Registration is open

Registrations are now live for Education House at UNGA 81, taking place on 22 September 2026 at 25 Broadway in New York City! Across one day, we'll be exploring how education is central to the sustainable development agenda, including the SDGs and the post-2030 agenda.

Each session seeks to answer one or both of the following questions:

• What needs to shift in education to embrace the purpose of developing students holistically to meet the interconnected challenges of our time, and how do we accelerate these shifts?

• What needs to shift for education to be treated as a core strategic priority across all sectors and as the foundation of human capability, economic resilience, and sustainable development, and how do we get there?

Some quick notes:

• You must have signed in to your Education House account to register.
• Places are available on a first-come, first-served basis and participation is subject to approval by the session organiser, not Education House.
• Sessions marked 'Invite only' on the event page are private events.
• If space is unavailable, you will be directed to register for the waitlist and be notified if you receive a place.
• Signing up for multiple sessions happening at the same time may result in your registrations being cancelled. Please be courteous to the session organiser.

The session partnership looks forward to welcoming you to Education House!

These sessions reflect both the urgency and opportunity of the moment we're in. Education is fundamental to achieving long-lasting, sustainable change, and by coming together we can make the case for Education for Sustainable Development, together.

Explore the programme by theme below. All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Redefining success and advancing human flourishing

How must the purpose and practice of education evolve in a rapidly changing world? These sessions explore the capabilities students need to thrive, contribute and shape a better future—and the learning environments, evidence and measures that can support them.

• 9:30–10:30 am: Education for Human Flourishing: What Works in Practice?
• 9:30–10:30 am: Intentional Futures: Navigating Disruption, Seizing Opportunities
• 11:00 am –12:00 pm: Game Changers: Playful Learning for Resilient Education Systems
• 12:30–2:00 pm: What Education Do We Need in Times of Systemic Crisis?
• 2:00–3:00 pm: In the Shadow of Tomorrow: Nurturing Human Thriving in a Polycrisis World
• 3:30–4:30 pm: Learning to Be Nature: Building a Co-Governed Knowledge Infrastructure for Ecocentric Learning
• 2:00–3:00 pm: Preparing for the OECD Climate Literacy Framework and PISA 2029
• 2:30–3:30 pm: What Student Outcomes Matter for the Future—and What Evidence Base Do We Need?

Students as leaders and changemakers

These sessions centre young people as active partners in reshaping education and building more peaceful, inclusive and sustainable societies.

• 11:30 am –1:00 pm: Launch of Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge 2026–27
• 12:30–1:30 pm: Nothing About Us, Without Us: Adolescents Reimagining the Future of Secondary Education Globally
• 1:30 –3:00 pm: Peace Education in Action: Youth-Led Learning for a Peaceful and Inclusive World

Teachers and school leaders as co-learners and systems leaders

Teachers and school leaders are central to lasting transformation. These sessions explore how their leadership can extend beyond individual classrooms and schools, and how learning environments built on trust, agency and co-creation can enable students to develop as capable, compassionate leaders.

• 11:00 am –12:00 pm: Leading Across Systems: Developing the Capacities for Education System Leadership
• 12:30–1:30 pm: How Might We Redesign Schools for a Better Future? Lessons from BOLD Learning Environments

Inclusive and equitable education

These sessions focus on removing barriers to learning and building strong foundations so that every child, regardless of income, gender, geography or disability, has the opportunity to thrive.

• 8:00–9:00 am: Future-Ready Systems Include Every Learner
• 9:00–10:00 am: Building Strong Foundations: Practical Solutions for Early Foundational Learning
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Literacy in Time: A Latin American Commitment

Collective leadership across the education ecosystem

No institution can transform education alone. These sessions examine how shared learning, collective inquiry and collaboration across organisations and systems can turn ambition into sustained change.

• 12:00 –12:30 pm: Reshaping Education Steering Group 1: What Will It Take to Equip Students to Shape a Better Future?
• 3:00 –3:30 pm: Reshaping Education Steering Group 2: What Will It Take to Equip Students to Shape a Better Future?
• 3:30–4:30 pm: What Are We Learning About How to Shape a Better Future?
• 5:00–6:30 pm: NEST: Beyond Projects and Silos: Building Networks for Collective Transformation

Education in an AI enabled world

From evidence and implementation to open-source tools and industry commitments, these sessions consider how education can harness AI responsibly while protecting human agency, equity and the essential role of teachers.

• 10:00–11:00 am: Open Sourcing AI for Education
• 10:30 am–12:00 pm: Solving for X
• 12:30–2:00 pm: Empowering Teachers in Low-Resource Classrooms to Co-Design EdTech for Student-Centered Learning
• 3:30–4:30 pm: Beyond the Algorithm: Why Human Skills Are the Answer to an AI-Shaped World
• 5:00–6:30 pm: From Commitments to Action: Launching the Global AI for Learning Industry Compact

Financing education and catalytic philanthropy

These sessions explore how philanthropy, public finance, blended capital and innovative funding mechanisms can strengthen education systems, sustain learning through crises and take effective approaches to scale.

• 12:00 –12:30 pm: Reshaping Education Steering Group 1: What Will It Take to Equip Students to Shape a Better Future?
• 8:00–9:00 am: Closing the Education Gap: A $52B Pathway to Access, Quality, and Learning for Every Child
• 9:30–10:30 am: Collaborative Philanthropy for Middle School: Unlocking Adolescents’ Futures
  
• 1:30–2:30 pm: Built to Last: Investing in Education as Resilience Infrastructure
• 3:30–5:00 pm: Beyond Grants: Unlocking Philanthropy’s Capital for Education
• 4:00–5:00 pm: Keeping Learning Going Through Crisis: How Finance Can Enable Locally-Led Continuity of Systems
• 5:00–6:30 pm: Unlocking Philanthropy’s Catalytic Role in Financing Education
• 5:30–6:30 pm: The Workforce of 2040 Is in Grade 2 Today: Investing in Foundational Learning for Future Growth