Prime Highlights
- The Better Future Forum will gather 200 education leaders from over 50 countries in Singapore.
- The programme will focus on AI, holistic student development and education innovation.
Key Facts
- The Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future is the organiser of the event.
- The forum ends with a showcase where educators and students present global learning solutions.
Background
The Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future will host the Better Future Forum in Singapore over three days beginning in mid-May, bringing together 200 leading voices from the global education sector. The event will include education practitioners, policymakers, researchers and student leaders from more than 50 countries.
The forum aims to create a platform where practical ideas from classrooms and communities can connect with decision-makers who have the ability to expand successful models. Organisers said the event focuses on practice-led learning and sharing solutions from different regions.
Participants will include educators, heads of state agencies, multilateral institutions, civil society organisations and students. The gathering comes at a time when education systems face rapid changes from artificial intelligence, geopolitical tensions and widening inequality in learning outcomes.
The institute’s leadership said the strongest knowledge about improving education often comes directly from classrooms and communities. It added that the forum seeks to place those insights before leaders who can help spread them across systems.
According to organisers, the 2026 programme will present new evidence on holistic student development. Sessions will cover themes such as education in the age of AI and future-ready learning systems.
The event will conclude with the Better Future Showcase, a TED-style platform where educators and student leaders will present innovations designed to improve learning outcomes worldwide.
Confirmed speakers include Chua-Lim Yen Ching, Wendy Kopp and Chloe Tong.
The forum’s Global Advisory Council includes leaders from The Brookings Institution, OECD and Harvard Graduate School of Education.
