Sunway University ESAP Symposium August 15 2020 Keynote Sustainable Learning for a Safe Global Future: Lessons from Pushed Changes The idea that ‘Change is the only constant’ has never been more true than in 2020, and the rest of the future threatens even an even faster pace of change. This workshop invites examination of major changes being pushed upon the education sector whether we welcome them or not and asks how key education stakeholders should and will react. Three changes on which participants’ thoughts and experiences will be sought involve (a) the rise of distance education, (b) the worsening of climate weirding, and (c) ongoing threats to social cohesion. These changes present dire threats, as well as great opportunities, for education. To briefly preview each of these three changes and their possible impacts on education: (a) Can education reap the benefits of distance education in such areas as greater inclusion, easier access, and enhanced technology use while still delivering quality learning and rigorous assessment? (b) Will the education sector be willing to generate the same level of effort we mounted to face down COVID-19 to respond to an even greater impending calamity, the climate crisis? (c) Can education be a force for community and cooperation when so many people and organisations seem to be prioritising difference and division?