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Speakers 2009

 

 

DAY 1
OPENING PLENARY SESSION GLOBAL EDUCATION :
WORKING TOGETHER FOR SUSTAINABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Official welcome by : Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser AL MISSNED,  Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
  • Guest of Honour:  Mrs Irina BOKOVA, Director-General, UNESCO
  • Speaker : Dr Abdulla bin Ali AL-THANI , Chairman of WISE, Vice-President of Education, Qatar Foundation
  • Master of Ceremony:  Ms Nima ABU-WARDEH, journalist and broadcaster, presenter of BBC World’s Middle East Business
     

BREAKOUT SESSIONS :GLOBAL EDUCATION

Pluralism -
Globalisation of Education : Preparing Students for a Global Economy and Society

Pluralism -
Bridging Global Inequalities

  • Mr David ARNOLD, President, The American University in Cairo

  • Mr Ian WHITMAN, Head of the Programme for Co-operation with Non Member Economies,
Directorate for Education, OECD

  • Ms Katy WEBLEY, Head of Education, Save the Children
  • Moderator: Prof. Abderrahmane LELLOU, Vice-Rector - Programmes, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)

Sustainability -
Higher Education for a Sustainable World

  • Prof. Lawrence Haddad, Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

  • Dr Bonaventure MVE-ONDO, Vice Rector - Partnerships, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)

  • Prof. John PERKINS, Provost, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
  • Moderator : Mr Garrick UTLEY, President, Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce, The State University of New York

Sustainability -Funding Education in the 21st Century : Who Pays for the Education of Global Citizens?

  • Ms Svava BJARNASON, Senior Education Specialist, International Finance Corporation

  • Mr Marcel CROCHET, Honorary Rector, Université Catholique de Louvain

  • Prof. Ian YOUNG, Vice-Chancellor and President, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Moderator : Mr Julian JOHNSON, Senior Vice-President, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
     

BREAKOUT SESSIONS : NATIONAL POLICIES

Pluralism -
Every Child Matters

  • Ms Michele CAHILL, Vice-President, National Programs and Program Director, Urban Education, Carnegie Corporation

  • Mr Robert HUGHES, President, New Visions For Public Schools

  • Mr Oystein JOHANNESSEN, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, seconded to the OECD’s Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI)
  • Moderator :Dr Patti McGill PETERSON, Senior Associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)

Pluralism -
Civil Rights and Minorities in Education

  • Mrs Hélé BEJI, Chairwoman, International College of Tunis

  • Prof. Jacques FREMONT, Provost and Vice-Rector - Academic Affairs, Université de Montréal 

  • Dr Michael L. LOMAX, President and CEO, United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
  • Moderator : Dr Barham MADAÍN A., President, International Association of University Presidents (IAUP)

Sustainability -
A Fully Integrated Education Policy

Innovation -
Technology and E-Learning

  • Prof. C. Sidney BURRUS, Maxfield-Oshman Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Senior Strategist of the Connexions Project, Rice University
Mr Gary 
  • E. KNELL, President and CEO, Sesame Workshop
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  • Bob MOON, Professor of Education, The Open University
  • Moderator : Prof. Tim UNWIN, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D and Professor of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
     

PLENARY SESSION : PLURALISM

  • Hon Ruth DREIFUSS, Chancellor, University for Peace, former President of the Swiss Confederation (1999)

  • Dr Allan E. GOODMAN, President and CEO, Institute of International Education (IIE)

  • Prof. Georges HADDAD, Director, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO
  • 
Dr Claudie HAIGNERÉ, President, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, former
Minister Delegate in charge of Research and New Technologies of France

  • Mrs Naledi PANDOR, MP, Minister of Science and Technology, former Minister of Education of South Africa
  • Moderator : Mr Mike BAKER, Education Broadcaster, Journalist and Author

 

 

 

 

DAY 2

 

PLENARY SESSION : SUSTAINABILITY

BREAKOUT SESSIONS : SELECTED PRIORITIES

Pluralism -
Women’s Education

  • Dr Jane T. BENBOW, Chief of Party, Education Reform Project in Egypt (EQUIP 1), and Senior Research Director, American Institutes for Research (AIR)

  • Ms Lorie D. JACKSON, Director, Women's Economic Opportunity Initiative, ExxonMobil

  • Dr Serra KIRDAR, Director, Muthabara Foundation
  • Prof. John TARRANT, Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)

Sustainability -
Education and Community Development

Innovation -
Special Needs Education

  • Prof. Lizbeth GOODMAN, Founder and Director, SMARTlab Digital Media Institute

  • Filiz POLAT, Associate Professor in Inclusive and Special Education and Honorary Directorof the Centre for Advancement in Special Education (CASE), University of Hong Kong

  • Dr Jumana ODEH, Director, The Palestinian Happy Child Center
  • Moderator : Mr David L. WHEELER, Managing Editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education
     

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: SOLUTIONS

Pluralism -
 Managing International Mobility

  • Dr Joan DASSIN, Executive Director, International Fellowships Program of the Ford Foundation

  • Dr Diana DAVIES, Associate Provost for International Initiatives, Princeton University

  • Ambassador Cheick Sidi DIARRA, Under-Secretary-General, and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing
States, United Nations
  • Moderator : Ms Mary E. KIRK, Vice-President – Student Exchanges, Institute of International Education (IIE)

Sustainability -
 Education and Governance for Trust and Sustainability

  • Dr Mimi BAER, Senior Educational Consultant, former Executive Director of the California Associationof Independent Schools

  • Mr Steve MOSS, Strategic Director, Partnerships For Schools

  • Prof. Michael SHATTOCK, Visiting Professor, Institute of Education, University of London
  • Moderator: Sir Graeme DAVIES, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of London

Sustainability - 
Accreditation and Quality

  • Dr Sven CASPERSEN, President Emeritus, International Association of University Presidents (IAUP)
  • 
Prof. Luc WEBER, Rector Emeritus, University of Geneva, and President of the Glion Colloquium
  • Mr Peter WILLIAMS, former Chief Executive, Quality Assurance Agency For Higher Education (QAA)
  • Moderator : Prof. Emeritus Ingrid MOSES, Chancellor, University of Canberra

Innovation -
 Increasing Access Through Technology

 

 


 

DAY 3

PLENARY SESSION: INNOVATION

  • Dr Tidu MAINI , Executive Chairman, Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP)
  • 
Prof. Sugata MITRA, Professor of Education, Newcastle University

  • Mr Biz STONE, Co-Founder, Twitter

  • Mr Alex WONG, Senior Director, World Economic Forum, Head of the Center for Global Industries, Head of the Global Education Initiative
  • Moderator : Mr Stephen COLE, Senior Presenter, Al Jazeera English, former presenter of the BBC programme Click Online
     

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: TOMORROW ' S EDUCATION

Innovation -
Smart Infrastructures

Innovation -
Innovation and New Pedagogical Trends

Innovation -
Future Scenarios

  • Dr Angel CABRERA, President, Thunderbird School of Global
Management

  • Dr Karen A. HOLBROOK, Vice-President for Research and
Innovation, University of South Florida

  • Dr Larry JOHNSON, CEO, The New Media Consortium –sparking innovative learning and creativity
  • Moderator: Dr Madeleine GREEN, Vice-President, International Initiatives,American Council on Education (ACE)
     

CLOSING PLENARY SESSION : 

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