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Only two weeks left to apply for the 2012 WISE Awards
Until May 31, 2012, applications can be submitted for the 2012 WISE Awards. WISE invites pr ...
2009 WISE Awards Winner the Self-Sufficient School Welcomes Haitian Students
In September 2011, the WISE Haiti Task Force organized, with the support of the ...
Looking Ahead: New Projects for WISE in 2012
The closing plenary session of the 2011 Summit looked forward to the year ahead. The sessio ...
MDG Session at WISE Focuses on Universal Primary Education
A high-level interactive discussion on ‘Innovative mechanisms and partnerships for international ...
Award Winners Recognized at Gala Dinner
The second day of the WISE Summit 2011 closed with the Gala Dinner. All participants gathered to ...
Warm Welcome at Summit for the WISE Book
The book, titled Innovation in Education: Lessons from Pioneers around the World, was writt ...
Global Leaders to Gather for the WISE Summit
The WISE Summit brings together a diverse range of global leaders, with more than 160 speakers f ...
Haiti Task Force: Rebuilding the Education System in Haiti
The Closing Plenary Session of WISE 2010 saw the establishment of a unique Task Force for Haiti, ...
Prestigious Jury Named for the WISE Prize for Education
The first WISE Prize for Education Laureate will be selected by a Jury of five prominent persona ...
Six Groundbreaking Projects Honored at 2nd World Innovation Summit for Education – WISE
The WISE Awards Recognise, Showcase and Promote Remarkable and Innovative Educational Projects T ...
WISE Urges World Leaders to Place Education at Top of Agenda
WISE 2010 Summit was officially opened in Doha today by His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al ...
Winners of WISE Awards 2010 Announced!
Winners of WISE Awards 2010 announced!Six laureates honoured by the World Innovation Summit for ...
WISE Launches a Customized Programme in Higher Education Leadership and Management for New University CEOs
Doha, 22 October 2010 – The WISE Institute for Education Leadership has held its first seminar i ...
WISE Prepares University Leaders for Future Challenges
WISE Prepares University Leaders for Future ChallengesDoha, 18 October 2010 - The WISE Institute ...
Biography
Mr Borhène Chakroun
Borhène Chakroun is an engineer and has a Ph.D. in Education Sciences from Bourgogne Unive ...
Mr. Florent d’Souza
Florent D'Souza is a fourth-year student majoring in Communication Studies (Media, Industr ...
Ms. Sara BUHMAID
Sara Buhmaid is a final year medical student graduating this May hoping to specialize in o ...
Mr. Jimmy WALES
Ranked by Forbes Magazine as a “Web Celeb”, Jimmy Donal Wales is a U.S. Internet entr ...
Mr. Bowman HEIDEN
Mr. Heiden is the Director for the Design Innovation Institute at Qatar Foundation, which ...
Dr. Denise de M. Neddermeyer
Dr. Denise Neddermeyer, is presently a Pennsylvania State University Humphrey Fellow at th ...
Ms. Kirsty LANG
Kirsty Lang is an experienced foreign correspondent and broadcaster. She is currently a pr ...
Dr. Jason SCORZA
Jason A. Scorza is Vice Provost for International Education and Professor of Politic ...
Prof. Anil K. GUPTA
Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation, Founder, Honey Bee Network,Coordinator, SR ...
Professor Christian DEPOVER
Christian Depover is professor of educational sciences at the University of Mons and at th ...
Rt. Hon. Gordon BROWN MP
Gordon Brown served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party ...
Prof. Marwan AWARTANI
Recently elected as the Chairman of the Arab Foundations Forum, Prof. Awartani is the Secretary ...
Mr. Jacky LUMARQUE
Jacky Lumarque is Rector of Université Quisqueya (Haiti) and President of the Caribbean Co ...
Prof. Russell BISHOP
Russell Bishop, Ph.D., is Foundation Professor for Maori Education in the School of Educat ...
Ms Denise AGUIAR ALVAREZ
Denise Aguiar Alvarez graduated in Pedagogy from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de S ...
Dr. Tarik YOUSEF
Tarik M. Yousef was appointed in July 2011 as Chief Executive Officer of Silatech after se ...
Dr. Brij KOTHARI
Brij Kothari and his team have innovated, researched, and nationally implemented Same Language S ...
Prof. Yin Cheong CHENG
Professor Yin Cheong Cheng (Ed.D., Harvard) is the Vice-President (Research and Developmen ...
Dr. Tayseer AL-NOAIMI
Dr. Tayseer Al-Nahar Al Noaimi is the former Minister of Education in The Hashemite Kingdo ...
Dr. Cheick Modibo DIARRA
As the Chairman for Africa at Microsoft Corporation since January 2006, Dr. Diarra is the ...
Ms. Natacha COSTA
Natacha Costa is the Executive Director of Aprendiz City School Association (Associação Ci ...
Mr. Ponce Ernest SAMANIEGO
Ponce Ernest Samaniego is Co-Founder and CEO of Outliers, a social enterprise that serves ...
Mr Asif SALEH
Asif is the Director of Communications and Head of the Social Innovation Lab at BRAC and B ...
Dr. Neal KING
Neal King, Ph.D., is Secretary-General and member of the Board of Directors of the Interna ...
Mr. Steven Lawrence GEIGER
Steven Geiger is the COO of Skolkovo Foundation, a strategic national economic diversifica ...
Mr. Essa AL MANNAI
Following a successful career as Head of Safety and Loss Prevention at the Qatar General W ...
Dr. Jacek STRZEMIECZNY
During the communist era in Poland, Jacek Strzemieczny was involved in a number of u ...
Dr Michèle PIERRE-LOUIS
Since her return to Haiti in 1976 after her studying abroad and obtaining an M.A. in Econ ...
Dr. Rosa-María TORRES DEL CASTILLO
Rosa María Torres del Castillo (Ecuador) is an educationalist and linguist with long experience ...
Dr. Florence TOBO LOBE
Dr. Florence Tobo Lobe was born into a Protestant family of ten. Her late loving parents e ...
Dr. François TADDEI
Over the last seven years, François Taddei has created the CRI (Center for Research and In ...
Ms. Magdalene STORSVEEN
Magdalene Storsveen is a 29-year-old English and science teacher from Lillehammer, Norway. ...
Ms. Reeta ROY
Reeta Roy is President and CEO of The MasterCard Foundation, an independent, private found ...
Mr. Iqbal NOOR ALI
Iqbal Noor Ali joined the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in 1979, and was appointed S ...
Mr. Anthony MACKAY
Tony is an Honorary Fellow in the Graduate School of Education at The University of Melbou ...
Dr. Yeong Jin KO
Ko, Young Jin, State Superintendent of the Gyeongnam Office of Education, has a PhD in Ped ...
Prof. Philip S. KHOURY
Philip S. Khoury is Associate Provost and Ford International Professor of History at the M ...
Mr. Aref F. HUSSEINI
Aref F. Husseini is an electrical engineer and physicist and has worked in many industrial ...
Dr. Jamshed BHARUCHA
Jamshed Bharucha is the 12th President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science ...
Ms. Carolyn ACKER
Carolyn Acker’s career began as a Community Health Nurse. She later obtained a Bache ...
Dr. Üstün ERGÜDER
Üstün Ergüder, Emeritus Professor at Sabanci University, received his undergraduate degree ...
Ms. Aïcha BAH DIALLO
Aïcha Bah Diallo, a champion of girls’ and women’s learning, is the Chair of the Forum of ...
Ms. Gloria DE SOUZA
Gloria de Souza is Director, Parisar Asha Environment Education Centre, Mumbai, instituted ...
Dr. Rana DAJANI
Rana Dajani obtained a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Iowa, USA, in 2005; a F ...
Mr. Stephen COLE
Stephen Cole is one of the most recognizable and respected faces of international televisi ...
Mr. Özgür BOLAT
Özgür Bolat received his B.A. from Bogazici University School of Education, where he gradu ...
Mr. Ed BICE
Ed Bice is the CEO of Meedan, a social tech NGO focused on increasing the online exchange ...
Dr. Naif AL-MUTAWA
Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa is a Kuwaiti clinical psychologist and creator of THE 99, the first group of ...
Mr. Mhammed ABBAD ANDALOUSSI
Mr Mhammed Abbad Andaloussi, a former Moroccan banker, has been working for a Attijariwafa ...
Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal
Rakesh Bharti Mittal is the Co-Chairman of Bharti Foundation. A passionate advocate of the right ...
Mr. Carlos Dreves
Carlos Dreves, Executive Director of the AraucaníAprende Foundation, leads the Reading Rescue pr ...
Mrs Kazim Basarat
For decades Syeda Basarat Midhat Kazim has been providing meaningful education in Pakistan ...
Mr Ian WHITMAN
Tuesday 7 December - 16.30-18.00Ian Whitman is Head of the Programme for Co-operation with Non ...
Dr Tarek SHAWKI
Tarek Galal Shawki (born June 12, 1957 in Cairo, Egypt) is the Director of UNESCO's Regional Bur ...
Prof. Ellen WARTELLA
Ellen Wartella is Al-Thani Professor of Communication , Professor of Psychology and Director of ...
Dr Barbara A. WANCHISEN
Barbara Wanchisen, Ph.D., serves as the Director of both the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and ...
Prof. Elaine THOMAS
Professor Elaine Thomas is Vice-Chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts. She is ...
Mr. Brian STECHER
Brian Stecher is a Senior Social Scientist and Acting Director of the RAND Education program. Hi ...
Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan PILLAI
Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai is the Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University ...
Dr Patti McGill PETERSON
Dr. Peterson is Senior Associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) whose missi ...
Mr. Salvatore NIGRO
Salvatore Nigro manages the relations of the Education For Employment Foundations in Europe. He ...
Mr Bunker ROY
Bunker Roy is the Founder-Director of the Barefoot College (www.barefootcollege.org) based in th ...
Dr Dennis LITTKY
Dennis Littky is co-founder and co-director of The Big Picture Company, The Met School and Colle ...
Mr Charles LEADBEATER
Charles Leadbeater is a fellow of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts and ...
Dr Frannie LEAUTIER
Dr. Frannie Léautier is the Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACB ...
Prof. Dr. Alexander FEDOROV
Professor Alexander Fedorov completed his Ph.D. thesis at the Russian Academy of Education (Mosc ...
Mr. Bruce DIXON
From a background as an educator, educational software developer, business and social entreprene ...
Dr Sylvie LAINE
Sylvie Lainé is currently the General Managing Director of the Fondation Nationale Entreprise et ...
Dr. Allan GOODMAN
Dr. Allan Goodman is the sixth President of the Institute of International Education (IIE) ...
Dr Patti Peterson McGill
Dr. Peterson is Senior Associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) whose missi ...
Ms Mary E. Kirk
Mary E. Kirk is the Institute of International Education's Vice President for Student Exchanges. ...
Mr Kenneth COHEN
Kenneth P. Cohen is the Vice President of Public and Government Affairs for Exxon Mobil Corporat ...
Dr Patrick G. AWUAH
Ashesi University is a private, not-for-profit institution that has quickly gained a reputation ...
Mr Anthony SALCITO
As Vice-President of Education for Microsoft Corp.’s Worldwide Public Sector organization, ...
Dr Filiz Polat
Filiz Polat is an Associate Professor in Inclusive and Special Education at the University of Ho ...
Dr Jumana Odeh
A pediatrician, public health expert and director of the Palestinian Happy Child Centre “PHCC”, ...
Prof. Sugata Mitra
Professor Mitra works in the areas of cognitive science, information science and educational tec ...
Dr Buhle Mbambo-Thata
Dr. B. Mbambo-Thata is the Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa. Pri ...
Dr Tidu Maini
Dr Tidu Maini is Executive Chairman of Qatar Science & Technology Park. Her Highness Sheikha ...
Dr Larry Johnson
Laurence F. Johnson, Ph.D. is Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium (NMC), an inte ...
Dr Barbara Kurshan
Dr. Barbara (Bobbi) Kurshan has honed her vision of “what can be” using technology while support ...
Mr Gary E. Knell
Gary Knell is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sesame Workshop. Mr. Knell leads the non- ...
His Excellency Lakhdar Brahimi
Lakhdar Brahimi took part in Algeria’s struggle for independence and represented the National Li ...
Ms Nima ABU-WARDEH
Nima is a bilingual English Arabic broadcast journalist specialising in Arab issues. She present ...
His Excellency Abdullah Ben Abdul-Rahman Abdullah AL-OTHMAN
Professor Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al-Othman was appointed as Rector of King Saud University in ...
His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali AL-THANI, PhD
His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani is President of the new Hamad Bin Khalifa Univer ...
Prof. Lawrence HADDAD
Professor Lawrence Haddad is the Director of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, and t ...
Dr Susan J Bodilly
Susan Bodilly, PhD in Public Policy, has worked at RAND for more than 29 years. Her primary rese ...
Prof. Eberhard Becker
Eberhard Becker, born in 1943, studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Hamburg, Ger ...
Prof. Abdulla Al-Misnad Sheikha
Professor Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad, a leading Qatari educator for nearly three decades, h ...
Ms Vivien STEWART
Vivien Stewart is Senior Advisor for Education at Asia Society. Over the past eight years, she h ...
Dr Michael L. Lomax
Dr. Lomax is the President and CEO of UNCF – the United Negro College Fund – the nation’s larges ...
Dr Serra Kirdar
Dr. Serra Kirdar is the Founder and Director of the Muthabara Foundation which was established i ...
Dr Claudie Haigneré
In March 2009, the Minister for Culture and Communication and the Minister for Research and High ...
Dr Dassin Joan
Dr. Joan Dassin is the Executive Director of the International Fellowships Fund, Inc. (IFP), est ...
Mrs. Michele Cahill
Michele Cahill is Vice-President for National Programs and Director of Urban Education at Carneg ...
Mrs. Shaheen Mistri
Shaheen Mistri, founder of the Akanksha Foundation, built it into one of India's best-known NGOs ...
Mr. Manoj Kumar
As CEO of the Naandi Foundation, Manoj Kumar feeds over a million hungry children every day, run ...
Mrs. Silvina Gvirtz
Silvina Gvirtz holds a doctorate in Education and is General Director and founder of Escuelas de ...
Mr. David ARNOLD
David Arnold became the 10th President of The American University in Cairo in September 20 ...
Mr. Neeraj Agarwal
A Mechanical Engineer trained at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Neeraj Agarwal w ...
Dr James H. Billington
James Hadley Billington has served as the Librarian of Congress since September, 1987. He is the ...
Mrs. Joyce Dongotey-Padi
Joyce Akumaa Dongotey-Padi (known in public life as Akumaa Mama Zimbi) is a Ghanaian women’s rig ...
Mr. Martin BURT
Martin Burt is Founder and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, a 26-year old NGO devoted to design ...
Mrs. Vicky COLBERT
Founder and Director of Fundación Escuela Nueva, and original co-author of the Escuela Nueva (Ne ...
Mr Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu
Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, a leading social entrepreneur, is Executive Director of The Smallholders Fou ...
Mrs. Ayla Göksel
Ayla Goksel is CEO of ACEV, a Turkish NGO working in early childhood, female literacy and parent ...
Mr. Mushtaq CHHAPRA
Mushtaq Chhapra is the Chairman and a Founding Director of The Citizens Foundation (TCF), ...
Learning World
Lighting the Way for Women
Profile of Sakena Yacoobi (Afghanistan) – In the mid-90s Sakena Yacoobi left a comfortable life ...
Lighting The Way for Women
The Citizens Foundation (Pakistan) - Nazish Karam, a mother of two, lives in Musafarga, in the P ...
Ending Exclusion
Gypsies (Spain) - For young people from Roma communities in Spain, their traditions can clash wi ...
Education Moves
Camel Bus (India) - It may not be the fastest or most elegant means of transport, but in remote, ...
WISE education summit
Hanoi. In this thousand years old capital city, a new educational system is being implemented wi ...
What future for books in the digital age?
E-books are still in their infancy and have to be developed in many areas before they can be ful ...
Inspiring little ones
Interaction between parents and babies have a big impact on the development of a child's co ...
Uplifting music
Music is a universal language. Singing, playing, listening, appreciating – all of it enriches yo ...
Press release
Global Quest Underway to Identify Education Visionary
Nominations open for the 2012 WISE Prize for Education Doha, Qatar, Fe ...
WISE Global Summit puts multi-sectorial collaboration at the forefront of education innovation
WISE 2011 offered increased evidence that education reform will progress faster, when stakeholde ...
WISE launches its first publication at Doha Summit
Insights of an innovation expert illustrated by creative photography“Innovation in Educatio ...
INAUGURAL WISE PRIZE FOR EDUCATION GOES TO BANGLADESHI FAZLE HASAN ABED
Education underpins development for 138 million poor Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, foun ...
WISE Awards 2011 Now open for submissions
Innovative educational projects from all regions of the world and from all educational sectors m ...
Jury named for WISE Prize for Education
Five prominent international figures will select the winner of the world’s first major internati ...
Global Summit concludes with a strategic focus on 21st century challenges in education
Establishment of WISE Prize for Education with an award of US$500,000 Innovations in education t ...
Impact and potential of innovative trends highlighted at Global Summit on Education
On the final day of the World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE, over 1,200 international e ...
Global Summit concludes with a strategic focus on 21st century challenges in education
Establishment of WISE Prize for Education with an award of US$500,000 Innovations in education t ...
Global Summit explores innovative education funding options as solution to economic recovery
The funding challenges facing education systems were examined today at the World Innovation Summ ...
Six groundbreaking projects honoured at 2nd World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE
Projects receive prestigious international awardsDoha, Qatar: December 8th 2010: Six innovative ...
Global Summit Mobilises Educational Community on the need and ways to improve Education Systems
The necessity to improve education systems was the focus of the opening day at the 2nd World Inn ...
2nd World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE - opens in Doha
EDUCATION SUMMIT URGES WORLD LEADERS TO PLACE EDUCATION AT TOP OF AGENDA The second World Innova ...
2nd World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE - addresses 21st century educational challenges
The second World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE - is taking place in Doha, Qatar, from 7 ...
Winners of WISE Awards 2010 announced
Six laureates honoured by the World Innovation Summit for Education for their outstanding initia ...
WISE prepares university leaders for future challenges
Doha, 18 October 2010 - The WISE Institute for Education Leadership will welcome 12 higher educa ...
Her Highness Sheikha Mozah officially launches the first World Innovation Summit for Education – WISE
Guest of Honour, Irina Bokova, newly elected UNESCO Director-General addresses 1,000 opinion lea ...
World Innovation Summit for Education – WISE programme to address 21st century educational challenges
Doha - November 15th, 2009. Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al-Missned, Chair of Qatar Fo ...
High-profile international figures to take part in the first World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE
Please click on the following link to access the full version of the Digital Press Release: ...
WISE AWARDS to Recognize Outstanding Innovation in Education
Qatar Foundation Launches the First Ever WISE AWARDS to Recognise Outstanding Innovation in Educ ...
1,000 Global Leaders To Attend The First Ever World Innovation Summit For Education
1,000 Global Leaders To Attend The First EverWorld Innovation Summit for EducationWISE 200 ...
Qatar Foundation Launches The First Ever WISE AWARDS To Recognise Outstanding Innovation In Education – Deadline: July 15th 2009
Qatar Foundation launchesWISE World Innovation Summit for EducationA major biennial global educa ...
Best Practices
Haiti Task Force: Rebuilding the Education System in Haiti
The WISE Haiti Task Force brings together innovators and successful projects that can contr ...
Stars of Science (Qatar): Inspiring Young Inventors through a High-Profile TV Contest
Dr. Fouad Mrad - Executive Director of the UN-ESCWA Regional Technology Center in Jordan - is al ...
Escuela Nueva
Initiated in 1975 in rural Colombia, Escuela Nueva – “New School” in Spanish – is a learning mod ...
Creative Partnerships
The Creative Partnerships (CP) programme operates in around 2,500 schools throughout England eac ...
Satya Bharti School Program
At Bharti, there is a strong focus on undertaking transformational projects to create a positive ...
Connexions
Connexions (cnx.org) is a content platform that enables the free and open use of high-quality ed ...
Ensuring Every Child Learns
Naandi provides focussed academic support, or “tuition”, to children in Grades 2 to 5 in governm ...
Teachers TV
Teachers TV is a teacher-training system that aims to raise teaching and learning standards by s ...
Una Laptop por Niño (One Laptop per Child)
Una Laptop por Niño (One Laptop per Child) aims to transform Peruvian education by improving equ ...
NIIT Yuva Star Career Development Centers
The NIIT Yuva Star project is designed to empower and mainstream India’s marginalised youth (liv ...
Illuminations
Illuminations influences the lives of teachers and students by offering them free online resourc ...
The Smallholder Farmers Rural Radio: Improving Agricultural Management through education
The Smallholder Farmers Rural Radio / Web Documentary: The Smallholders Farmers Rural Radio ...
Widows Alliance Network (WANE) for Sustainable Economic Development in Ghana
What is WANE?Launched in 2007 by the Mama Zimbi Foundation (MZF), the Widows Alliance Network (W ...
Mother Child Education Program (MOCEP)
The Mother Child Education Program (MOCEP) is a sustainable early childhood education (ECE) prog ...
Project Nanhi Kali
In India, girls are still considered a liability and an economic burden on the family, remaining ...
The Citizens Foundation
The Citizens Foundation (TCF) is one of the largest non-profit organisations in Pakistan in the ...
The Self-Sufficient School: Learning while Earning
The Self-Sufficient School / Web DocumentaryA “good” education is considered one of the best rou ...
Voices
Dr. Michèle Pierre-Louis: "There was major destruction in the whole school infrastructure."
Former Haitian Prime Minister, President of the Fokal Foundation, and a key member of the WISE-H ...
Mrs. Fatma Rafiq Zakaria: ‘Rich deposits of knowledge are found in surprising places’
Fatma Rafiq Zakaria, Chair of the Maulana Azad Educational Trust, discusses the far reaching con ...
Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP.: ‘Teachers are the biggest influencers’.
Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, calls for the formation of a Global F ...
Irina Bokova: ‘Global governance cannot be solved without education’
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, discusses education in the 21st century. She emphasise ...
Best of Eminent Voices: "Education is about preparing the next generation for the journey"
Eminent leaders in the public, private and international NGO sectors share their views on priori ...
Tony Blair - Eminent Voices
Former UK Prime Minister, undertook major changes in the British education system.
Jeffrey Immelt - Eminent Voices
Chairman and CEO of General Electric, a company committed to developing educational initiatives.
Robert B. Zoellick - President, World Bank Group
Robert Zoellick outlines the recent partnership between the World Bank, the Qatar Foundation, an ...
Ellen MacArthur
Ellen explains how her foundation works with business and education to raise awareness on a more ...
Shelly Esque - President of the Intel Foundation
Shelly Esque describes the group’s involvement in education transformation around the world. She ...
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The Stories behind the WISE Awards Winning Projects
Since 2009, the WISE Awards have been identifying and promoting innovations in education from ar ...
EURONEWS
Euronews is a leading international news channel and 100% multimedia platform for vi ...
Qatar Foundation
The Qatar Foundation aims to unlock human potential through its three pillars of Education ...
WISE 2011 Program - Session Types
This year, the WISE Summit will feature four different types of sessions, each offering di ...
WISE Publication
WISE commissioned innovation expert Charles Leadbeater to explore innovative educational initiat ...
Speakers 2010
DAY 1OPENING PLENARY SESSIONH.E. Lakhdar Brahimi, Former Under Secretary General of t ...
Speakers 2009
DAY 1OPENING PLENARY SESSION GLOBAL EDUCATION :WORKING TOGETHER FOR SUSTAINABLE ACHI ...
Speakers 2011
WISE 2011 Speakers and Chairs WISE Speakers and Chairs came from more than 40 differe ...
2011 Finalists
The 20 selected projects for 2011 are (in alphabetical order):Project : ...
2009 Finalists
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His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, PhD
His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani is President of the new Hamad Bin Khalifa Univers ...
The WISE Prize for Education
Nomination process for the 2012 WISE Prize closed March 31, 2012.Established by Her Highness She ...
The WISE Prize Jury
The WISE Prize for Education Jury is composed of five internationally-known individuals who have ...
Partners
Qatar Foundation works in partnership with international institutions involved in global educati ...
Legal information
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Qatar Foundation
Guided by the principle that a nation's greatest resource is the potential of its people, Qatar ...
RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation is a non-profit institution that helps improve policy and decisi ...
IAUP
Founded in 1964, IAUP is the world’s preeminent organization of university chief executive ...
IIE
The Institute of International Education is among the world’s largest and most experienced inter ...
AUF
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) is a multilateral association of approximately 700 ...
About Us
THE WISE InitiativeThe World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) was launched by Qatar Founda ...
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Debates
New Perspectives for the Media in 21st Century Education
Session DescriptionWhat are the development strategies of major international media groups in th ...
Multistakeholder Partnerships in Education
While the private sector has long participated to an extent in public education, “Multistakehold ...
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