Festival of Learning – Day 2

During the second day of the festival, we want to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the German education system in the digital age. With technological progress, our expectations are also growing. Many things will have to change in our understanding of education in the coming years if we don’t want to completely lose touch. What would happen if we simply pushed the boundaries and entered new spaces?

Together with graduate students from MIT, professionals from libraries and maker spaces as well as pedagogical staff, we want to highlight best-practice examples, provide new impulses and present innovative ideas.

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Ignite Session “Space Exploration”
Bettina Harling, Stadtbibliothek Mannheim
Carina Haupt, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
Eva Skirlo, Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
N.N., MIT Media Lab

11:30 a. m. – 12:30 p. m.
Ignite Session “Digital Didactics”
Cornelius Hantscher, Bildungsvereinigung Arbeit und Leben Niedersachsen Süd gGmbH
Jasper Schmidt, Begeisterbus
Marcus Ventzke, Institut für digitales Lernen
N.N., Jugend hackt

01:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Ignite Session “Investments for the Future”
Mimi Calter, Stanford University Library
Thilo Engelhardt, Waldparkschule
Ernst Fritz-Schubert, Fritz-Schubert-Institut für Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
David Leonard, Boston Public Library

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Ignite Session “Collaborative Forces”
Annabell Huwig, Stadtbibliothek Ludwigshafen
Nicole James, Stadtbibliothek Köln
Frauke Untiedt und Michael Schugardt, Bücherhallen Hamburg
N.N., MIT Media Lab

5:00 p.m.
Concluding Session

Language: English, German
Questions and discussion can also take place in German.

In cooperation with the US Embassy Berlin, the MIT Media Lab and the Cologne City Library.

After each ignite session, there will be the opportunity for informal discussions with the speakers at bar tables.