Technical education is facing profound change: While digitalization is advancing rapidly, access to high-quality, practice-oriented training remains limited in many regions. The Edunet World Association (EWA) aims to create new opportunities for high-quality, practice-oriented technical training for all learners worldwide through open and networked learning infrastructures.

Launched in 2024, the Global Remote Lab Initiative – a collaboration with IAOE and LACCEI – aims to create a sustainable infrastructure for digital learning labs in engineering education based on modern cloud and IoT technology that is open, scalable, and globally available.

Artificial intelligence is also playing an increasingly important role in this: It can personalize learning processes, support learners with intelligent assistance systems, and contribute to process optimization in digital teaching and learning factories such as the All Electric Society (AES) Campus in Zhengzhou, China. The AES Campus is an international flagship project for cloud-based, energy-autonomous, and AI-supported manufacturing for the smart and green manufacturing of the future based on the principles of the All Electric Society – developed with state-of-the-art automation technology and supported by EWA. The AES Campus is intended to demonstrate how Industry 4.0, sustainability, and education can be interconnected.

To ensure the quality of these new global learning formats and make them internationally comparable, EWA is currently developing a comprehensive Certification System for courses, trainers, and institutions. This system not only enables the recognition of continuing education achievements across national borders but also supports the strategic integration of partners from industry and business.

The keynote address will demonstrate concrete ways in which education, technology, and international partnerships can contribute to implementing the goal of SDG 4 – quality education for all – in practice.

EWA invites education stakeholders, companies, and policymakers worldwide to help shape a global, smart education ecosystem – with a special focus on sustainable partnerships and pilot projects in India.