Speakers
Aashti Zaidi Hai
CEO
Global Schools Forum
Abha Shah
Executive Director,
Social Finance British Asian Trust
Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz Al Haddad
Grand Mufti of Dubai
Aida Nazarikhorram
Founder and Chief Operating Officer
LuxAI
Alain Bejjani
CEO
Majid Al Futtaim
Alicia Herbert
Director of Education,
Gender and Equalities and Gender Envoy
Foreign Commonwealth and
Development Office
Alan Shihadeh
Professor and Dean
American University of Beirut
Alvaro Zuniga Ayala
Complementary Pathways Coordinator
Dialogo Intercultural Mexico
AC/ Habesha Project
Andreas Blom
Manager, Middle East and North Africa, Education Global Practice
World Bank
Anna Barford
Senior Research Associate
University of Cambridge
Angel Mbuthia
Secretary for Gender and International Relations
All-Africa Students Union
Angela Owusu-Ansah
Provost
Ashesi University
Andrea Remes
Co-Founder & CEO
Erandi Aprende
Andrew Baird
Global CEO
Education For Employment
Annie Kidder
Executive Director
Ashantha Kaluarachchi
CEO
StartEd | EdTech Week
Atish Gonsalves
Founder
Gamoteca
Ben Webster
CEO
Msaik
Brencil Kaimba
Product Strategy and Development Lead
Serianu Limited
Camilla Lodi
Regional Advisor
NRC
Carmen Burbano
Director of School-Based Programmes
World Food Programme
Carmen Nibigira
Tourism Policy Analysis
GIZ Rwanda
Carol Karutu
Vice President, Programs
The END Fund
Casper Aarlit Jensen
Senior Facilitation Manager
LEGO Foundation
Christian Braendli
Deputy Head Private Sector Development
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
Christian Stoff
Chief, Monitoring, Evaluation and
Global Reporting
Christoph Meinel
Director & CEO
Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering
Daniel Baheta
Chief of Education
Unicef
Daniela Martinez
Program Officer
GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN
Dhun Davar
Head of Social Finance and India Head
UBS Optimus Foundation and Philanthropy Services
Devyani Pershad
Head of International Collaborations Unit
Pratham
Dominique El Azzi Ghazar
Senior Sustainability Manager, Future Skills Lead Europe and the Middle East
HSBC Bank Middle East
Donald Bundy
Director, Research Consortium
for School Health and Nutrition
London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine
Eltayeb Adam
Representative to Gulf Area
UNICEF
Emma Bonar
Senior Advisor Youth Development
Mercy Corps
Emmanuel Kimuli
Teaching Fellow
Teach for Uganda
Emily Gustafsson-Wright
Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution, Center for Universal Education
En’amulrahman Malkawi
Lead Specialist
Islamic Development Bank
Erik Swars
Head of International Affairs
Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET
Eun Soo Lee
Strategic Designer
Radicle
Euan Wilmshurst
Head of Advocacy & Communication
The LEGO Foundation
Eunji Kang
Systems change and experimental products lead
Radicle
Fady Michel
Assistant Provost for
Innovative Learning Experiences
The American University in Cairo
Fajer Rabia Pasha
Executive Director
Pakistan Alliance for Girls Education
Fanta Aw
Vice President of Undergraduate Enrolment, Campus Life, and Inclusive Excellence
American University
Frances Beaton-Day
Early Childhood Development Consultant
World Bank
Fridah Okomo
Challenge Fund for Youth Employment
Youth Champion
Voluntary Service Overseas
