Speakers
Here is the list of speakers who have already confirmed their participation to the WISE Forum, 2009 Edition.
It will be updated regularly.
GUEST OF HONOUR
- Mrs BOKOVA Irina , Director-General, UNESCO
PLURALISM
- Mr ARNOLD, David, President, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
- Mrs BEJI, Hélé, Chairwoman, International College of Tunis (Tunisia)
- Dr BENBOW, Jane, Chief of Party, Education Reform Project in Egypt (EQUIP 1) and Senior Research Director, American Institutes for Research (AIR) (USA)
- Dr BODE, Christian, Secretary General, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Germany)
- Ms CAHILL, Michele, Vice-President, National Programs and Program Director, Urban Education, Carnegie Corporation (USA)
- Prof. CHOWDARI, B. V. R., Executive Director, India Research Initiatives and GEM4, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
- Dr DASSIN, Joan, Executive Director, International Fellowships Program of the Ford Foundation (USA)
- Dr DAVIES, Diana, Associate Provost for International Initiatives, Princeton University (USA)
- Ambassador DIARRA Cheick Sidi , Under-Secretary-General, and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, United Nations
- Hon DREIFUSS Ruth , Chancellor, University for Peace, former President of the Swiss Confederation (1999)
- Prof. FRÉMONT, Jacques, Provost and Vice-Rector, Academic Affairs, Montreal University (Canada)
- Dr GOODMAN, Allan, President and CEO, Institute of International Education (IIE) (USA)
- Prof. HADDAD, Georges, Director, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO (Paris)
- Dr HAIGNERE, Claudie , President, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, former Minister Delegate in charge of Research and New Technologies of France
- Mr HUGHES, Robert, President, New Visions Public Schools (USA)
- Ms JACKSON Lorie D., Director, Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative, ExxonMobil
- Mr JOHANNESSEN, Oystein, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, seconded to the OECD’s Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in Paris
- Dr KIRDAR, Serra , Director, Muthabara Foundation (Dubai, UAE)
- Dr LOMAX, Michael L., President and CEO, United Negro College Fund (UNCF) (USA)
- Mrs PANDOR, Naledi, MP, Minister of Science and Technology, former Minister of Education (South Africa)
- Ms STEWART, Vivien, Vice-President for Education, Asia Society (USA)
- Ms WEBLEY Katy , Head of Education, Save the Children
- Mr WHITMAN, Ian, Head of the Programme for Co-operation with Non-Member Economies, Directorate for Education, OECD (Paris)
SUSTAINABILITY
- Mr AKASAKA, Kiyotaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, United Nations (New York)
- Prof. Al-MISNAD Sheikha Abdulla , President, Qatar University
- Dr BAER, Mimi, Senior Educational Consultant, former Executive Director, California Association of Independent Schools (USA)
- Prof. BARAKAT, Sultan, Director, Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), University of York (UK)
- Prof. BECKER, Eberhard, Rector Emeritus, TU Dortmund University (Germany)
- Dr BIBARS Iman , Vice-President, Ashoka, and Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World
- Ms BJARNASON, Svava, Senior Education Specialist, International Finance Corporation (USA)
- Dr BODILLY, Susan J, Director, RAND Education, and Senior Social Scientist
- Mr CROCHET, Marcel, Honorary Rector, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
- Dr DEWIDAR, Ahmed, Senior Education Advisor and Monitor, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) (Egypt)
- Prof. HADDAD, Lawrence, Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (UK)
- Ambassador KEITH, Kenton, Senior Vice-President, Meridian International Centre (USA)
- Mr MOSS, Steve, Strategic Director, Partnerships For Schools (UK)
- Dr MVÉ-ONDO, Bonaventure, Vice-Rector - Partnerships, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) (Montreal)
- Minister PARÉ, Joseph, Minister of Secondary Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research (Burkina Faso)
- Dr PERKINS, John, Provost, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Mr SCHRÖDER Gerhard , former Chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
- Prof. SHATTOCK, Michael, Visiting Professor, Institute of Education, University of London (UK)
- Mr VEHRKENS, Kenneth T., Dean, Petrocelli College, Fairleigh Dickinson University (USA)
- Prof. WEBER, Luc, Rector Emeritus, University of Geneva, and President of the Glion Colloquium (Switzerland)
- Mr WEBER Scott , Director-General, Interpeace
- Mr WILLIAMS, Peter, Former Chief Executive, Quality Assurance Agency For Higher Education (QAA) (UK)
- Prof. YOUNG, Ian, Vice-Chancellor and President, Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)
INNOVATION
- Prof. ANDLER, Daniel, Professor, École Normale Supérieure and Paris Sorbonne University (France)
- Prof. BURRUS, C. Sidney, Maxfield-Oshman Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Senior Strategist of the Connexions Project, Rice University (USA)
- Dr CABRERA, Angel, President, Thunderbird School of Global Management (USA)
- Prof. DHANARAJAN, Gajaraj, Vice-Chancellor and CEO, Wawasan Open University (Malaysia)
- Mr FIELDING, Randall, Chairman, Fielding Nair International, LLC (USA)
- Prof. GOODMAN, Lizbeth, Founder and Director, SMARTlab Digital Media Institute (UK)
- Prof. HEPPELL, Stephen, CEO, Heppell.net (UK)
- Dr HOLBROOK, Karen A., Vice-President for Research and Innovation, University of South Florida (USA)
- Dr KIM, Paul, Chief Technology Officer, Stanford University School of Education (USA)
- Mr KNELL, Gary E., President and CEO, Sesame Workshop (USA)
- Dr KURSHAN, Barbara, Executive Director, Curriki (USA)
- Dr JOHNSON, Larry, CEO, The New Media Consortium – sparking innovative learning and creativity (USA)
- Dr MAINI, Tidu, CEO, Qatar Science and Technology Park (Qatar)
- Dr MBAMBO-THATA, Buhle, Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa
- Prof. MITRA, Sugata, Professor of Education, Newcastle University (UK)
- Prof. MOON, Bob, Professor of Education, The Open University (UK)
- Dr ODEH Jumana , Director, The Palestinian Happy Child Centre
- Dr POLAT, Filiz, Honorary Director, Centre for Advancement of Special Education (CASE), University of Hong Kong (China)
- Mr SALCITO, Anthony, Vice-President, Microsoft – Worldwide Education (USA)
- Mr SANGHRAJKA, Mehool, Managing Director, CBC Commonwealth Academy, and CEO, Learning Possibilities (UK)
- Mr STONE Biz , Co-Founder of Twitter
- Mr WONG Alex , Senior Director, World Economic Forum, Head of the Center for Global Industries, Head of the Global Education Initiative
PLENARY SESSIONS’ MODERATORS
- Mr BAKER Mike , Education Broadcaster, Journalist and Author
- Ms ABU-WARDEH Nima , Journalist and broadcaster, presenter of BBC World’s Middle East Business Report
- Mr COLE Stephen , Senior presenter, Al Jazeera English, former presenter of the BBC programme Click Online
BREAKOUT SESSIONS’ MODERATORS
- Mr BLIGHT Adrian , Director, Imagine Education
- Mr DAMODARAN Ramu , Deputy Director for Partnerships and Public Engagement, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information, United Nations
- Sir DAVIES Graeme , Vice-Chancellor and President, University of London
- Dr GREEN Madeleine , Vice-President, International Initiatives, American Council on Education (ACE) (USA)
- Dr HEPP Pedro , former National Coordinator for ICT in Education, Ministry of Education (Chile)
- Mr JOHNSON Julian, Senior Vice-President, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) (USA)
- Ms KIRK Mary E., Vice-President, Student Exchanges, Institute of International Education (IIE) (USA)
- Prof. LELLOU Abderrahmane , Vice-Rector - Programmes, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) (Montréal)
- Dr MADAÍN A. Barham , President, International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) (USA)
- Prof. MOSES Emeritus Ingrid , Chancellor, University of Canberra (Australia)
- Dr PETERSON Patti McGill , Senior Associate, Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) (USA)
- Prof. TARRANT John , Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) (UK)
- Prof. UNWIN Tim , UNESCO Chair in ICT4D and Professor of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Mr UTLEY Garrick , President of the Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce, The State University of New York
- Mr WHEELER David L. , Managing Editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education (USA)
It will be updated regularly.
GUEST OF HONOUR
- Mrs BOKOVA Irina , Director-General, UNESCO
PLURALISM
- Mr ARNOLD, David, President, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
- Mrs BEJI, Hélé, Chairwoman, International College of Tunis (Tunisia)
- Dr BENBOW, Jane, Chief of Party, Education Reform Project in Egypt (EQUIP 1) and Senior Research Director, American Institutes for Research (AIR) (USA)
- Dr BODE, Christian, Secretary General, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Germany)
- Ms CAHILL, Michele, Vice-President, National Programs and Program Director, Urban Education, Carnegie Corporation (USA)
- Prof. CHOWDARI, B. V. R., Executive Director, India Research Initiatives and GEM4, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
- Dr DASSIN, Joan, Executive Director, International Fellowships Program of the Ford Foundation (USA)
- Dr DAVIES, Diana, Associate Provost for International Initiatives, Princeton University (USA)
- Ambassador DIARRA Cheick Sidi , Under-Secretary-General, and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, United Nations
- Hon DREIFUSS Ruth , Chancellor, University for Peace, former President of the Swiss Confederation (1999)
- Prof. FRÉMONT, Jacques, Provost and Vice-Rector, Academic Affairs, Montreal University (Canada)
- Dr GOODMAN, Allan, President and CEO, Institute of International Education (IIE) (USA)
- Prof. HADDAD, Georges, Director, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO (Paris)
- Dr HAIGNERE, Claudie , President, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, former Minister Delegate in charge of Research and New Technologies of France
- Mr HUGHES, Robert, President, New Visions Public Schools (USA)
- Ms JACKSON Lorie D., Director, Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative, ExxonMobil
- Mr JOHANNESSEN, Oystein, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, seconded to the OECD’s Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in Paris
- Dr KIRDAR, Serra , Director, Muthabara Foundation (Dubai, UAE)
- Dr LOMAX, Michael L., President and CEO, United Negro College Fund (UNCF) (USA)
- Mrs PANDOR, Naledi, MP, Minister of Science and Technology, former Minister of Education (South Africa)
- Ms STEWART, Vivien, Vice-President for Education, Asia Society (USA)
- Ms WEBLEY Katy , Head of Education, Save the Children
- Mr WHITMAN, Ian, Head of the Programme for Co-operation with Non-Member Economies, Directorate for Education, OECD (Paris)
SUSTAINABILITY
- Mr AKASAKA, Kiyotaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, United Nations (New York)
- Prof. Al-MISNAD Sheikha Abdulla , President, Qatar University
- Dr BAER, Mimi, Senior Educational Consultant, former Executive Director, California Association of Independent Schools (USA)
- Prof. BARAKAT, Sultan, Director, Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), University of York (UK)
- Prof. BECKER, Eberhard, Rector Emeritus, TU Dortmund University (Germany)
- Dr BIBARS Iman , Vice-President, Ashoka, and Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World
- Ms BJARNASON, Svava, Senior Education Specialist, International Finance Corporation (USA)
- Dr BODILLY, Susan J, Director, RAND Education, and Senior Social Scientist
- Mr CROCHET, Marcel, Honorary Rector, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
- Dr DEWIDAR, Ahmed, Senior Education Advisor and Monitor, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) (Egypt)
- Prof. HADDAD, Lawrence, Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (UK)
- Ambassador KEITH, Kenton, Senior Vice-President, Meridian International Centre (USA)
- Mr MOSS, Steve, Strategic Director, Partnerships For Schools (UK)
- Dr MVÉ-ONDO, Bonaventure, Vice-Rector - Partnerships, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) (Montreal)
- Minister PARÉ, Joseph, Minister of Secondary Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research (Burkina Faso)
- Dr PERKINS, John, Provost, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Mr SCHRÖDER Gerhard , former Chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
- Prof. SHATTOCK, Michael, Visiting Professor, Institute of Education, University of London (UK)
- Mr VEHRKENS, Kenneth T., Dean, Petrocelli College, Fairleigh Dickinson University (USA)
- Prof. WEBER, Luc, Rector Emeritus, University of Geneva, and President of the Glion Colloquium (Switzerland)
- Mr WEBER Scott , Director-General, Interpeace
- Mr WILLIAMS, Peter, Former Chief Executive, Quality Assurance Agency For Higher Education (QAA) (UK)
- Prof. YOUNG, Ian, Vice-Chancellor and President, Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)
INNOVATION
- Prof. ANDLER, Daniel, Professor, École Normale Supérieure and Paris Sorbonne University (France)
- Prof. BURRUS, C. Sidney, Maxfield-Oshman Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Senior Strategist of the Connexions Project, Rice University (USA)
- Dr CABRERA, Angel, President, Thunderbird School of Global Management (USA)
- Prof. DHANARAJAN, Gajaraj, Vice-Chancellor and CEO, Wawasan Open University (Malaysia)
- Mr FIELDING, Randall, Chairman, Fielding Nair International, LLC (USA)
- Prof. GOODMAN, Lizbeth, Founder and Director, SMARTlab Digital Media Institute (UK)
- Prof. HEPPELL, Stephen, CEO, Heppell.net (UK)
- Dr HOLBROOK, Karen A., Vice-President for Research and Innovation, University of South Florida (USA)
- Dr KIM, Paul, Chief Technology Officer, Stanford University School of Education (USA)
- Mr KNELL, Gary E., President and CEO, Sesame Workshop (USA)
- Dr KURSHAN, Barbara, Executive Director, Curriki (USA)
- Dr JOHNSON, Larry, CEO, The New Media Consortium – sparking innovative learning and creativity (USA)
- Dr MAINI, Tidu, CEO, Qatar Science and Technology Park (Qatar)
- Dr MBAMBO-THATA, Buhle, Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa
- Prof. MITRA, Sugata, Professor of Education, Newcastle University (UK)
- Prof. MOON, Bob, Professor of Education, The Open University (UK)
- Dr ODEH Jumana , Director, The Palestinian Happy Child Centre
- Dr POLAT, Filiz, Honorary Director, Centre for Advancement of Special Education (CASE), University of Hong Kong (China)
- Mr SALCITO, Anthony, Vice-President, Microsoft – Worldwide Education (USA)
- Mr SANGHRAJKA, Mehool, Managing Director, CBC Commonwealth Academy, and CEO, Learning Possibilities (UK)
- Mr STONE Biz , Co-Founder of Twitter
- Mr WONG Alex , Senior Director, World Economic Forum, Head of the Center for Global Industries, Head of the Global Education Initiative
PLENARY SESSIONS’ MODERATORS
- Mr BAKER Mike , Education Broadcaster, Journalist and Author
- Ms ABU-WARDEH Nima , Journalist and broadcaster, presenter of BBC World’s Middle East Business Report
- Mr COLE Stephen , Senior presenter, Al Jazeera English, former presenter of the BBC programme Click Online
BREAKOUT SESSIONS’ MODERATORS
- Mr BLIGHT Adrian , Director, Imagine Education
- Mr DAMODARAN Ramu , Deputy Director for Partnerships and Public Engagement, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information, United Nations
- Sir DAVIES Graeme , Vice-Chancellor and President, University of London
- Dr GREEN Madeleine , Vice-President, International Initiatives, American Council on Education (ACE) (USA)
- Dr HEPP Pedro , former National Coordinator for ICT in Education, Ministry of Education (Chile)
- Mr JOHNSON Julian, Senior Vice-President, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) (USA)
- Ms KIRK Mary E., Vice-President, Student Exchanges, Institute of International Education (IIE) (USA)
- Prof. LELLOU Abderrahmane , Vice-Rector - Programmes, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) (Montréal)
- Dr MADAÍN A. Barham , President, International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) (USA)
- Prof. MOSES Emeritus Ingrid , Chancellor, University of Canberra (Australia)
- Dr PETERSON Patti McGill , Senior Associate, Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) (USA)
- Prof. TARRANT John , Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) (UK)
- Prof. UNWIN Tim , UNESCO Chair in ICT4D and Professor of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Mr UTLEY Garrick , President of the Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce, The State University of New York
- Mr WHEELER David L. , Managing Editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education (USA)
