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This month’s Topic: “Educating Chengdu’s Next Generation”
Free entrance, gather 7:30pm
Chengdu Entrepreneurship Meetup Chengdu March 2016 Education
Featuring: Inspirational Guest Speakers sharing experience/ knowledge, Idea Pitches, Q&A and networking.
Guest speakers:
1. James Pilton
Director, QSI International School of Chengdu
In his 20th year as an international educator, Dr. James Pilton remains passionate about all aspects related to education. He has worked in 7 international schools on 4 continents. In 2013, his journey brought him to Chengdu. His main professional interests lie in curriculum development and assessment practices but also in the effects of globalization on national education systems.
When contemplating the future of education, his thoughts span a vast spectrum which includes, among other things, the government versus governance debate, the influence of supranational organizations such as the OECD, the World Bank, or the United Nations, private versus public education, what it means to be a ‘global citizen’, and how the increased use of technology will shape tomorrow’s classroom.
2. Diane Sonam
Head of Community Relations, Chengdu International SchoolActive in education in Chengdu since 2005, she started at Chengdu International School in 2014. Before that, she spent four years at the British Collaborative Programmes at Chengdu University of Technology; three of those years as the Director of the International Foundation Programme.
‘Getting my PhD in the ‘Du’ is how she describes her ongoing quest to explore and understand her adopted city, which amazingly, she has no plans to leave. Diane has a passion for community, culture, and language and lives with her husband and their 8-year-old son.
3. Daniel Ian DemarmelsFounder/ International Director, Enlai
Born and raised in the USA, however spent half his life in Switzerland, graduating with a degree in international Business Law from the University of Kent (UK). Daniel is the International manager of UK-China Education, a company dedicated to providing high quality UK, Swiss and American educational support to Schools, currently spearheading a project called Enlai.
The goal of Enlai is to build a network of highly qualified teachers to work with partnered schools all over China. They want to force socially irresponsible agents and schools out of the market and ostracize them so that they can push Chinese education into the future that it so desperately needs.
For the last 2 years, the Chengdu Entrepreneurship Meetup brings business people together on the 3rd Wednesday of every month.
*Time: Wed. March 16th, 7:30pm -10pm
*Location: The Beer Nest II, Bar & Kitchen 啤酒窝2（餐吧）
*Address: South Renmin Rd. Section 4, Master Commercial St. 1F, 48 – 32 人民南路四段48号附32号，首座万丽商业街1楼
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