:15 - 11:20

Mohamed Ould Amar

Director General, Arab League Educational, Cultural and
Scientific Organization (ALECSO)

11:20 - 11:25

Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al-Asmi

Director-General, Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States (ABEGS)

11:25 - 11:30

Andreas Schleicher

Director for Education and Skills, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

11:30 - 11:35

Leonardo Garnier

Former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General for the Transforming Education Summit (TES)

11:35 - 11:40

Luis Benveniste

Global Director for Education, World Bank

11:40 - 11:45

Min Jeong Kim

Director of Education 2030, UNESCO

11:45 - 11:50

Discussion

11:50 - 11:55

Closing of the session

11:55 - 12:10

Break

12:10 - 13:10

Second Session

Topic: Public Private Partnership for Transforming Education

Moderator: Marwan Awartani

Senior Advisor, ICESCO

12:10 - 12:15

Minister of a Member State

12:15 - 12:20

Minister of a Member State

12:20 - 12:25

Andreas Schleicher

Director for Education and Skills, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

12:25 - 12:30

Shannon May

CEO, NewGlobe Education

12:30 - 12:35

Wendy Kopp

CEO and Co-Founder, Teach for All

12:35 - 12:40

Kadriya Ercikan

Vice President, Research Institute, ETS

12:40 - 13:05

Discussion

13:05 - 13:10

Closing of the session

13:10 - 14:10

Lunch Break

14:10 - 14:55

Third Session

Topic: Unlocking Potential: Best Practices in leveraging AI and Digital Tools for Education System Transformation

Moderator: Stavros N. Yiannouka

CEO of WISE – Qatar Foundation

14:10 - 14:15

Minister of a Member State

14:15 - 14:20

Minister of a Member State

14:20 - 14:25

Ali Al Shidhani

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, Sultanate of Oman

14:25 - 14:30

Luis Benveniste

Global Director for Education, World Bank

14:30 - 14:35

David Fairburn-Day

Head of Education Strategy, Avantis Education

14:35 - 14:40

Mohammad Suhail Al Madani

CEO, Classera

14:40 - 14:50

Discussion

14:50 - 14:55

Closing of the session

14:55 - 15:10

Break

15:10 - 16:10

Fourth Session

Topic: Greening Education: A Sustainable Future For All

Moderator: Ms. Christine Ozden

Global Director of Climate Education-Cambridge

15:10 - 15:15

Minister of a Member State

15:15 - 15:20

Minister of a Member State

15:20 - 15:25

Min Jeong Kim

Director of Education 2030, UNESCO

15:25 - 15:30

Jane Mann

Managing Director, Partnership for Education, Cambridge University

15:30 - 15:35

Presentation on Oman’s efforts in Greening Education

Abdullah bin Khamis Ambusaidi

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, Sultanate of Oman

15:35 - 15:40

Geoffrey Alphonso

CEO, Alef Education

15:40 - 16:05

Discussion

16:05 - 16:10

Closing of the session

16:10 - 16:25

Break

16:25 - 17:25

Fifth Session

Topic: United for Education: ICESCO Collaboration in Times of Crisis

Moderator: Yasmine Sherif

Executive Director, Education Cannot Wait (ECW)

16:25 - 16:30

Minister of a Member State

16:30 - 16:35

Minister of a Member State

16:35 - 16:40

Mohamad Alshiriakah

Chairman, Gulf Arab States Educational Research Center

16:40 - 16:45

Adele Khodr

Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, UNICEF

16:45 - 16:50

Fahed Al-Sulaiti

CEO, Education Above All (EAA)

16:50 - 16:55

Abdulrahman Almedaries

Director General, UNESCO Regional Center of Quality and Excellence in Education (RCQE)

16:55 - 17:20

Discussion

17:20 - 17:25

Closing of the session

17:25 - 17:40

Concluding remarks

20:00 Gala Dinner & Cultural Activities

09:00 - 10:00

Procedural session

09:00 - 09:10

Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shaibaniya

Chairperson of the Third Education Ministerial Conference
Minister of Education, Sultanate of Oman

09:10- 09:20

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Former President of the Republic of Mauritius

09:20 - 09:30

Michael Kremer (Noble Laureate)

Director of the Development Innovation Lab and Faculty Director

of Development Economics Center, University of Chicago

09:30 - 09:35

Yousef Bin Abdullah Al-Benyan

Chairman of the Second Education Ministerial Conference

Minister of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

09:35- 09:40

Election of the conference Bureau

09:40- 09:50

Salim M. AlMalik

Director General, Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO)

09:50 - 09:55

Adoption of the Draft Agenda

09:55 - 10:00

Adoption of the Draft Program

The following sessions are reserved for ministers only

10:00 - 11:05

ICESCO Reports

10:00 - 10:10

ICESCO's Educational Activities from January 2021 to July 2024

10:10 - 10:20

Status of Girls' Education

10:20 - 10:30

Media Education: Horizon and Aspiration

10:30 - 10:40

High-Level Ministerial Dialogue (HLMD), London - May 2024: Transforming Education: Pathways to ICESCO Education Ministers Conference, Muscat 2024

10:40 - 10:50

Charter of ICESCO Artificial Intelligence Ethics

10:50 - 11:05

Discussion

11:05 - 11:15

Break

11:15 - 12:30

Technical Documents

11:15 - 11:25

The Progress of Education Transformation from Commitments to Action 2022-2024: Post Transforming Education Summit (TES)

11:25 - 11:35

Greening Education for ICESCO Member States

11:35 - 11:45

Developing Teaching Quality

11:45 - 11:55

Contextualizing PISA: Empowering ICESCO Member States for Global Excellence in Education

11:55 - 12:05

Early Childhood Care and Education Development:
Foundations for the Future in ICESCO Member States