X global conference « EdCrunch X: « Equal access for everyone at any time»

On November 15-16, 2023, the X conference « EdCrunch: Equal access for everyone at any time» was held in the Palace of the Republic of Almaty. The event was attended by the head of the Department of Preschool Education and Social Pedagogy of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology Kiyakbayeva U.K. and the teaching staff Alimbekova A.A., Abitova G.T., Bulshekbayeva A.I., Toleshova U.B., Zhakupova A. J. Atemkulova N.O., as well as doctoral students of the specialty "8D012-Pedagogy of preschool education and training»: Aubakir B., Berlibayeva M.B., Yerdembekova D., Auyezova A., Iminova Yu.

The Edcrunch X conference brought together more than 350 global speakers from 25 countries, 5,000 offline participants and 30,000 online participants who comprehensively considered new opportunities to discuss issues of ensuring equal access to education and the use of artificial intelligence in the educational process. The conference highlighted modern achievements in the field of digital technologies in education, cognitive sciences, artificial intelligence and neuroscience, as well as the increase in the number of home learning methods and Coursera programs and ensuring accessibility for every student.

The conference included 150 panel discussions, expert sessions and master classes to launch an online master`s program. The speakers were university leaders from Dubai, Finland, South Korea, Turkey, the USA, Singapore, Estonia, Thailand, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, the USA, UK, and other countries, representatives of educational platforms, online universities, innovative schools.