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Speakers

Manos Antoninis Director, Global Education Monitoring Report
Sherrie Westin President Social Impact and Philanthropy, Sesame Workshop
Marcus Alexander Research Scientist, Yale University
Noof Al-Jefairi Youth Advocate, EAA
Ajlan Al Kaabi Youth Advocate, EAA
Shahad Alkhair Research Assistant, Qatar University
Maryam Al-Khalaf Research Associate, WISE
Ousman Camara Youth Advocate, EAA
Olivia Cayley Project Manager, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Anood Al Kuwari Youth Advocate, EAA
Alessia Cervone Co-Founder, Recipes for Wellbeing / euforia
Zoë Gare Counselor, American School of Doha
Wing Chan Behavioral/Social Scientist, RAND Corporation
Maya Ghazal High Profile Supporter, UNHCR
Audrey Giacomini Manager, Innovation for Quality and Access, WISE
Maria Agnese Giordano Global Education Cluster Coordinator, UNICEF
Allan Goodman President, Institute of International Education
Anita Chandra Vice President RAND Social and Economic Well-Being, RAND Corporation
Sarah Grant Director of Programmes, Limited Resource Teacher Training (LRTT)
Ger Graus Global Director of Education, KidZania
Fatma Al-Sahlawi Architect and Founder, Atlas Bookstore & Studio Imara
Randa Grob-Zakhary Executive Director, Insights for Education Foundation
Yalda Hakim Correspondent, BBC
Safeena Husain Founder and Board Member of Educate Girls
Faten Hani University of Oman Project Office
Oweis Al-Salahi Youth Advocate, EAA
Valerie Hannon Board Director & Co-founder, Innovation Unit
Ameena Abdulmajeed Chief Curator and Director of Programs, WISE
Matthew Hartley Professor, Associate Dean, University of Pennsylvania
Meia Chita-Tegmark Co-Founder, Future of Life Institute
Haris Hassabis Managing Director, Universidad Europea
Yvonne Helle Special Representative of the Administrator, UNDP-PAPP
Kaya Henderson Head of Community Impact, Teach For All's Global Learning Lab
Samantha Butters CEO, Fair Education Alliance
Jasmin Higo Student, Technical University of Applied Sciences Ingolstadt
Mariam Al-Sersawi Alumni, Al-Fakhoora
Neagheen Homaifar Director of Admissions, Minerva Project
Thana El-Sallabi Program Officer, WISE
Amel Karboul CEO, Education Outcomes Fund for Africa and the Middle East
Tim Howarth Founding CEO & Board Advisor, United World Schools
Timona Chore Student, Strathmore University
Wadih Ishac Assistant Professor, Qatar University
Shahidul Islam Head of Education Programs, DAM Bangladesh
Wijdan Al-Matari Youth Representative, MYCHA
Sheikha Hanadi Al-Thani Chairperson, INJAZ Qatar and INJAZ Al Arab
Bola Lawal CEO and Co-Founder, ScholarX
Graça Machel Founder, Graça Machel Trust, SDG Advocate
Deena Newaz Program Officer, WISE
Kevin Weiwei Gu General Manager of Marketing, Netease Group
Wolfgang Amann Professor of strategy and leadership, HEC
Joel Bergner Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, Artolution
Muhammad Salman Bin Mohamed Khair Manager, Futures Office, National University of Singapore
Zelmira Polk Managing Director, The Hearth Advisors
Ibtihal Shurab Alumni, MYCHA
Peter Smolianov Professor, Salem State University
Caitlin Sparks Board member and advisor, Operting Partner, Cross River Group LLC, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute
Oakleigh Welply Associate Professor, Durham University
Fatema Abbas Youth Advocate, EAA
Gilda Colin Global Design Manager, Generation
Alan Ruby Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Global Engagement Office, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
Haroon Yasin Co-founder & CEO, Taleemabad
Ruben Vardanyan Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
Al Dana Al Thani Youth Advocate, EAA
Anshul Arora Co-Founder, Edvance Group
Hana Elshehabi Youth Advocate, EAA
Helena Seli Associate Professor of Clinical Education, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
Lana Al-Aghbar Lower Elementary Principal, American School of Doha
Elizabeth Dearborn Hughes CEO and Co-Founder, Akilah Institute
Megan Lees-McCowan Head of Programs, Street Child
Yasmine Ouirhrane Founder, We Belong
John Yearwood President and CEO, Yearwood Media Group
Emiliana Vegas Professor of practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)
Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari General Director, Qatar Fund for Development, QFFD
Vladimir Borkovic Co-Founder & COO, streetfootballworld
Bisher Dayani Youth Advocate, EAA
Chris Purifoy CEO, Chief Architect, Learning Economy
Stavros Yiannouka CEO, WISE
Nawaal Akram Founder, Equal Access
Mustafe Deeq Axmed Youth Advocate, EAA
Manjula Dissanayake Founding Executive Director, Educate Lanka Foundation, Inc.
Talimka Yordanova CEO, Global Citizen Forum
Nicholas Christakis Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Sciences, Yale University
Souyeth Kret Student, Liger Leadership Academy
Adrian Kuah Director, Future Office, National University of Singapore
Dho Young-Shim Chairperson, UN World Tourism Organization’s Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty (ST-EP) Foundation
Paula Pedro J-PAL LAC
Pukhraj Ranjan Head of Community & Media, HundrED
Cristina Riesen Founder and CEO, We Are Play Lab Foundation
Beth Yu Executive Secretary-General, Jack Ma Foundation
Athar Ahmed Qatar Scholarship recipient - Gaza, Education Above All
Xymena Salado Ecosystem and Awareness Manager, The Wellbeing Project
Jordan Shapiro Senior Fellow, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
James Spillane Professor In Learning and Organizational Change, Northwestern University
Fred Swaniker Founder and CEO, African Leadership Group
Asmaa Al-Fadala Director of Research, WISE, Assistant Professor, College of Public Policy (Hamad bin Khalifa University)
Jemilah Mahmood Under Secretary, International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies
Paula Valverde Product and Innovation Director, ProFuturo Foundation
Maryanna Abdo Managing Director, Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Rosie Clayton Research Fellow, Global Education Leaders Partnership / WISE
Ahmed Abu Moghessib Alumni, Al-Fakhoora
Caroline Assaf Young Speakers
Linzi Boyd Author of Brand Famous, Founder of BoB Group Shifting the world into a new Era through the eyes of brands
Greta Rossi Founder, Recipes for Wellbeing
Christos Stylianides European Commissioner For Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, European Commission
HE Buthaina Bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi Minister of Education and Higher Education, Qatar
Esker Copeland Education and Youth Specialist, Education Above All Foundation
Vicky Colbert Founder and Director, Fundación Escuela Nueva
Sidharth Santhosh Research Consultant, Centre for Policy Research
Ola Abu Hani Alumni, MYCHA
Gerard Akindes Program Senior Specialist, Josoor Institute
Mohammed Alqassabi Robotics & Electronics Coach, Qatar Scientific Club
Sara Montecchiari Business Development Manager, Mobsya Association
Ngoc Nguyen Student, Georgetown University Qatar
Noor Al Thani Youth Advocate, EAA
Abeer AlYazji Leadership and Economic Empowerment Specialist, UNDP
Nima Ashour Student, Al-Fakhoora
Gilad Babchuk Co-Founder and CEO, Compass
Carmina Bayombong CEO, InvestEd
Emma Donnelly General Director, DFID Middle East & North Africa
Mark McKnight Principal Software Engineer, Yale University
Aida Sagintayeva Dean, Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University
Mahira Ahmed Miyanji Facilitator, Right To Play
Folly Bah Thibault Journalist, Al-Jazeera English
Alexandra Bennett Deputy Director Learning & Outreach, Qatar Children's Museum Project
Rajika Bhandari Senior Consultant, Institute of International Education
Amir Fehri Author, Ambassador of Francophonie in the World
Stephen Katende Former Project Fellow, Building Tomorrow
David Osher Vice-President, American Institute for Research
Emiliana Rodriguez Co-Founder and Education Director, AtentaMente, Mexico
Ana C. Rold CEO & Founder, Diplomatic Courier
Pooja Taparia Founder & Chief Executive, Arpan
Kiley Adolph Vice President of Partnerships, Project Lead The Way
Julien Barbier CEO and Co-founder, Holberton School
Simon Breakspear Founder and Executive Director, Agile Schools
Hamideh Dorzadeh Youth Advocate, EAA
Sheryl Foo Director, APAC & EMEA, Vertech Capital
Wyatt Israel Software Developer, Human Nature Lab, Yale Institute for Network Science
Ian Jamison Head of Education and Training, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Irene Lutwala Youth Advocate, EAA
Concepcion Pinós Founder, Wellbeing Planet Foundation
Janet Rafner Director of Learning, ScienceAtHome, Center for Hybrid Intelligence
Armen Sarkissian President of the Republic of Armenia
Matt Serletic Founder/CEO and Owner, Zya, Inc. & Emblem Music Group
Yao Zhang Founder and CEO, RoboTerra Inc.
Sarah Al-Dorani Chief Communication Officer, Qatar Financial Centre
Marwan Awartani Minister, Ministry of Education Palestine
James Jones Director, Global Community Programs and Strategy, ExxonMobil
Savy Lach Regional Director, Aide-et-Action (AeA) for South East Asia
Alexandra Mitsotaki President & Co-Founder, World Human Forum
Michael Pollack Founder, US board chair of Educate Girls, SCA Charitable Foundation
Christine Renaud Founder, e180
Dudley Reynolds Teaching Professor of English, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Marine Tanguy CEO, MTArt Agency
Amy Tran-Calhoun Director of Programs, Education Opens Doors
Veronika Zonabend Founder, RVVZ Foundation
Julia Kirby Manager of Research & Content Dissemination, WISE
Matthew Swift CEO & Co-Founder, Concordia
Manzoorul Abedin Senior Lecturer of Education, University of West London
Doreen Bateyunga Pre-production Coordinator, Ubongo
Dimitri Christakis Director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, University of WA and Seattle Children's Hospital
Marwan Khraisheh Senior Planning and Research Director, HBKU
Rose Luckin Professor of Learner Centred Design, UCL Knowledge Lab - UCL Institute of Education; Director, EDUCATE London
Asma Muhammad Student, Doha British School
Thakur S. Powdyel Former Minister of Education, Royal Government of Bhutan
B. David Ridpath Associate Professor of Sports Business, OHIO University
Asna Siddiqui Youth Advocate, EAA
Jacksón Smith CTO, Co-Founder, Learning Economy
Max Tegmark Co-Founder, Future of Life Institute
Dayoung Lee Associate Partner, Dalberg
Aly Jetha CEO & Co-founder, Big Bad Boo Productions
Fadi Makki Director of B4Development / Founder of Nudge Lebanon
Aldo de Pape CEO, TeachPitch
Alejandro Roldán Professional Senior in Innovation for Education, Ruta N Corporation
Evren Tok Associate Dean of Community Engagement and Associate Professor at College of Public Policy, HBKU
Najat Vallaud Belkacem CEO Global Affairs, IPSOS
Tony Wan Managing Editor, EdSurge
Alvin Wang Graylin China President, HTC
Eman Abdulla Head of L&O and Schools, Dadu–Children’s Museum of Qatar
Mohammed Saadoun Al-Kuwari SC Ambassador / executive TV presenter, SC / beIN sports
Patrick Gyimah Awuah Jr Founder & President, Ashesi University
Ursula Baïgorria Köppel Planning and Development Lead, Fundación Mi Sangre
Nisha Ligon CEO, Ubongo
Anthony Mackay Board Co-Chair, NCEE
Samy Naim Student, Al-Fakhoora
Mark Power Robison Chair of the Global Executive Doctor of Education program, USC Rossier School of Education
Urvashi Sahni Founder and CEO, Study Hall Education Foundation
Etienne Van der Walt CEO and Co-Founder, Neurozone
Steven Van Zandt Founder, Rock and Roll Forever Foundation
Aurelio Amaral Director, Programs, WISE
Farooq Burney Executive Director, Al Fakhoora and Together, programmes of Education Above All (EAA)
Hamoon Ekhtiari CEO, FutureFit Ai
Joysy John Director of Education, NESTA
Silvia Montoya Director, UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Bayan Khaled Research Fellow, Hamad bin Khalifa University
Stephen Ritz Founder, Green Box
Osmar Terra Minister of Citizenship, Ministry of Citizenship (Brazil)
Pedro Aibeó MSc Architect, MSc Civil Engineer, Gamified Cohousing Oy
Rita Mehanna Rady Facilitator, MENA
Simon O’Connell Executive Director, Mercy Corps
David Roth Chairman, Rock and Roll Forever Foundation
Marco Teixeira Senior Programme Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Candelaria Torres Jimenez Student, Macalester College
Shawgi Ahmed Youth Advocate, EAA
Fahad Jassim Al Dehaimi Development Projects Researcher, QFFD
Andy Cope The UK’s ‘Doctor of Happiness’, Art of Brilliance
Daisy Mertens Teacher, Communityschool De Vuurvogel/ Number5 Foundation
Louka Parry CEO and Founder, The Learning Future
Katie-Jay Scott Co-Executive Director, iACT
Sébastien Turbot CEO and Chief Curator, eko6
Craig D’Souza Head of Global Security, Intelligence & Investigations (GSII), Executive Protection (GSEP), Facebook
Jaime Saavedra Global Director, Education, The World Bank
Hal Speed Chief of Global Engagement, Micro:bit
Astrid S. Tuminez President, Utah Valley University
Misfer Hamad Al-Shahwani Deputy General Manager for projects development, Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD)
Lucia Burtnik Urueta Chief Learning Officer, Eidos Global CIC
Steven MacGregor Author and podcaster, Chief Wellbeing Officer, Leadership Academy of Barcelona
Richard Paquin Morel Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh
Jeremy Lamri Head of Innovation, Research and Prospective, JobTeaser
Mark Roland Program Director, Global Education, Results for Development
Nichole Saad Senior Program Manager, Education, Wikimedia Foundation
François Taddei Director, The Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity
Patrick Brothers Co-Founder & Co-CEO, HolonIQ
Sarah Al Ramlawi Alumni, Al-Fakhoora
Omar Al-Tal Head of Education, Mercy Corps
Noor Rajab Al-Esmail Youth Advocate, EAA
Gwyn Wansbrough Independent Facilitator & Learning Experience Designer
Charles Autheman Managing director, Labo des Histoires
Archika Dogra Founder, Innoverge
Ahmad Khan Youth Advocate, EAA
Emi Mahmoud Poet and Author, UNHCR goodwill ambassador
Jason Silva TV Personality, Futurist, National Geographic