Yes. The mandatory pre-recorded courses are entry level for all academic background students regarding to ICT technologies including 5G, AI, Cloud Computing and Digital Power. Students also have the opportunity to go deeper and join the advanced courses as an option.

For one thing, students from different cultures will be divided into groups, and have group discussion, debate, round table dialogues and group presentation etc. to boost interactions between fellows. Facilitator will be arranged in each group for guidance. For the other, students are also free to connect with each other through Seeds for the Future LinkedIn group community Seeds for the Future LinkedIn group. Seeds alumni events will be held on a regular basis. Rep offices are also encouraged to set up local communication channels to facilitate the interactions.

The standard agenda currently requires 4 hours pre-recorded learning + 14 hours livestream courses + “Tech4Good” group project (self-organized discussion time varies) to be finished within 8 days. Rep offices are welcome to organize live events, visits and other exchanges based on local circumstances. Rep office should inform HQ accordingly in case of any time collision.

The standard agenda and agenda templates can be found in the Seeds for the Future 2023 Toolkit. Rep office can design their own agenda. There is no specific requirement of the elements in the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. HQ encourages rep office to invite guest speakers, arrange student speakers, and promote student’s interaction with the guests.

Generally speaking, NO. If there’s particular circumstance, please discuss with Head of Class at least a week ahead if certain livestream courses need adjusting to specific time. Whether it can be adjusted depends on the schedules of other countries in the same class with you, and the availability of the lecturers.

The livestream courses will be recorded and provided to local PR within one week after the program finish (not include exhibition hall). Local PR can share the recordings to the students who need them.

HQ reserves the rights to authorize program certification to the students. After the program, HQ will send the graduation results to local PR to confirm whether students meet the graduation criteria. On agreement, Head of Class will send the result to the local PR, and Local PR are responsible to send the certification to each qualified students. Certifications will be made within 2 weeks after the program.

Non-students will not be accepted as a participant of Seeds for the Future to study and get certification. But you are welcome to invite journalists to Seeds Academy platform and live-stream session so as to report the program. They could access to the online pre-recorded courses on Seeds Academy though. Local PR can also share the links of the livestream courses to invite journalists, governments, and other guests to join. Seeds for the Future LinkedIn group.