Fengchun Miao

Fengchun Miao

Dr Fengchun Miao is the Chief of the Unit for Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education at Education Sector, UNESCO Headqarters in Paris, he is also a Professor (on leave) of Beijing Normal University of China. He is leading programmes of the Education Sector of UNESCO on technology and AI in education including the programmes on guidance for generative AI in education, AI competency frameworks for school students and teachers, the report on AI and the Futures of Learning, as well as supporting policies on digital education, AI and education, and Open Educational Resources. He is managing UNESCO Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education. He is the education focal point of UNESCO’s inter-sectoral Taskforce for AI, intersectoral programmes on the implementation of the Recommendation for the Ethics of AI, and the inter-UN-agency Working Group for AI.

Highlights of his achievements include leading the organization of 4 editions of international forums on AI and education (2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022) and the development and adoption of the Beijing Consensus on AI and Education; the launch and continuous organization of Mobile Learning Week of UNESCO for 9 years and the launch of the new UNESCO flagship annual event Digital Learning Week in 2023. He is the leading author of more than 20 important publications of UNESCO in various domains of digital education. He has coordinated the support for more than 70 countries in the formation of national digital education policies.

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    Chief of the Unit for Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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28 March 2024
14:00 - 15:00 CET Geneva | 09:00-10:00 EDT, New York | 21:00-22:00 CST, Beijing
David Manset (ITU), Fengchun Miao (UNESCO), Märt Aro (DreamApply.com)...

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