{"id":500,"date":"2026-10-06T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/?page_id=500"},"modified":"2026-10-06T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:17:16","slug":"keynotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/keynotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"keynote-1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynote Lecture 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A New Challenge in Biology Education for Developing Citizens Capable of Leading a Sustainable Society<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kiyoyuki Ohshika<\/strong><br>Department of Science Education, Aichi University of Education, Japan<br>Sat, Oct 10, 09:20\u201310:00 \u00b7 Auditorium 311, Head office building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Ohshika teaches science education to pre-service and in-service science teachers and directs the Regional Collaboration Center at Aichi University of Education. His research covers biology education, environmental education, ESD and the SDGs. He contributed to the revision of the high school biology Course of Study in Japan and to the Super Science High School project. He is Vice President of the Society of Biological Sciences Education of Japan and Executive Chair of AABE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Keywords: competency-based education, decision-making, scientific literacy, socio-scientific issues, sustainable citizenship<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"keynote-2\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynote Lecture 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Global Biodiversity Governance to Biology Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Myounghai Kwak<\/strong><br>Director, National Migratory Bird Research Center, National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), Republic of Korea<br>Sat, Oct 10, 10:00\u201310:40 \u00b7 Auditorium 311, Head office building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Kwak received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, in 2008. At NIBR she works on plant systematics, phylogenetics and genetic analyses for the conservation of endangered species. She has served on the Korean delegation to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and IPBES processes, and is an expert member of the CBD Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Keywords: Convention on Biological Diversity, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, biodiversity literacy, digital sequence information, access and benefit-sharing, science curriculum<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"keynote-3\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynote Lecture 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Climate Change and Marine Mollusks: Their Role as Indicator Species Through Speciation and Distribution Patterns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ui Wook Hwang<\/strong><br>Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea<br>Sun, Oct 11, 16:00\u201316:40 \u00b7 Main Hall 111, Biology Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Hwang is a distinguished professor at Teachers College, Kyungpook National University, Chair of the Department of Advanced Bioconvergence and Director of the Institute for Phylogenomics and Evolution. He earned his Ph.D. in animal molecular phylogenetics and evolution at Seoul National University. He has served as President of the Malacological Society of Korea and Vice President of the International Junior Science Olympiad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Keywords: molecular phylogenetics, marine mollusks, climate change indicators, species complexes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full abstracts are available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/proceedings\">Abstract Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynote Lecture 1 A New Challenge in Biology Education for Developing Citizens Capable of Leading a Sustainable Society Kiyoyuki OhshikaDepartment of Science Education, Aichi University of Education, JapanSat, Oct 10, 09:20\u201310:00 \u00b7 Auditorium 311, Head office building Professor Ohshika teaches science education to pre-service and in-service science teachers and directs the Regional Collaboration Center at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-500","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aabe2026.bioedu.kr\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}