For three days, the Medellín education community was able to share experiences and knowledge to transform education from science, innovation and technology. Hosted by Virtual Educa, Office of the Mayor of Medellín and CES University, the XXIII Virtual Educa International Meeting It was held from 19 to 21 October at the Plaza Mayor convention center and at the headquarters of CES El Poblado University.

Teachers from cities and regions join forces with international experts, representatives of institutions, governments, technology companies, and civil society to turn Medellín into the world capital of educational innovation and human development for the Fourth Industrial Revolution .

«For Virtual Educa, returning to face-to-face training is a challenge. Will people come or do they prefer to follow from their screens? Our shows are always hybrid. And in the end, we’ve all seen what happens at the Convention Center: so many people enter and leave the hall, visit the expo area, attend conferences, panels and workshops, to the maximum capacity of the Plaza Mayor. . », said Jorge Antón Jornet, managing director of Virtual Educa. «We are not only live, but also in virtual mode with six simultaneous live broadcasts of the Virtual Educa channel on YouTube, with great participation. Also, the call for paper has been very important. Of the nearly 300 works presented, 96 were eventually selected by an international committee. Face-to-face Virtual Education is back,” he said.

Meanwhile, Medellín’s Secretary of Education, Alexandra Agudelo Ruiz, stated: «We are closing Virtual Educa 2022, a gathering of friends to talk to all teachers and principals. Many people visited us from all over Latin America and were able to see the incredible Educational Transformation of Medellín. We are very proud of everything that has happened in this city, but also of this two-day academic gathering,” he said.

Meanwhile, Manuel Acevedo Jaramillo, chancellor of CES University, pointed out that “many of the questions we ask ourselves today in Higher Education exist thanks to Virtual Educa. It is your meeting rooms, your discussion rooms, your videos, your reflections, your forums and workshops, which today allows us to understand that although we have taken some steps, there are many more steps we want to take and we want to do. do in an environment of friends, closeness, knowledge and relationships as Virtual Educa allows us».

In seminars, conferences, workshops and network Meetings, present speakers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Qatar, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, United States of America, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Portugal , United Kingdom, Republic of Dominica, Singapore, Uruguay and Venezuela, among other countries.

In addition, participants can also learn about the latest solutions and proposals from companies in the Edutech field, such as Google for Education, Intel, Microsoft, JP Group, HP, Anthology, Qualcomm, Inforlandia, Griky, Positivo BGH, Educacional, Aulas Amigas, Cloudlabs STEM, Odilo, 2Bon, Edpuzzle, Matific, Ubbu, Ticmas, Coursera for Campus, Seidor, BExponencial, Huawei Cloud, and Edu-Labs.

Teachers and professors are the main protagonists of the Meeting, the most important in educational innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Those interested in accessing sessions to view conferences and panels, can access the playlist at Virtual Education Channel.