2022 Summit - Global Institute of Creative Thinking

Creativity in Education Summit 2022

To be held at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris on Monday 17th October 2022 from 10:00 to 15:45 and
at The British Library, London on Tuesday 18th October 2022 from 9:00 to 16:00. 
 
The co-organized event by OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) and Global Institute of Creative Thinking (GIoCT) will take place on 17-18 October in Paris and London. The theme of this year’s event will be “Creative Thinking in Schools: from global policy to local action, from individual subjects to interdisciplinary learning". 
 
Day 2 (18 October) is open for public registration. We look forward to seeing you at the Summit!

Creative Thinking in Schools: From global policy to local action, from individual subjects to interdisciplinary learning

In 2021, Arts Council England launched its Creativity Collaboratives, eight clusters of schools throughout England funded to embed creative thinking in every subject of the curriculum. And earlier this year, the global testing organisation PISA launched the Creative Thinking 2022 test. Finally, England is catching up with some of the exciting developments we can see in Scotland, Wales and across the world.

DAY 1 - PARIS

CREATIVE THINKING IN SCHOOLS: A SNAPSHOT OF PROGRESS IN 2022
OECD Conference Centre
 
Time: 10:00 – 16:00 Central European Time
Venue: CC2, OECD Conference Centre, 2 Rue André Pascal, 75016 Paris, France
 
The first day will be a joint session by leaders, researchers, and practitioners from OECD, GIoCT, and representative schools. This conference will focus on global best practice and will consider the areas of focus for the next year. We will be considering the offer at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, and have invited international experts and representatives to the summit as we publish our global annual report, “Creative thinking in schools across the world: A snapshot of progress in 2022”.

DAY 2 - LONDON

FOSTERING CREATIVE THINKING IN SCHOOLS: FROM INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTS TO INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING
The British Library
 
Time: 9.30 – 17.00, British Summer Time
Venue: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB, United Kingdom
 
In 2021, Arts Council England launched its Creativity Collaboratives, eight clusters of schools throughout England funded to embed creative thinking in every subject of the curriculum. And earlier this year, the global testing organisation PISA launched the Creative Thinking 2022 test. Finally, England is catching up with some of the exciting developments we can 16see in Scotland, Wales and across the world.
 
The event will be focused on promoting and evidencing creativity in schools, from individual subjects to interdisciplinary learning, with a focus on sharing innovative approaches being used in schools. Delegates will have the opportunity hear world-class speakers and take away a host of practical ideas for embedding creative thinking in schools drawing on exciting examples from across the world. The conference aims to encourage conversation and interactions between education practitioners through a series of workshops, where representatives from featured schools in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, China, OECD Partner States and the United States share case studies, discuss best practice and lessons learned, and explore strategies that can generate impact both within and beyond campus.
 
All delegates will receive a free copy of GIoCT's new creativity report, "Creative thinking in schools across the world: A snapshot of progress in 2022", as well as free supplementary booklets on creative thinking case studies and teacher training.
 
Book a place now! 

Our Speakers

We list all the guest speakers for the 2-day event here. Please refer to our conference programme for details. 

Andreas Schleicher 

Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General of OECD

Liu Limin

President of China Education Association for International Exchange and Former Vice-Minister of Education (TBC)

Gwang-Chol Chang

Chief of Education Policy Section, Division of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems, Education Sector

Professor Bill Lucas

Chair of GIoCT Advisory Board and Co-Chair PISA Creative Thinking Test 2022 Strategic Advisory Group

Tia Loukkola

Head of Innovation & Measuring Progress Division, OECD

Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin

Deputy Head of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) and a Senior Analyst at the OECD

Elodie Persem

Head of Access, Innovation and Research Unit, DEPP, French Ministry of Education

Kenneth Nally

Creative Youth Plan, Department of Education, Ireland

Professor Todd Lubart

Professor of Psychology, University of Paris-Descartes

Professor Pamela Burnard

Pamela Burnard, Professor of Arts, Creativities and Educations, University of Cambridge 

Dr Michael Anderson

Co-Director CREATE Centre Professor of Education Sydney School of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney

Laura McBain 

Co-Interim Managing Director at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford and Co-Director of K12 Lab

Professor An Guiqing

Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University

Rachel Sylvester

Chair of The Times Education Commission and political columnist at The Times

Dr Mario Piacentini 

Senior Analyst, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) at OECD

Cassie Hague

Analyst at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation at the OECD

Richard Jones

Head of Bryanston School

Edrys Barkham

International Admissions Consultant, Bryanston School

Simon Wheeler

Head of Film, Bryanston School, United Kingdom

Sheng Xue 

Physics Dept, Beicai Senior High School of Shanghai Maritime University, China

Bing Wang

Principal, Jiading Defu Middle School of HSASJTU, China

Shuying Ma

Principal, Senior High School of Shanghai Maritime University, China

Jie Tian

Director of Curriculum Research and Development Center, Jiading District Education College

Edward Derbyshire

Teacher, Translator, Director and Performer at Shakespeare between the Sheets

Conference Program

Check out our 2-day event (draft) agenda here! 

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Annual Report

Download our report: Creative thinking in schools across the world: A snapshot of progress in 2022

Download here