Theme: Seed

After 2 years since our first such event, we return to this topic that we, and many in our community care deeply about - Education. Although in China most discussions around education are concentrated on one single topic during a specific time each year - the College Entrance Examination, we know it’s more than that. What we teach and how we teach are just like planting seeds into young and evolving minds - it is a long and somewhat unpredictable process. But what kind of people today's school kids will become decides what future holds for all humanity.

At TEDxXiguanED 2017, we will bring a set of incredible speakers who have a shared passion and unique wisdom in education. And we hope their ideas will resonate, and generate even more discussions and questions on this topic which deserves much more attention.

Also at this time, we are re-defining the TEDx event experience. Besides the well-known talk format, a number of workshops will be held around the main theatre, giving our attendees a chance to have a deeper exchange. What’s more exciting is you have the opportunity to shape these discussions and even the future of education.

两年前，TEDx西关举办了第一场以“教育”为核心的主题活动。今天，我们再次回到这个起点，谈论未来教育。

虽然，中国许多关于教育的讨论都集中在同一个时间段，同一个话题——高考——但是，我们知道，教育并非仅此而已。我们教什么，怎么教，都像是在每个人的心中种下种子，这是一个很长，且某种程度上难以预测结果的过程。而今天的学童们会变成什么样的人，决定着我们所有人的未来。

8月27日，在TEDx西关2017年教育大会上，我们将邀请一群出色的讲者，他们对于教育都有一份共同的热情，而每个人又有自己独到的见解。我们期待在这一场超过500人的大会里，讲者们的想法能和你产生共鸣，并在这个理应得到更多关注的话题上碰撞出更多的讨论。

这一次，我们将重新定义你所熟知的“TEDx 体验”。除了你熟知的演讲形式，也将有一些工作坊会围绕着主剧场展开。你与讲者、其他观众及我们，会有比以往更深入的交流机会，在相互的启发和学习中，共同探讨教育的未来。

而最令人激动的，是你有机会成为工作坊引导员，并开启这些讨论，甚至教育的未来。

现在报名，申请参与到TEDx西关2017年教育大会中！

AISG Theatre
19 Kexiang Rd
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510000
China

Chenchen Shen

Chenchen Shen works at Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science (Miraikan) as a science communicator engaging the public on environmental issues and sustainability. She deeply believes in the work she does and the activities she helps to design. She aims to form a strong connection between the public and scientists. In 2016 Chenchen was nominated as MIDORI Science Communicator by the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan.

Fred Zhang

Australian-Chinese pianist Fred Zhang is a performance graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London under the supervision of Professor William Fong. During his time at the Royal Academy he was awarded a Licentiate in Music Education (LRAM), the Nancy Dickinson Award and was the recipient of the Alan Murray scholarship. Mr Zhang has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Europe and in Bermuda at venues such as the Sydney Opera House (Australia), European Union Headquarters (Belgium) and at the Royal Overseas League (London).

Jian Zhou

Jian Zhou is the founder of the Beijing Gan'en Charity Foundation, and also one of the founders of "One School One Dream". Over the past 25 years, he has travelled to more than 160 poor counties across China, and with this experience, he knows what rural children really need. He is, at the same time, a columnist on public policy and public commentary. With more than 10 years of public welfare projects, corporate and social responsibilities and planning and management experience, Zhou has become a senior practitioner in the charity sector, as well as an active advocate of charity concepts.

Liang Deng

Over the years, Liang Deng's studies have focused on the "people" in literary classics. As a literary researcher in education, he has been exploring how to reflect human vitality, human profoundness and richness in education. He has worked both inside and outside the education system, as a teacher in both primary and secondary schools and in universities. He participated in the compilation of "national new curriculum reform teaching materials for Guangdong high school teachers". After leaving the system, he tried to explore education outside the system itself. In 2014, he created the "Son of the Earth" Education Institute which is committed to the research and promotion of education and to the cultivation of its practitioners.

Mike Ludwick

Mike Ludwick is an American educator, entertainer, and entrepreneur who has been living in China since 2007. He was raised in a family of drama educators and began his involvement with international drama education in 1998 as the Middle School drama teacher at the American school of Warsaw, Poland. During that time, he also began working with the non-profit organization ISTA (International Schools Theatre Association). Mike's personal philosophy and educational practice were heavily influenced by ISTA and their focus on Ensemble, Creative Devising, Play and Exploration, and drama as a tool for personal growth and exploration. For the past 3 years, Mike and Near West, a company he founded, have been offering international drama summer camp experiences in Guangzhou.

Min Wang

Min Wang is an educator, entrepreneur, and national secondary psychological counsellor. In April 2016 she founded her own Positive Discipline school where she still provides parenting classes. To this day she has held nearly 100 seminars. With her knowledge of children, parents, psychology and positive discipline, Min Wang along with her education concept has entered into enterprises, schools, kindergartens, and communities. Her engagement with families and children ranges from infancy to adolescence. She believes that positive parenting is fundamental and that parents should both grow and study with their children.

Shane Leaning

Shane Leaning is an educator and leader specializing in the acquisition of English language. A passionate internationalist, Shane believes that developing international mindedness in young learners is the best way to prepare them for life in an increasingly globalized world. Shane has a particular interest in how learning a second language can be significantly enhanced by cultivating the mother tongue. He is currently conducting a small-scale research project with King's College London. His research explores how teachers in international schools may better support students learning English as a second language. Shane has been a teacher since 2009 and has taught in China for the last five years. He is currently working in the British School of Guangzhou, leading a team of language specialists to support young learners of English.

Zhuli Wang

Zhuli Wang, Deputy Director of the Modern Education Technology Institute of Sun Yat-Sen University, has been committed to education technology and teaching methods since 2005. In view of the network time learning challenges, Professor Wang developed a learning theory called New Constructivism. A decade ago, Professor Wang started writing blogs about education technology which now have more than 1.3 million views. He published his monograph Fragmentation and New Construction: Reshaping Education Based on Internet Thinking in 2015.