“Google for Taiwan” Program’s Dedication in Education

Google在世界各地不遺餘力的深耕教育，而近年更是於臺灣推廣智慧臺灣計劃強調人才培育，並投資臺灣的教育團隊，本場將分享Grow with Google 源起、背景、課程介紹等，以及在臺灣的推廣成果，與相關的雲端學習工具，適合對本計劃有興趣的團隊單位一起參與。

Google has been dedicating its efforts to education around the globe and for the last few years, Google’s“Intelligent Taiwan” Program has been cultivating talents and offering support to Taiwan’s education teams. This session will introduce participants to“Grow with Google,” including its origin, background, course introduction, promotion results in Taiwan, as well as other related cloud learning programs. This session is welcome to all parties interested in this program.

本場將分享世界各國推動編程教育的歷程及Micro:bit的推廣及其在STEAM教育上的應用，以及它如何激發成千上萬的老師和孩子學習計算思維的教導與學習過程，寄望藉此交流互動，協助科技藝術教育發展更加完善。

This session will explore the amazing, unique and exciting micro:bit journey in schools around Asia Pacific region and how it has impacted learning and teaching processes for tens of thousands of teachers and hundreds of thousands of children to learn computational thinking. There are various key stakeholders in this journey as every local ecosystem has different initiatives, structure and partners to work with. On grassroots level, there are thousands of workshops being conducted with teachers, showcases by makers, Non Profit Organisations running Hour of Code, micro:bit champion school and on governmental level, there are nationwide efforts by government departments working with local training companies, entrepreneurs, charities and many more. The core values of these initiatives are mostly focusing on meaningful curriculum, sustainable progammes in K-12 schools, building teachers’ capacity, and celebrating learning successes.

Embracing the 8 trillion dollar educational market - Observations from the Edtech Venture Capital front

本場邀請具美國、臺灣與中國經驗的資深創投圈人士與會，分享投資教育科技公司的經驗。活躍於美國與亞洲的心元資本，曾參與多家紐約上市公司，包括英語流利說（NYSE: LAIX）的早期投資；Hustle fund 團隊來自矽谷，曾輔導過上百家新創團隊，尤其在產品開發，用戶增長跟行銷方面；活水資本是由京東及知名創投ＧＧＶ背景的資深投資人成立，去年開始投資教育領域；來自香港的Creta Ventures 合夥人Vince，長期活躍於大中華地區的教育投資社群。

We put together a panel of VCs with extensive Ed-tech investment experiences in U.S., China, and Taiwanese markets. Cherubic Venture has invested now NYSE listed LAIZ, Hustle fund specialize in helpiing companies in growth hacking, Ondine Capital has a few STEM investments in the pipeline ,and Creta Ventures has been an active player in Greater China Edtech theme.

Entering the 8-trillion-dollar Global Education Market - Angel Investment Project by the National Development Fund

行政院國家發展基金為加強國內創業動能，鼓勵民間技術創新及應用發展，擴大國內投資，加速產業創新加值，促進經濟轉型及國家發展，辦理「行政院國家發展基金創業天使計劃」，本場邀請計劃執行單位實際蒞臨分享。

By launching the “Angel Investment Project,” Executive Yuan’s National Development Fund hopes to generate further local entrepreneurial energy, encourage private sectors to develop innovation and application projects, expand the domestic investment market, accelerate industrial innovation, and facilitate economic transition and national development. This session invites the project’s execution unit to share with the participants its insight and knowledge.