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Rawaa Augé Presenter, Al Jazeera
Jörg Dräger Executive Director of the Board of Trustees, Kühne Foundation
Isabelle Hau Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Manos Antoninis Director, Global Education Monitoring Report
Svenia Busson Co-founder at LearnSpace & European Edtech Alliance
Fernando Leon Garcia President, CETYS University System & International Association of University
Daniel Kropf Executive Chairman, Learning for Well-being Foundation
Anver Versi Journalist, New African magazine
Kuldeep Dantewadia Co-Founder & CEO, Reap Benefit
Shereen Hamadeh Principal, University Foundation College
Sajeda Atari Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF
Aysha Al Mudahka Director of Strategic Initiatives & Partnership Development, Qatar Foundation CEO Office
Saeeda Jaffar Group Country Manager-GCC, VISA
Jose Vilson Executive Director, EduColor
Atif Shafique Public Policy Consultant and Researcher
Tom Cosgrove Chief Creative and Content Officer, EARTHDAY.ORG
Hadeel ElSayed National Program Educator & Data Protection Officer, Qatar Academy Sidra
Davies Banda Advisor; Director of Learning and Teaching, Generation Amazing – Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy; - Moray House School of Education and Sport - University of Edinburgh
Nieves Segovia President, SEK Education Group
Khalid Al-khanji Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Qatar University
Spencer Striker Associate Professor of Digital Media Design, Northwestern Qatar Founder, History Adventures
Sue Stevenson Director of Strategic Partnerships and International Development, Barefoot College International
Francisco Marmolejo Higher Education President, Qatar Foundation
Niamh Whelan Program Lead, WISE Prize for Education, WISE
Sadock John Young Leader, Street Child United
Jasmin Akter Young Leader, Street Child United
Jérémie Fontanieu Economics Teacher in Drancy Founder, Reconciliation Project
John Wroe Founder and CEO, Street Child United
Shalini Dwivedi Global Director of Instruction, Generation
Farah Altaweel Head of 2D Design, Dadu ‑ Children’s Museum of Qatar
Sanaa Alharahsheh Research Manager, World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), Qatar Foundation
Jigyasa Labroo Co-Founder and CEO, Slam Out Loud
Derek Newton Writer/Journalist
Raian Ali Professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Sarah Crowe Moderator of the Leading Minds, UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti
Rasha Kadry Soliman Director of Leeds, Centre for Excellence in Language Teaching
Hy Huynh Community Psychologist and Researcher, Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research, Duke University
Mohammed Mostafa Online Programs Coordinator, MUN Impact
Emmy Josefson Project Coordinator, MUNimpact
Lydia Wilbard Executive Director, Learning & Engagement, Camfed Tanzania
Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell Professor of Global Health, Duke University
Christina Bwana Chief Product Officer, Ubongo
Jamie Stuart CTO, Onebillion
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF)
Amy Bellinger Head of Programs, The Education Commission
Mohamad Ali Bahri Arabic Language Program Coordinator, Translation and Interpreting Institute
Zuriel Oduwole Film Maker & UN Climate Neutral Now Champion Co-Founder, DUSUSU Foundation
Asma Jaber Al Hammadi Broadcaster, Al Jazeera news channel
Rukmini Banerji CEO, Pratham Education Foundation
Joannie Bewa Professional Moderator
Zarmina Hotaki Principal-Qatar Leadership Academy, Qatar Foundation Schools
Robert Jenkins Director, Education and Adolescent Development, Programme Group, UNICEF
Siroun Shamigian CEO, Kamkalima
Victoria Basma Head of EdTech, WISE
Anthony Bloome Executive Director, Education Alliance
Dean Mark Kline The World Bank, EdTech Team Senior Managing Director, USC Rossier EdVentures
Sir Anthony Seldon Former Vice-Chancellor, Buckingham University
Zabihullah Ghazawi Member of INEE and Director General, Community Action for Healing Poverty
Basel Al Muree EdTech Specialist, ibTECHar
Tanya Qadir Director of Partner Success, Rumie Initiative
Somaya Faruqi Captain, Afghan Girls Robotics Team
Elisheva Cohen Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University
Tsepo Ngwenyama Portfolio Manager, Injini
Marianne O’Grady Deputy Country Director – Programs, CARE Afghanistan
Arezo Kohistany Director, Afghan Future Fund & Yalda Hakim Foundation
Anthony B Maddox Director and Co-Founder, Center for Engineering in Education
Lamis Hasan Education Specialist, NRC- Iran
Mark Johnson The Economist, Education Correspondent
Shahad Alkhair Research Assistant, Qatar University
Denise Amyot President and CEO, Colleges and Institutes Canada Board Member, Qatar Foundation
Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj Associate Professor in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Gender Diversity, HEC Paris in Qatar
Aziza Chaouni Architect, Ecotourism Specialist, and TED Fellow, Aziza Chaouni Projects
Maryam Al-Khalaf Research Associate, WISE
Sarah Champa Al Dafa Founder, Maktaba Children’s Library
Jonathan Birdwell Regional Head of Policy & Insights, Economist Impact
Jaideep Singh Youth Representative at the Board of Directors, MUNimpact
Jeffery Lv Video producer
Shennon Sequeira Head of Program Coordinators, Member of the Board of Directors, MUNimpact
Ioanna Noula Co-Founder, EDDS
Mojisola Sonoiki Founder and Executive Director, African Film & Arts Foundation Inc
Richard Hoffman South Sudan Country Manager, Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative
Lakshitha Saji Prelis Co-Chair, Global Coalition on Youth, Peace and Security & Director, Children & Youth Programs, Search for Common Ground
Machaille Hassan Al Naimi President of Community Development, Qatar Foundation
Taoufik Mirkhan Head of Arab Music Department at the Academy
Leslee Udwin Former Filmmaker; Education Activist Founder & Executive Chair, Think Equal
Tuleen Naame Student, Arab Music Department
Ananya Agrawal Project Lead, Call-A-Kahaani
Grace David Tech-Voc Career Accelerator, Edukasyon.ph
Sidy Ndao Founder, Pan-African Robotics Competition
Anggaris Cininta Priatna Co-Founder, GenEducators
Fernande Raine Founder & CEO, The History Co:Lab
Magdalena Brier Managing Director, ProFuturo Foundation
Yasmine Abu Seedo Education Officer, UNICEF
Sarah Wadi Al-Amiry North Field Production Sustainment Project (NFPS) Joint Venture Project Manager, ExxonMobil’s Qatar Projects
Dareen Abughaida Principal Presenter, Al Jazeera English
Audrey Giacomini Manager, Innovation for Quality and Access, WISE
Khadeja Ahmad Albuhaliqa Outreach Manager, AYCM
Jessica Haxhi Supervisor of World Languages, New Haven Public Schools
Nikita Khosla Senior Director of Programs, Luninos Fund
Gang Lu Founder & CEO, TechNode Group Co-founder, BEYOND Expo
Robert Lobatto Head, King Alfred School
Benjamin M. Freeman Jr Executive Director, Liberia Institute for the Promotion of Academic Excellence
Colin Maclay Executive Director, Annenberg Innovation Lab Research Professor of Communications, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Leonardo Párraga Founder, The BogotArt Foundation
Santiago Garcia Founding Partner
Ayda Haydarpour Captain, Afghan Girls Robotics Team
Emad Al Khaja CEO, Injaz Qatar
Xiaobin Yuan Senior Content Director, NetEase Media
Linya Peng Social media creator & Influencer
Samy Chaffai Film Director & Content Creator
Marcony Meza Project Coordinator, Honduras, World Vision International
Daniyal Zia Head of Strategy, Orenda Welfare Trust
Ameena Abdulmajeed Chief Curator and Director of Programs, WISE
Ruth Wylie Assistant Director, Center for Science and the Imagination Associate Research Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
Andrew Ashe Co-founder and CEO, Onebillion
Khalid Yassin Chief Programs Officer, Teach For Qatar
Einas Mohammed Lead EdTech Specialist, ibTECHar
Musarrat Maisha Reza Representative, Global Students Forum and Chairperson of the Commonwealth Students’ Association
Gizem Konus Clinical Programs Coordinator, Maya Vakfi Foundation
Pablo Jaramillo Villegas CEO, Luker Foundation
Martin Meissonnier Film producer
Eric Steinberger Co-founder and CEO, ClimateScience
Mohammed Al-Janahi Head of outreach, Teach for Qatar Organization
Yahya Bouhlel Founder & CEO, Go My Code
Jeffrey Dow Regional Education Technical Advisor- Asia, The International Rescue Committee
Abderrahmane Dedeche Expansion Designer, Academyati
Naza Alakija Humanitarian, Philanthropist and Global Education Advocate Founder, SAGE Foundation
Christer Gundersen CTO, Global Digital Library
Amal Mohammed Al-Malki Founding Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University - Qatar Foundation
Velislava Hillman Founder, EDDS
Fadi Abughoush Arabic Teacher & Language Department Chair, Lindblom math and Science Academy / Chicago / IL USA
Natalie Magness Student, University College London Founder, Qatar Youth Power
Brandon Busteed Chief Partnership Officer (Universities & Employers) and Global Head, Learn-Work Innovation, Kaplan
Filippo Grandi United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Refugee Agency
Nadia Nadim Professional footballer and future Doctor
Zelmira Polk Managing Director, The Hearth Advisors
Haya Al-Thani Founder, WhyPodcast
Rana Dajani Scientist and University Professor, Hashemite University in Jordan
Stanzin Saldon Founder and CEO, rZamba Foundation
Azza O. Abdelmoneium Director of Family Research, Doha International Family Institute member of Qatar Foundation
Malek Jandali Founder & CEO, Pianos for Peace Composer & Pianist
Zyad Limam Founder & Director, Afrique Magazine
Chibeza Agley CEO, Obrizum Group
Shannon May Co-Founder & President, NewGlobe Education
Joe Sallustio Co-Founder & Host, The EdUp Experience Podcast Executive Vice President & COO, Claremont Lincoln University
Maha Yakoub Language Teacher, Book Author and Entrepreneur
Jennifer Adams Executive Committee, Karanga Editor-in-Chief, Knowledgehook Signature Leadership
Danielle De La Fuente Founder & CEO, Amal Alliance
Hissa Al-Aali Director of Training and Educational Development Center, Qatar Ministry of Education and Higher Education
Anshul Arora Co-Founder, Edvance Group
Roderick-Victor Nyangi Ntsiama Cabinet Director, DRC Ministry of Youth
Rhuks Ako Youth For Peace African Program, African Union
Dr. Nayef Alyafei Associate Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar
Hosni Zaouali CEO, Tech-Adaptika Education Consultant, Stanford University
Taanika Shankar Co-founder, Yugmā Network Student, Azim Premji University
Yasmine Ouirhrane Founder, We Belong
Mariam Al-Dhubhani Independent Journalist, Filmmaker, Curator and Educator
Arana Shapiro Director & Chief Learning Officer, Games for Change
Michiel Klønhammer Founder and Chief Product Officer, LearningStone
Vivian Leung Global Education Partnerships and Programme Specialist, UNESCO
Peter Sutoris Environmental Anthropologist, UCL London
Emiliana Vegas Professor of practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)
Daniela Labra Cardero General Director, AtentaMente
Stavros Yiannouka CEO, WISE
Adam Abdelmoula Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, UNSOM, United Nations Mission in Somalia
Sam Ray Director, Next Generation Leadership / Center for Creative Leadership
Gloria Mercedes Figueroa Ortiz General Director, San José de Las Vegas School
Rokaya Hussain Director General of Educational Projects, Alnowair AlKuwaitiya Co.
Amit Sharma Associate Director, Dream a Dream
Saisabel Alruwaidan Founding member, YPS Jordan-coalition
Rama Kayyali CEO & Co-Founder, Little Thinking Minds
Kate Donaghey Executive Vice President of Policy, Learn Launch Institute
HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah Founder and CEO, Bareec
Jessica Posner Odede CEO, Girl Effect
Prerna Kalra Associate Director, Simple Education Foundation
Madhav Chavan Co-Founder and President, Pratham
Aleu Garang Mediation Support Unit Director, The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Ana Jiménez Communications Consultant, Dalberg Media
Juan Manuel Restrepo Director, Cosmo Schools | Comfama
Debora Kayembe Rector, University of Edinburgh
Karima Grant Founder & Director, ImagiNation Afrika Co-Founder, Ker ImagiNation
Suchetha Bhat CEO, Dream a Dream
Diana Al-Dajani Founder & CEO, eduTechnoz
Nick Sore Senior Refugee Sports Coordinator, UNHCR
Carmen Burbano de Lara Director of School Feeding Division, World Food Programme
Amany Hussein Kamel Professional Development Specialist and Coach, Training and Educational Development Cente, Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Qatar
Ann Makosinski Inventor & Writer
Tanmay Bakshi Advisory Software Engineer, IBM
Google Developer Expert for Machine Learning
Hassan Al-Derham President, Qatar University
Jordan Shapiro Senior Fellow, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
Ana Martinengui Chief Executive Officer, Education For Employment-Europe
Huda Almzainy Student, Al Fakhoora Alumni
Ibrahim AlSafadi CEO and Co-Founder, Luminus Group Creator, Super Revolutionary Model
Doaa Abu-Elyounes Postdoctoral Researcher, UNESCO - École Supérieure de Paris
Alison Wood Academic Director, Homerton Changemakers and Fellow, Homerton College, University of Cambridge
Mathieu Nebra Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, OpenClassrooms
Asmaa Al-Fadala Director of Research, WISE, Assistant Professor, College of Public Policy (Hamad bin Khalifa University)
Fatma Hassan Al Remaihi CEO, Doha Film Institute
Elyas Felfoul Director of Policy Development & Partnerships, WISE
Mari Lim Jones Project Director of the Deeper Learning Hub, Deeper Learning Hub/High Tech High
Julia Sylla Director of Programs, Qatar Foundation International (QFI)
Esra Ozsuer Founder & President, Maya Vakfi Foundation
Robert Hawkins Senior Education and Technology Policy Specialist & Global Lead for Technology and Innovation in Education, World Bank
Zhou Yijun Journalist and Documentary Filmaker, Wonder Y
Marc Brackett Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence; Professor in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine at Yale University
Rosie Clayton Research Fellow, Global Education Leaders Partnership / WISE
Greta Rossi Founder, Recipes for Wellbeing
Hejang Misao Founder and CEO, InSIDE North East
Tehmina Akhtar Senior Strategic Advisor Regional Bureau, Arab States United Nations Development Programme
Kiran Bir Sethi Founder & Director, The Riverside School
Sabeena Abbasi Chief Digital Learning Officer, Taleemabad
Priyanka Varma Senior Ed Policy Associate, JPAL
HE Buthaina Bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi Minister of Education and Higher Education, Qatar
Megan Esopenko Virtual Environment Designer , TechAdaptika
Alina Zaman Research Assistant, Hamad bin Khalifa University
Sidharth Santhosh Research Consultant, Centre for Policy Research
Ulises Brengi Learning Experience Designer, Eidos Global
Kate Sims Consultant, Education Development Trust
Jana Degrott Co-Founder, We Belong
Sue Attewell Head of Edtech, Jisc
Gitanjali Rao Innovator, Author and STEM Promoter
Larry Rosenstock Founder & CEO Emeritus, High Tech High
Neila Benzina Co-Founder, Holberton School
Chao Yu Senior Financial Journalist & Editor Executive Producer Founder, Chaojin Club
Mehdi Benchaabane Director, Qatar Academy, Qatar Foundation
Asif Saleh Executive Director, BRAC
Agustín Pardo Van Thienen CEO and Founder, Wumbox
Ana C. Rold CEO & Founder, Diplomatic Courier
Shunta Takino Policy Research and Advice, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs OECD
Sandra van de Kraak Breakthrough Foundation
Ana María Raad Founder and CEO, Fundación Reimagina
Maria Spies Co-Founder & Co-CEO, HolonIQ
Jesse Driver International Educator, Green School
Sarah Al-Dorani Chief Communication Officer, Qatar Financial Centre
Marwan Awartani Minister, Ministry of Education Palestine
Marine Tanguy CEO, MTArt Agency
Bayan Itani Creative Engagement Specialist, Kamkalima
Lillyana Uribe Trujillo Innovation, Learning & Technology Director, San José de Las Vegas School
Eglantina Zingg Founder, Goleadoras
Nedgine Paul Deroly Co-founder & CEO, Anseye Pou Ayiti
Jean-Pierre Mugiraneza Leadership for Learning Lead, Building Learning Foundation Programme, Education Development Trust
Julia Kirby Manager of Research & Content Dissemination, WISE
Mohammed Abu Zeinab Region Director and Master Brain Education Trainer, Brain Education ME
Ruba Ali Research Assistant, Qatar University Young Scientists Center
Nerijus Kriauciunas CEO, Badgecraft
Neeshad Shafi Co-Founder & Executive Director, Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar LLC (G)
Mike Feerick CEO & Founder, Alison
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
Frederic Gateretse-Ngoga Ambassador
Duygu Sever Mehmetoglu Post-Doc, Hamad bin Khalifa University
Leonard Mungarulire Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors
Yousra Shibeika Founder, WhyPodcast
Tracey Burns Chief Research Officer, National Center on Education and the Economy in Washington, DC
Eman Abdulla Head of L&O and Schools, Dadu–Children’s Museum of Qatar
Patrick Gyimah Awuah Jr Founder & President, Ashesi University
Anthony Mackay Board Co-Chair, NCEE
Dina Buchbinder Founder and President, Education for Sharing
Jojo Ferris Head, Olympic Refuge Foundation
Alanoud Mubarak Al Hitmi Student, Qatar Academy Doha
Paul Muller Co-Founder, Coleap
Aurelio Amaral Director, Programs, WISE
Bayan Khaled Research Fellow, Hamad bin Khalifa University
Deborah Kimathi Executive Director, Dignitas
H.E. Moustapha Mohamed Mahamoud Minister of National Education and Vocational Training, Government of Djibouti
Ravi Sreenath Founder & CEO, Accelerated Learning
Mahmoud Suhail El ghazawi Digital Film making University/college, SAE institute
Steve Smith Founder, Student Data Privacy Consortium
Andy Cope The UK’s ‘Doctor of Happiness’, Art of Brilliance
Sébastien Turbot CEO and Chief Curator, eko6
Maha Haidar-Makki Director, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the American University of Beirut
Wendy Kopp CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All
André Thomas Director, LIVE lab Associate professor of the Practice, Texas A&M University and Visualization department CEO, Triseum
Arthur Daemmrich Director, Smithsonian Institution’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Lucia Burtnik Urueta Chief Learning Officer, Eidos Global CIC
Bader Al Zaharna Student, Al Fakhoora Alumni
Sonia Livingstone Professor, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Maha Rashid Al Romaihi Director, Tariq Bin Ziad School
Nikita Khandwala Head of Growth, Coleap
Lisa Martin Founder and Executive Director, MunImpact
Eddy Yav National Rapporteur of the Technical Secretariat of Resolution 2250, Democratic Republic of Congo Team
Hector Swazi Project Manager,Zambia Open Community Schools
Audrey Azoulay Director-General, UNESCO
Elizabeth Anne Kennedy Assistant Principal, Qatar Academy Doha Primary school
Kehkashan Basu United Nations Human Rights Champion, Forbes 30 Under 30, Winner of 2016 International Children's Peace Prize & 2021 World Literacy Award, and Founder-President of Green Hope Foundation
Nelisa Ngqulana Senior Project Manager, Dalberg Media
Tony Calderbank Consultant, QFI U.K.
Alhassan Susso 2019 New York State Teacher of the Year, International Community High School
Susan Douglas CBE Senior Adviser, Schools, British Council Chief Executive Office, The Eden Academy Trust
Leena Zaher Education Specialist, IDD
Hind Al Khulaifi Manager of Children and Young Adults, Qatar National Library
Adewale Olasupo Young Advocate
David Moinina Sengeh Chief Minister & Chief Innovation Officer, Government of Sierra Leone
Max McCabe COO, Education Outcomes Fund
Arnab Barua Head of Strategic Planning and Development, Mantra4change
Husna Ahmad OBE CEO, Global One 2015
Yahya Jumaa Film producer and Filmmaker
Monique Chism Under Secretary for Education, Smithsonian Institution
Wairimu Mwangi Founder and CEO, Literature Africa Foundation
Archika Dogra Founder, Innoverge
Abdulrahman Hesham Al-Sowaidi Acting Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Development Bank
Lina Bassel Shkeir Executive Director, Hathi Hayati Volunteering Group
Agustín Alejandro Batto Carol Founder & Strategy Lead, Eidos Global
Kaitian Geng Founder and chairman, Guangheplus Group
Miriam Wachira Country Director Kenya, Justice Defenders
Gabriela Lozano Campos Chief Operating Officer, Education for Sharing
Yannick Du Pont Founder and CEO, SPARK
Eman Al Kuwari Director of Digital Innovation Department, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology