Speakers – WISE 12
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Dr. Bushra Shammout Transform VC

Dr. Amir Dhia Education Above All

Dr. Sunoor Verma WISH

Anwar Dafaala BilAraby

Sherya Sarkar Rocket Learning

Dr. Mohammed Turko Minister of Education

Mila Lukic Bridges Outcomes Partnerships

HE Dr. Hessa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Qatar University

Abdallah Alkubaisi Qatar university

Noora Abdulrahman Al Thani EAA Youth Advocacy Programme

Dr. Darla Deardorff MENTU

H.E. Wajiha Qamar Pakistan

Dr Vanita Sharma Reliance Foundation

Tom White

Safiya El-Bedweihy PraxiLabs

Patience Rusare Education Above All

Nofe Al Suwaidi MOEHE

Netsanet Demewoz Molla International Rescue Committee

Hakem Metawea Ministry of Education and Higher Education

Frank Van Cappelle UNICEF

Farah Atatri Qatar Debate

Reverend Father Enzo Fortunato Pontifical Committee for World Children's Day

Dr. Khalid Al-Balushi Qatar National Committee for Education Culture and Science

Dennis Mutiso Girl Child Network (GCN)

Christina Wilie Insecurity Insight

Charlene Ruto SMACHS Foundation

Arnaud Olivier David Ventura Gojo & Company Inc.

Rahmatullah Arman Teach for Afghanistan

Dr. Alwala Yousif Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council

Alejandra Ycaza Fundacion Reimagina

Aisha Abdulrahman Al-Obaidan Qatar Fund for Developement

Anne-Sophie Seret everyone.AI,

Dr. Nour Amin El Sahoryi University of Petra

Stefaan Vande Walle VVOB - Education for Development

Dr. Samah Gamar Qatar Foundation

Dr. Randa Grob-Zakhary Education.org

Kholoud Al-Shiba Qatar Foundation

James Shaw Hamilton Educate A Child International

Fatima Saad Mohammed Al-Mohannadi Georgetown University

Faia Younan Quartertone

David Perrill SEK International School Qatar

Dr. Charlotte Ma Beijing Agilearning School

Dr. Changyun Kang Innovation Research Institute of Beijing Normal University

Jorge Rubio Citi Social Finance

Her Excellency Nehmat Aoun

Joseph Thomas Rijo Dream a Dream

Dr. Francisco Marmolejo Qatar Foundation

Professor Goolam Mohamedbhai University of Mauritius

Mustapha Mokass Ailo AI

Sara Mohammed Amro QatarDebate

Niina Johanna Kylliäinen UNICEF Regional Office (MENA)

Kim Deridder SEK International School Qatar

Eshrat Waris British Asian Trust

Shaimaa Mohamed Aboutaleb Umm Mabaad prep school / HBKU

Sally Hogg The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood

Poornima Kharbanda Global Schools Forum

Dr. Osman Umarji Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Mohamed Bakri Texas A&M University at Qatar

Mena Abdelhady Georgetown University in Qatar

Luisa Fernanda Romero Munoz Get Up And Go Colombia

Kenana Dalle Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

Jonah Murphy-Kokodyniak Institute Of International Education (IIE)

George Kerisa Waqanisau Tavola Education Above All Foundation

Dr. Fanta Aw NAFSA

Elizabeth Kennedy Qatar Foundation

Dr. Ekaterina Cooper Global Schools Forum

Dr. David Christopher Ross Ross Consulting

Asif Saleh BRAC, Bangladesh

Ali Turki Al Sobai Chief Operations Officer

Bassem Nazir Sa’ad Queen Rania Foundation

Nicolas Namoradze CUNY Graduate Center

Dr. Christos Kypraios University Of Oxford

Prof. Joseph Haldane International Academic Forum (IAFOR)

Shaikha Al Hemaidi Education Above All

Alhareth Abdullah Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Zia Akhter Abbas The Citizens Foundation

Dr. Savo Heleta Nelson Mandela University

Saurabh Kumar Singh Mantra Social Services

Sara Shashaa Queen Rania Foundation

Professor Sam Meekings Northwestern University in Qatar

Reigna Dukhan Georgetown University in Qatar

Oluyesi Ngozi-Nwanko SEK International School

Dr. Oby Katryn Ezekswili Human Capital Africa (HCA) / School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG) / Africa

Monica Retamal Kodea Foundation

Dr. Lolwa Ahmed Al-Naemi Qatar Foundation

Houriya Ahmed Qatar Foundation

Dr. Jennifer Bruder Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar

Dr. Jonathan Adam Becker Bard College

Dr. Jaana Nogueira FGV (Fundação Getulio Vargas)

Farida Aboudan UNESCO

Dr. Sreehari Ravindranath Dream and Dream or Dream A Dream ?

Anthony Macdonald UNICEF

Alaa Ahmad Abhari AF student at Bard College

Ahmed Fal al-Din Aljazeera TV

Abdulmuhsin Saleh Jimie MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art

Abdulla Al-Abdulla Education above all foundation

H.E. Fahad Hamad Hassan Al-Sulaiti Qatar Fund for Development

Abderrahmane Seyidi Musanada for Educational Services

Alina Lipcan Global Schools Forum

Salim M. AlMalik The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO)

Cuppy

Nariman Moustafa Open Development & Education​ (OpenDevEd)"

Euan Wilmshurst KW Strategy

Noora Khalid Qatar Fund for Development

Theodora Nomakwezi Lutuli Indaba Foundation

Dr. Spencer Striker Northwestern University | Qatar

Soraya Fatima Salam Al Jazeera English Online

Sara Al Dosari Academyati, Qatar Foundation

Pegor Papazian TUMO

Olivier Bernard Pierre Philippe Bréchard Learning Planet Institute

Noor D. Elqumbarjee Qatar Science & Technology Park

Nayef Al Mulla Academyati, Qatar Foundation

Muez Ali Earthna

Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shaabi Academyati

Mohammad Sakib Mahmoud THIMUN Qatar | Student Affairs & Community Engagement (SACE)

Maha Albadr Qatar Debate

Khalod Almannai MOEHE

Dr. Katrin Engelhardt WHO

Hamad Al Maadeed Academyati, Qatar Foundation

Dr. Gabor Scheiring Georgetown University in Qatar

Dr. Eissa Saleh Al-Hor Ministry of Sports and Youth

Anthony Smith TBZ Middle School​

Almayasa Alwadani Georgetown University in Qatar

Ali Hasan THIMUN Qatar

Alanoud AlMesnad Academyati, Qatar Foundation

Ahmed Yousef AlMalki Qatar Foundation

Dr. Analia Jaimovich SUMMA

Aurelio Nascimento De Amaral Qatar Foundation

Dr. Hend Zainal Qatar Foundation

Luqmaan Sidat Qatar Academy Al Khor

Dr. Lynn Pasquerella American Association of Colleges and Universities

Matthew Kam Google​

Dr. Mohamoud Adam Georgetown University in Qatar

Syed Mustafa Hassan OpenDevEd

Peter Martin Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar

Dr. Enrico Nano Horizon Group

Dr. Omer Bartov Brown University

Sona Jobarteh The Gambia Academy​

Fatima Hassan Fadlallah Cambridge University Press and Assessment

Dr. Melissa Anne Duncan-Schiele Project Earthlings

Noof Al-Taweel Qatar Foundation – Pre-University Education

Professor Paul Ramchandani Cambridge University

Reem G. Al-Sulaiti​ Qatar Foundation

Rita El Kadiri McKinsey.org

Ruba Hinnawi Earthna Center

Soumaya Ben Beya Rasmal Ventures

Waed Sameer Osaili Iqrali.jo

Tariq Al-Olaimy Recipes for Wellbeing

Sara Abdul Majid Earthna

Sadia Mir Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar

Dr. Radhouane Ben-Hamadou Earthna

Nicole Irakoze Georgetown University Qatar

Mohammed Kan’an Darsel

Marco Dondi International Baccalaureate

Khalifa Al-Yafei Qatar Finance and Business Academy

Hayaa Alramel Al-Mannai Georgetown University Qatar

Haif Bannayan Office for Business Development

Dame Eva Telzer University of North Carolina

Dr. Ayoub Eid Mohammed Al Jawaldeh Freelance Consultant

Dr. Dina Taha Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Dr. Aspa D. Chatziefthimiou Earthna

Simeon Edidiong Anthony AREAi

Dr. Chunhui Ke China Education Development Strategy Society

Yahia Bouhlel GOMYCODE

Dr. Taskeen Adam Open Development & Education

Sara Hamad Al Hajri QF's PUE

Dr. Rayana Bou Haka WHO

Dr. Joseph Kwame Adjei Ashesi University

Eman Ahmad Al-Kuwari MCIT

Professor Andrew Watson SusED

Dr. Nada Nour Sidahmed Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

Dr. Fahad AlBeyahi Sync Digital Wellbeing Programme, King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra)

Dr. Sohaira Siddiqui Al-Mujadilah

Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja Central Square Foundation

Oscar Sanchez Jaramillo CPE

Dr. Professor Omer Bartov Brown University

Nasser Al-Khori Generation Amazing

Muhammad Gawish iSchool

Michael Trucano Brookings Institution

Professor Liu Jian Beijing Normal University

Dr. Jess Conser Maginative

Ismail Sabry Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Dr. Francesco Branca Institute of Global Health, Geneva University

Professor Diana Buttu Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Aisha Abdulhameed Al Mudhahka QRDI Council​, Innovation leadership, RDI program

Dr. Anna Kingsley Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Dr. Aisha Mohammed Al Megbali Qatar Academy Al Khor

Ramya Venkata Raman CENTA Center for Teacher Accreditation

Dr. Mazen Omar Hasna MOEHE

Raja Aderdor Qatar Reads

Dr. Premila Hirubalan Health Promotion Board, Ministry of Health Singapore

Dr. Natasa Milic-Frayling HBKU-QCRI

Dr. Michael Kent Young NEOM

Dr. Munir Fasheh JOHUD

Professor Lord Ara Darzi Institute of Global Health Innovation

Abeer Al-Khalifa PUE

Shk Noof Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani Pre-University Education

Mark David Hughes QF

Hayfa Al-Abdulla QSTP

Dr. Claudia Urrea MIT Open Learning, pK-12

Alejandro Caballero International Finance Company, The World Bank Group

Dr. Shazia Afzal HBKU-QCRI

Dr. Anna Halama Weill Cornell Medical Qatar

Dr. Venus Seunga Jin Northwestern University in Qatar

Runna Badwan British Council

Nour Tabet Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

Niko Lindholm Edtech Innovation Lead

Dr. Nelli El-Ghazal Sidra

Maryam Abdullah Al-Thani MSDF

Manar Mayalah Granada Hills Charter

Mamadou Ly ARED

Jing Wang Kensington Wade (London)

Haya Ali Al Thani HBKU-QCRI

Sheikha Haya Abdulrahman Al Thani QFFD

Dr. Ayorkor Korsah Ashesi University

Dr. César O. Malavé Texas A&M University

Bruce Au Yidan Foundation

Dr. Amal Khidir Cornell Medical University

Radouane Monhem MOEHE

Zubair Junjunia Znotes

Hamza Al Sioufy CamelCode Academy

Dr. Mohamed Elfeky QCRI

Sophie Roche The Roche School (London)

Selena Marwahi

Remy Duverney Horizon Group

Mustafa Said Musician, researcher, writer​. Heritage preservation, performing arts

Dr. Mustafa Osman Elamin College of Islamic Studies, HBKU

Merlia Shaukat Mahdi Foundation

Javier Gonzalez SUMMA

Ikya Kondapolu Learning Planet Institute

Dr. Hind Al Merekhi HBKU-QCRI

Benjamin Cherian Dalberg

Aisha Al Amari Autism Parents Platform

Dr. Satvinder Kaur UCSI University Malaysia

Dr. Haruka Sakamoto St Luke's International University

Dr. Margo Tripsa Education Development Institute

Professor Asmaa Al Fadala HBKU-CPP

Janhvi Maheshwari Kanoria Education Above All

Amjad Alnour Al Jazeera Media Network

Wafa Khalil AlObaidat Playbook

Anthony Smith TBZ Middle School​

Almayasa Alwadani Georgetown University in Qatar

Ali Hasan THIMUN Qatar

Dr. François Taddei Learning Planet Institute

Gaurav Gupta Dalberg Advisors

Carla Aerts Carla Aerts

Dr. Martine Elie Qatar Foundation

Mana Mohammed Al-Ansari

Dr. Karan Watson Texas A&M University

Jawad Ashgar Gates Foundation

Hamad Al Jaber Qatar Charity

Ameen Abo Diak Jusoor Labs

Dr. Aikaterini Bagiati MIT Open Learning

Radha Ruparell Teach For All

Dr. Pavel Luksha Learning Planet Institute

Dr. Neelam Parmar EdTech Impact

Professor Roberto Filippi University College London, Institute of Education

Mira Abou Hashem

Jo Besford Green Shoots Education

Dr. Ibrahim Alhouti Qatar University

Ms. Camilla Lodi Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Bala Venkatachalam Pratham International

Dr. Sharifa Al-Emadi DIFI

Magdalena Brier ProFuturo Foundation

Jade Bowler YouTube

Professor Raian Ali Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Dr. Robert Bianchi VCUarts Qatar

Dr. Mahmud Shihab International College (IC)

Vahakn Papazian TUMO

Ella Al Shamahi​

Laila Lalami Award-Winning Author and Novelist

Mo Gawdat Bestselling author and former Chief Business Officer of Google X

Anousheh Ansari XPRIZE

Dr. Abhijit Banerjee MIT

Dr. Cristóbal Cobo World Bank

Lady Mariéme Jamme iamtheCODE

Dr. Michael Fung Institute for the Future of Education (IFE), Tecnologico de Monterrey

Modupe Adefeso-Olateju Brookings Institution

Dalia Ibrahim Nahdet Misr Publishing House

Omar Alshogre Syrian Emergency Task Force

Yassine Laghzioui UM6P Ventures

Dr. Liesbet Steer Systemiq

Rwodah Alnaimi Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD)

Dr. Marc Owen Jones Northwestern University, Qatar

Dr. Maria Spies HolonIQ

Nieves Segovia Bonet SEK Education Group

Dr. Georgios Mikros HBKU

Dr. Khaled Harras Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

Paul Atfield Education Outcomes Fund

Abdulhamid Haidar Darsel

Ebenezer Buckman Ashesi University

Gloria Figueroa Ortiz San Jose de Las Vegas School

Dr. Emma Stokes Trinity College Dublin

Aisha Jassim Al Sultan Qatar Foundation

Ms. Sheba George Senior Education and Advocacy Consultant

Khadija Shahper Bakhtiar Teach for Pakistan

Utsav Kheria Rocket Learning

Monica Ramos Li MUSA

Mohammad Abdou SkillUP MENA

Emma Dorn McKinsey & Company

Jorge Rodríguez Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Dr. Tomoko Imai Jiyugaoka Gakuen High School​

Dr. Norah Abokhodair Scale AI

Professor Anjana Jacob Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Abdulkarim Mohamed Insight54

Ramy Abdelzaher Bonocle

Nour Al Hassan Tarjama FZ LLC

Kiko Muuo Angaza Elimu

Hiba Mahmoud Tamim Eldar Mahmoud Qatar Foundation

Hanieh Khataee Qatar Foundation

Dr. Christine E Looser Minerva Project

Carmina Francisco Bayombong InvestEd

Azi Amiri Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amber Acosta Lead AI Specialist

Sheikha Al-Jawhara Hassan Al-Thani PUE

Jose Rafael Espinosa Mentu

Daniel Villanueva Fe y Alegria

Muhammad Salman M. Khair Center for Utilizing Behavioral Insights for Children (CUBIC)

Allison Zelkowitz Center for Utilizing Behavioral Insights for Children (CUBIC)

Avnish Gungadurdoss Instiglio

Sophia Swire GEDI VC & Future Brilliance

Dr. Fahad Mohammad Alnemnary YNMO

Rob Alhadeff Jackfruit Finance

Dr. Asyia Kazmi, OBE (Order of the British Empire) WISE

Charlie Winter Habershon Dalberg Advisors

Audrey Cher Dalberg

Lea Simpson Edtech AI Hub Observatory

Fay Jocelyn Cowper Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Omowumi Omotayo Ogunrotimi Gender Mobile Initiative

Lorraine Ann Kenny SEK

Rita Lahoud PS 261

Professor Wajdi Zaghouani NU-Q

Dr. Esmat Zaidan HBKU-CPP

Dr. Houda Ghozzi Open Startup

Nisrine Khaled El-Makkouk Kamkalima

Dr. Carine Allaf Qatar Foundation International

Dr. Khadija Abdelhay El-Bedweihy PraxiLabs

Daniel Omaya SHOFCO

Dayoung Lee Dalberg Advisors

Dr. Tamara Gray Rabata

Benjamin Overton SEEK Development

Dr. Rukmini Banerji Pratham Education Foundation

Dr. Sara Hillman HBKU-CHSS

Dana Khalid Safa Teach for Qatar

Abdullah Khalil CamelCode Academy

Rama Abdullatif Chakaki Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP)

André G. Shearer Indaba Foundation

Fernando Diaz del Castillo Mentu

Vicky Colbert Fundación Escuela Nueva

Nisrine Ouazzani Chahdi Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Dr. Jörg Dräger Kühne Foundation

Simon Graffy Inspiring Teachers

César Suárez Xertify (Global)

Haroon Yasin Taleemabad

Dr. Tim Rogmans Sim Institute

Dr. Stephen Jull Teach For All

Manail Ahmed The John Hopkins University

Jyothi Vynatheya Oberoi Dalberg

Professor Logan Cochrane HBKU-CPP

Professor Hanada Taha Thomure Zayed University

Gigi Wang Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology

Dr. Ghulam Omar Qargha Brookings Institution - Global Deveopment and Economy - Center for Universal Education

Fadia Hamdi Queen Rania Foundation

Dominic Regester Salzburg Global

DeLonn Crosby SayKid

William Jiménez Leal, Ph.D Universidad de los Andes

Aida Nuranova Nazarbayev University

Aly Jetha Big Bad Boo Studios

Dr. Chibeza C. Agley Obrizium

Eiman Al Boloushi Ministry of Social Development and Family in Qatar

Dr. Faten Hani Wise Advisors

Stu Garrow Saola

Dr. Shibani Khanra Jha Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Hamdi Tabbaa Abwaab

Mumbe Mwangangi Nyansapo AI

Priyanka Arya Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA) Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Mirka Martel Institute of International Education

Dr. Sharifa Alghowinem MIT

Will Straw King’s Trust International

Dr. Seungah Sarah Lee HEC Paris

Rose A. Dodd Ashesi University

Dr. Natalia Lara Nieto-Márquez Camilo Jose Cela University (UCJC)

Nada Al-Olaqi Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council

Michael Forshaw EdTech Impact

Leandro Finol Wonderly

Lasse Leponiemi HundrED Foundation

Jalal Charaf Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P)

Henry Motte EDGE Tutor

Stavros Yiannouka WISE

Greta Rossi Recipes for Wellbeing

George Kronnisanyon Werner EJS Center for Women and Development

Professor Eugene K.M. Darteh (Ph.D.) University of Cape Coast

Dr. David Martin Moncunill Camilo Jose Cela University (UCJC)

Dr. Christopher Thomas Independent

Dr. Chris Howard Arizona State University

Dr. Bienvenu Agbokponto Soglo Intel Corporation

Beryl Opong-Agyei Transforming Teaching, Education and Learning (T-TEL)

Selma Talha-Jebril Qatar Foundation

Ana Raad Fundacion Reimagina

Amanda Abrom Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Aiza Bissaliyeva Nazarbayev University

Judy Wanjiku Itambo Kidogo Early Years

María Paulina Arango San Jose de Las Vegas School

Prof. Jagat Sesh Challa Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Gideon Olanrewaju AREAi

Elaine Alowo Matovu Northgreen School

Dr. Ross Aikins University of Pennsylvania

Khalid Abou Kassem AlGooru

Lofred Madzou African Olympiad Foundation

Andrew McCusker Opportunity International

Ahmed Baghdady Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology - Ontario, Canada

Mohammed Al-Emadi Qatar Development Bank

Dr. Paul Atherton Fab and AI-for-Education.org

Elyas Felfoul Qatar Foundation

Maimoona Junjunia Qatar Foundation

Shahïn Ammane WISE

Sopiko Beriashvili Qatar Foundation

Aldana Alsemaitt WISE - Qatar Foundation

Ahmed Elmagarmid Qatar Computing Research Institute

Shingai Manjengwa Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute

Niamh Whelan Qatar Foundation

H.E. Dr. Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad Qatar University

Alina Lipcan Global Schools Forum

Shahd Dauleh Qatar Foundation

Ana Carcani Rold Diplomatic Courier

Dr. Evren Tok HBKU-CPP