Digital Education Week 2025
Dr. Christine Choi Yuk Lin, JP Secretary for Education, HKSAR
“Equipping the younger generation with future-ready skills is of paramount importance. The Education Bureau has actively promoted innovation and technology, including AI education, to align with global trends, support the national goal of building a strong education system, and contribute to Hong Kong’s innovation and technology development objectives.”
Learning & Teaching Expo 2025 (LTE)
The 15th Learning and Teaching Expo (LTE) is presented by Hong Kong Education City (EdCity), organised by Smart City Consortium and supported by the Education Bureau. LTE 2025 will be held from 2 to 4 July 2025 at Hall 3B-E of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
With the theme of ‘Education: A Shared Future of All’, LTE aspires to strengthen international engagement, to intensify technology company participation and aims to provide a professional platform for school leaders and teachers to discover and discuss the latest developments and trends in learning and teaching, educational resources and technology, featuring 600 booths presented by local and overseas exhibitors, and over 270 keynote presentations, seminars, open lessons and showcase hosted by renowned educators from all around the world. Being the flagship event of Digital Education Week (30 June to 7 July 2025), LTE this year will foster the synergy between various events and continue to cover a great variety of topics, including digital education, artificial intelligence, student leadership development, values education, creativity education, education for sustainable development, well-being and social, etc.
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Key Activities
Principals’ Conference (2–3 JUL 2025)
For the first time, over 100 Hong Kong school principals will join panel discussions on topics related to upcoming education trends, pioneering cases from Mainland and overseas, and career-led sharing by experts. Key topics include school management, learning beyond the classroom, and Gen Alpha’s wellness.
Mainland and Singapore Pavilion (2-4 JUL 2025)
Exhibitors from the mainland will be clustered in the central aisle named as ‘Mainland Zone’ for focused showcase of the most cutting-edge technology products and solutions in the Greater Bay Area and Mainland. XX exhibitors from Singapore will also participate in their debut, promoting cross-cultural collaboration and knowledge exchange in education and technology.
Kids’ AI Summit (2-4 JUL 2025)
Around 100 primary and secondary school students in Hong Kong (age 6 to 15) will be engaged dynamically in a 3-minute live presentation to share their voice across a wide ranging of topics including AI, robotics, Chinese culture, entrepreneurship, and more. They are also welcomed to express their thoughts, questions, ideas, and concerns about AI, fostering active participation and dialogue in the education community.
Language Learning Hub (2–4 JUL 2025)
Interactive workshops and creative strategies to enhance language teaching.
Startups Circle (2–4 JUL 2025)
EdTech companies and startups will join LTE2025 in the Startups Circle to showcase their innovative solutions, gain valuable insights, and build strategic partnerships with targeted educators and industry leaders for future growth. The area also welcomes the dialogue between students who aspire to commence an entrepreneur career in the future and the startups entrepreneurs.
Enhanced Experience
LTE2025 will introduce the Guided Development Path, which provides recommendations for educators to complete development path at LTE stepwise. The enhanced features of EdCity Teacher App will include the role and visit preference to guide visitors to programmes and booths more related to their interests and facilitate business matching.
International Summit on the Use of AI Learning and Teaching
International Summit on the Use of AI in Learning and Teaching Languages and Other Subjects & Post-Summit Workshop Series (AIinLT) organised by the Department of English and Communication at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in cooperation with the Education Bureau (EDB), the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR), and Hong Kong Education City (EdCity), will be held from 4 to 7 July 2025 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
AIinLT is a dynamic platform for teachers, researchers, and education professionals to explore AI’s transformative potential across diverse disciplines, including language, arts, mathematics, history, and beyond.Key Activities
International Summit (4-5 JUL 2025): Renowned experts and educational practitioners from around the world are invited to attend and give presentations and teaching demonstrations of best practices on how AI and AI-assisted tools can be used in the classroom to help students and teachers.addressing critical topics such as AI literacy, personalised learning, curriculum design, and the ethical use of AI in education.
Post-Summit Workshop Series (6–7 JUL 2025): Equip educators with hands-on strategies and innovative solutions to incorporate cutting-edge technical and digital tools, fostering enriched learning experiences for teachers and students. The Workshop will also feature a technology showcase to further introduce educators and learners alike to many of the technical and digital tools that can be used to enhance learning.
Digital Education Week (Some Highlighted Events)
* The agenda is subject to change or further updates
Principals’ Conference (Day 1)
Enhancing Well-being: Stories of Practice at School
- Ms Maggie Chau
Principal, St. Stephen’s Girls’ College - Dr Daphne Ho
Headteacher, Diocesan Boys’ School Primary Division - Ms Vincy Ching
Vice Principal, Rhenish Church Pang Hok Ko Memorial College - Ms Lillian Kiang
CEO, Bei Shan Tang Foundation
AI in Education Theatre
Leveraging AI to Boost Learning in Classrooms
- Mr Darryl Yeung Chun To
Vice-Principal, SKH St Mary's Church Mok Hing Yiu College; Seconded Teacher, Digital Education Centre of Excellence, Education Bureau - Mr Lee Ho Yin
Teacher, SKH St Mary's Church Mok Hing Yiu College; Seconded Teacher, Digital Education Centre of Excellence, Education Bureau
Well-being Theatre
How Can We Promote a Unified Language between Parents and Schools, and Foster Collaboration Through Integrating Compassionate Communication During Parent's Day?
- Mr Mo Ka Ki
Vice Principal, Tung Chung Catholic School - Mr Vincent Ma
Programme Manager, JUSTFEEL - Ms Belle Tam
Programme Director, JUSTFEEL - Mr Choi Wing Lit
Guidance and Counseling Team, Tung Chung Catholic School
Principals’ Conference (Day 2)
Panel Discussion: Wellbeing at Every Level – How to Engage the Whole School to Make It Work
- Mr Kenny Cheung
Head of Strategy and Partnerships, The Yeh Family Philanthropy (Moderator) - Dr Andrew Tay
Chief Wellbeing Officer, National University of Singapore - Dr Yuk-fan Ho
Principal of Carmel Secondary School
Main Stage
Maroondah Positive Education Network (MPEN): Local Government and Schools Collaborating for Community Well-being
- Ms Natalie Godley
Coordinator Youth and Children’s Services, Maroondah City Council - Ms Andrea Jackson
Maroondah Positive Education Network Project Officer, Maroondah City Council
DEI Theatre
Cultivating English Literacy Development for Students in ID School
- Ms Phoebe Kong Kar Yu
Curriculum Coordinator, Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West Hong Chi Morninghope School - Ms Nicole Jade Levy
Native English Teacher, Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West Hong Chi Morninghope School - Mr Navjot Bal
Native English Teacher, Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West Hong Chi Morninghope School
Keynote Address
Learning for an AI-powered world, and learning with AI
- Mr Andreas SCHLEICHER
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, France
Speaker
Dr CHOI Yuk Lin, JP
Secretary for Education
Dr SZE Chun Fai, Jeff, JP
Under Secretary for Education
Dr Tenny Lam Fung
Executive Director of Hong Kong Education City
Ms Mila Devenport
Founder and Director of the Kigumi Group
Ms Natalie Godley
Coordinator Youth and Children’s Services, Maroondah City Council
Professor Guo Yike
Provost, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Professor Mutlu Cukurova
Professor of Learning and Artificial Intelligence, University College London
Professor of Learning and Artificial Intelligence, University College London
Professor of Psychology, Cognition and Creativity in the Department of Psychology, University of Winchester, UK
Mr Andreas SCHLEICHER
Director for Education and Skills at the OECD
Professor Hongxia YANG
Associate Dean (Global Engagement) of Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
Professor Siu Cheung KONG
Research Chair Professor, Department of Mathematics and Information Technology; Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Competency Education Centre (AIDCEC), The Education University of Hong Kong; Programme leader of the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence for Executive Professionals [MSc(AIEP)] programme, Education University of Hong Kong.
Professor Victor R. LEE
Associate Professor of Learning Sciences, Stanford University;
Professor Xin LYU
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Communication University of China; Director of the Digital Human Research Institute
