Iste keynote

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jean francois richard
navigating in turbulent times' the worlds urgent need for an innovation approach to global problem solving

and the crucial role of education

main points
fast forward globalization chipper change hyper complexity
two distinct forces producing explosion in change
twenty urgent global problems on your hand unresolved
problems are unresolved because current intl system is paralyzed
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one thousand year perspective
hyperchange with curve goes straight up
hyper complexity eg gulf, lehman bros

one force population increase
new economic revolution

people institutions cannot keep up

we have lost forty percent of wilife in the last forty years
water issues, large rivers not reaching the sea

full list of un resolved global problems
sharing on our planet: climate changer , bidiversity, etc
sharinign our humanity: fight against poverty, peacekeeping
sharing our rulebook: reinventing tactioation, bitechnology rules

all have solutions
solutions aren't that closely
we haver less than twnety years to act
none being solved

one crisis on hands, four coming
global credit crisis
aging time bomb
conventional oil depletion
eological footprint overshoot
dangerous climate change

intl system of treaties and conventions too slow and inadequate
big un summits
g eight g twenty grouping too reactive and superficial
some forty-five intl organizations; cannot handle global problems alone


nation state since seventeenth century; watch out for their own people
and territory, short term election cycles
glogal problems non territorial and long term

redesigned intl system woud do nothing about the clash
take long time to get done
only produce trivial changes
a world govt over nation states but take forever to set up;

innovative ideas; do sometyhing about the clash; ge able to be booted up fast; inject new forces that coas nationstate their political class towards mroe planet long term

global issues network
take experts where they are not where located; an expert logic; come up with detailed norm packages
experts forget where they came from and represent all humanity

network adopt norms and rate all nations ; gold, silver bronze, brown, black medal nations
in absence of world govt put presure on countries
voter info and mobilizations

need new gerrations leaving school in a a mindset knowledge and ksills combination that will give wings to any new method
more knowledge of these twenty problems, make it our problems
lmindset global citizens first, national second, local third
perspective multicultural thinking
skills:more reflective, communicative, problem solvers; research skills, teamwork second nature

iste has good fit global issues
pericurricular initiatives: eg students participate in gin like experiment, debate the problems in student led conferences
www.global_issues_network.?
nais.org
taking it global initiative





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