Society has changed ⼀ What about people?

Abstract	Society has changed! Economic productions, markets, organizations and the nature of jobs have undergone overhauling changes. The changes are exacerbated by the pandemic, which accelerates the fragmentation of society. Individuals live in an entirely different world. Advancements in technologies have ruthlessly broken into human lives. People are living in a rather different world. Where is education? Can we assume that we are facing the same human beings?
Date	2020. 06. 19 (Fri)
Time	17:00
Place / Platform	Zoom Webinar
Language	Cantonese
Host	Prof. Simon S. M. HO President of HSUHK
Guest Speaker	Prof. Kai-ming Cheng SBS, JP Professor Emeritus at The University of Hong Kong Former Dean of Education and Vice-President, The University of Hong Kong Columnist on Education for Hong Kong Economic Journal
Speaker’s Bio	Kai-ming Cheng is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hong Kong. He was Dean of Education, Vice-President and Senior Advisor to the President of the University. He taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as Visiting Professor 1996-2006. Trained as a mathematician, he was a school teacher and a principal before he pursued doctoral study at the London Institute of Education. He has been consultant with most of the major international organizations. He has been involved in institutional evaluation and accreditation, policy discussion and training in various jurisdictions. He lectures at the National Academy of Education Administration, China, and SKOLKOVO, Russia. He created the Summer Institute on higher education at HKU, a learning programme for senior leaders in higher education from various countries. His current attention is on the fundamental changes in society and their challenges to education, and focusses on learning as the core business of education. He is on the Global Advisory Boards of various international organisations. He is member of China Education 30 Forum, which is a think tank cum advocate in China. Locally he was member of the Education Commission and was instrumental in the comprehensive reform which started 1999. Over the years, he chaired various policy committees relevant to education in Hong Kong. He is among the initiators of “Education 2.1”, an advocacy for education development in Hong Kong. He has delivered hundreds of keynotes around the world. He writes columns in Hong Kong Economic Journal Daily and Shanghai Education.
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