Sino-Finnish Education Forum

Date: Monday, 14th of April 2025
Place: Business College Auditorium, Helsinki

Please arrive early for registration (09:00-09:30). The event is free of charge and open to Haaga-Helia's students.

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Programme

9:00-9:30 Arrival and registration (Coffee offered)

Morning: Opening Ceremony and presentations (9:30-12:00)

9:30-9:40 Speech by Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture Representative  

9:40-9:50 Promotion video of Tsinglan and Haijia Schools

9:50-10:10 Keynote speech by President Li Wenping from Tsinglan School  

10:10-10:20 Promotion video of Xiehe and Depu Schools 

10:20-10:35 Speech by the Education Counsellor of Finland 

10:35-10:50 Break 

10:50-11:00 Performance of Chinese students  

11:00-11:10 Speech by China-Network´s director  

11:10-11:20 Performance of Finnish Students  

11:20-11:30 The guests take a group photo on stage  

11:30-12:00 Visit Haaga-Helia Pasila campus     

12:00-13:30 Buffet lunch (only for panelists) 

Afternoon Panels (13:30-16:50) 

Panel 1 (13:30-14:30) 

Topic: The Finnish Education System and Phenomenon-Based Learning

Panelist 1: Kirsti Lonka (Professor of Educational Psychology, Director, Research Group for Educational Psychology, Academic Director, Helsinki Education Hub in collaboration with City of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences) 

Panelist 2: Sini Bask (Senior Lecturer of Haaga-Helia School of Professional Teacher Education) 

Panelist 3: Yi Wang (Member of the Tsinglan School Board of Directors, Executive Director of Harvard Center in Shanghai)

Panelist 4: Iris Xia (Principal of Smart Junior Department at Chongqing Depu Foreign Language School)

Panelist 5: Angela Luo (Sixth grade student of Tsinglan School)

Panel 2 (14:30-15:30)

Topic: AI in Pedagogy – How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Teaching and Learning

Panelist 1: Ari Alamäki (Principal Lecturer - Digital Services, Haaga-Helia)

Panelist 2: Katja Wirenius (Senior lecturer of Professional Teacher Education School, Haaga-Helia)

Panelist 3: Xianwei Lu (Vice-principal of Shanghai United International School Qingpu Campus)

Panelist 4: Lara Lin (Vice-principal of Tsinglan School)

Panelist 5: Ally Qian (Seventh grade student of Tsinglan School)

Panelist 6: Amy Huang (Eighth grade student of Tsinglan School)

15:30-15:50 Coffee Break

Panel 3 (15:50-16:50)

Topic: Innovations in Pedagogy – Recent Breakthroughs in Educational Development  

Panelist 1: Helena Mustikainen (Sitra, Project Director, Innovations for Sustainable Growth)

Panelist 2: Crister Nyberg (Director of Haaga-Helia School of Professional Teacher Education) 

Panelist 3: Roger Xu (Principal of Chongqing Depu Foreign Language School)

Panelist 4: Wenwen Zhang (Vice-principal of Guiyang Haijia International School)

Panelist 5: Lily Yuan (Student of Chongqing Depu Forein Language School)

Conclusions 16:50-17:00