STEAM Summit 

Inspiring educators with real-world STEAM

On January 29, 2025, the Ecolint STEAM Summit brought together educators, thought leaders, and innovators for a unique gathering dedicated to exploring how STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) can address pressing environmental and humanitarian challenges. This year’s summit focused on equipping educators with the tools and knowledge needed to prepare students for tackling the complex problems of the future.

The event featured keynote presentations from globally renowned education experts, including Leon Furze, Ewan McIntosh, Tamara Milosevic from EPFL, and Sascha Schmeling from CERN. Their insights sparked new ideas and encouraged fresh perspectives on the future of education. Attendees also participated in dynamic sessions covering critical topics such as sustainability, generative AI, real-world thinking, and science education within an international context.

Beyond the inspiring talks and sessions, the summit provided invaluable networking opportunities, fostering collaboration, exchange of ideas, and shared learning among passionate educators from around the globe

Programme Highlights

  • 09:00 | Registration opens
  • 09:30 | Welcome address by Conrad Hughes, Ecolint Director General
  • 09:45 | Technologies of the near future with dramatic implications for education by Leon Furze, Consultant & Author - online from Australia. 
  • 10:45  | Coffee Break
  • 11:15  | Get real: the need for real-world thinking by Ewan McIntosh, Advisor to the world's top schools @ NoTosh
  • 12:15  | STEAM in Ecolint Classrooms by Wolfgang Soeldner, Gayani Koralegedara and Richard Allaway, Ecolint ICT Campus Partners
  • 12:30  | Lunch Break
  • 13:30  | Responsibly Teaching Sustainability by Tamara Milosevic, Head of the Transversal skills and career center at EPFL
  • 14:30  | Science Education in an International Context by Sascha Schmeling, Head of Teacher Programmes and Education Research at CERN
  • 15:30  | End

 

The Ecolint STEAM Summit 2025 provided attendees with actionable strategies and innovative ideas to bring meaningful change to education. Together, participants envisioned and contributed to a future where education rises to meet the challenges of our time and inspires the changemakers of tomorrow.