IB Asia Pacific Annual Conference 2015

Oliver Lui
Mar 2, 2015
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On March 19 to 21, 31 Boulevards was invited to Macau to join the IB Asia Pacific Annual Conference, where educational leaders, decision makers, and practitioners from schools, universities and governments gathered to discuss best practice in educational quality, pedagogical leadership and international mindedness across the Asia Pacific region.

IB has a policy of collaborating with organizations worldwide, to produce detailed reports examining the impact and outcomes of IB in the region. Studies conducted by researchers from Australia show that IB students in Hong Kong and China are globally mobile, multilingual and inter-culturally aware. These characteristics form the core competences creating their advantage in an extremely competitive world. These advantages are viewed as bringing benefits over the short, medium and long term.

The keynote speakers in this year’s IB Asia Pacific Annual Conference included Julia Gillard, the Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013, Dr Michael Anderson, Professor of Education from the University of Sydney, and Dr Fazal Rizvi, Professor of Global Studies in Education from the University of Melbourne.